MPA-MPH
The Master of Public Affairs-Master of Public Health (MPA-MPH) dual degree program prepares health policy professionals for roles as policy analysts and public managers in health care.
Students gain skills in public health policy and management necessary to address complex health issues. Students complete the 61-credit program in a shortened timeline due to overlapping courses from each program. The entire dual degree program takes about three years to complete.
The MPA-MPH dual degree requires that students apply and be admitted to the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Master of Public Health program separately. Students can apply to both programs at the same time, or apply to one program while enrolled in the other. To maximize time spent in both programs, it is recommended that students be admitted to both programs within one year.
Sample Curriculum Plan
Fall (MPH Courses)
- PUBLHLTH 780 Evidence-Based Decision-Making
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 782 Determinants of Health and Health Equity: A Systems Approach
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 783 Quantitative Approaches to Public Health
4 credits - PUBLHLTH 791 Communicating Public Health Effectively (taken in year three)
3 credits
13 total credits
Spring (MPH Courses)
- PUBLHLTH 784 Quantitative Approaches To Public Health II
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 785 Public Health and Health Care Systems
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 786 Planning and Management to Promote Health
3 credits - PUBLHLTH 787 Applied Practice Experience Seminar
1 credit - PUBLHLTH 790 Social Justice and Public Health: Tools and Models (taken in year three)
2 credits
12 total credits
Summer
- PUBHLTH 788 Applied Practice Experience
6 credits
240 hours
6 total credits
During MPA Program (Count Towards MPH)
- PA 800: Professional Development Workshop
1 credit (meets MPH Leadership Requirement) - PA 873: Introduction to Policy Analysis
3 credits
and PA 874: Policy Making Process
3 credits (meets MPH Public Health Policy Requirement)
Required La Follette Courses (Count Towards MPH)
- PA 878 Introduction to Public Management
3 credits - PA 880 Microeconomic Policy Analysis
3 credits
13 total credits
Applied Practice Experience by an MPA-MPH Student
Nova Tebbe, MPA-MPH, completed an Applied Practice Experience (APEX) with UW’s Global Health Institute focusing on a roadmap for a renewable energy policy that would make Wisconsin a national and global leader.