WHP/MPH Dual Degree - School of Health Sciences

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The BS to MPH 4+1 Plan is a combined bachelor/master degree program that provides high-achieving students an opportunity to complete a bachelor's and master's degree in less time than would be required if the two degrees were done independently. Participants can graduate with a Master of Public Health degree in approximately one calendar year after completing a B.S. in Wellness and Health Promotion. Students in this program complete 12 graduate level credits at undergraduate tuition rates. Students who have a minimum overall undergraduate GPA of 3.2 and have earned a 3.0 or above GPA in each of the 12-credits of graduate courses will be reclassified as a graduate student through Graduate Study.

For more information on this program, contact the WHP program coordinator, Dr. Florence Dallo at dallo@oakland.edu or advisers in the School of Health Sciences. View the Master of Public Health program website for additional details.

Course Requirements

Wellness and Health Promotion B.S.

Core Requirements:		Credit Hours
HS 2500	Human Nutrition and Health	4
HS 2150	Stress Management	3
HS 2250 or PSY 2500	Research Methods	4
HRD 3300	Instructional Design	4
WHP 3500	Health Program Implementation	4
WHP 2800	Introduction to Health Literacy	4
WHP 3000	Wellness Across the Life Span	4
PSY 3450	Health Psychology	4
HS 3400	Contemporary Issues in Personal Health	2
WHP 3600	Wellness Facilitation	4
WHP 3800	Persuasion and Marketing in Health	4
HS 4500 or other	Writing Intensive in the Major	4
EXS 2700	Safety and First Aid in Exercise Settings	2
WHP 400/4030	Assessment & Interventions in Wellness	4
WHP 4950	Internship	4

Graduate Courses:		Credits:
PH 5000	Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Education	4
PH 5100	Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research	4
PH 5200	Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Public Health Interventions	4

Steps to Graduation

If a student has a minimum overall GPA of 3.2, has at least sophomore standing, and has completed: EHS 2550 (or STA 2220); HS 2250 (or PSY 2500); WHP 2800; and WHP 3500, the student may apply to the Accelerated BS to MPH (4+1) program through the graduate office. Qualified applicants will be given a delayed admission to the MPH program. (Full, formal admission will not take place until the student successfully completes his or her undergraduate degree with an overall GPA of 3.0). Applications are due February 1.

A student accepted into the 4+1 program continues his or her undergraduate degree with the substitution of 3 graduate courses as shown below:

Please note that students must be accepted into the 4+1 program before taking any graduate level courses.

Courses
PH 5000	Foundations of Health Behavior and Health Education
PH 5100	Principles of Community-Based Participatory Research
PH 5200	Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation of Public Health Interventions

If a 4+1 program student has successfully graduated with a BS degree and an overall GPA of 3.0, he or she and is fully admitted to graduate MPH program. Classes to be completed are:

Courses
PH 5400	Statistical Methods in Public Health
PH 5500	Introduction to Epidemiology
PH 5700	Health Policy & Management
PH 5600	Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences
PH 5960	Public Health Practicum
PH 5996	Public Health Capstone
Eight credits of electives