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Public Health (BS)/Master of Public Health (MPH): 3+1 Program

An accelerated five-year BS Public Health/MS Nutrition program is jointly offered by the
Public Health Department and the Nutrition Department. Students complete this accelerated BS/MS program in five years and receive a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Public Health and a Master of Science degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion. 

The BS/MPH 3+1 Program allows Simmons students to complete their BS in Public Health and their Master of Public Health in Health Equity within four years. Students should apply before or within their first year in the undergraduate program.

Degree Requirements

Year One

PH 101Introduction to Public Health

4
BIOL 113General Biology

4
CHEM 101Chemical Determinants of Health

4
SOCI 241Health, Illness & Society

4

Year Two

BIOL 104Introduction to Environmental Science

4
BIOL 221Microbiology

4
STAT 118Introductory Statistics

4
BIOL 246Foundations of Exercise and Health

4
OR
SOCI 239Introduction to Social Research I

4
PH 201Introduction to Epidemiology

4
SOCI 245Global Health

4
STAT 118Introductory Statistics

4
OR
STAT 227Intermediate Statistics: Design & Analysis

4

Public Health Elective -Summer

Year Three

COMM 312Health Communications

4
PH 345Health Systems & Policy

4
PH 347Public Health Seminar

4
PH 370Internship

4
Note that students need 128 unique credits to graduate with an undergraduate degree.
Students doing accelerated degrees will need to use one credit from  SIM 101 ,  SIM 201 , or  SIM 301  to make up the one-credit shortfall associated with taking two 3 credit graduate classes while they are still undergraduates.

Following graduation from the BS Program, 3+1 students then continue their studies in the MPH Program as graduate students. Please visit the Simmons University website and view the MPH Catalog for graduate requirements.