MPH/Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Students from this program earn a Master of Public Health degree from the Bursky School of Public Health and a Master of Business Administration degree from Olin Business School. The program of study requires the completion of 95 credit units taken over the course of three years: 43 credit units of MPH and 52 credit units for the MBA.
Graduates with the dual MPH/MBA degree will have the interdisciplinary functional and critical-thinking skill set needed for distinctive impact and leadership in hospitals and pharmaceutical firms, health care consulting, policy think tanks, public administration, and other management roles across the healthcare industry spectrum.
Note: To enter a dual degree program, an applicant must apply to each school separately and be admitted to both.
Required MPH Courses
The list below includes courses required to build a student's course of study. The order in which students take their courses may vary.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Public Health (15 credit units) | ||
| PHFN 5000 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| PHFN 5001 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| PHFN 5002 | Environmental Health | 3 |
| SWSP 6018 | Health Administration and Policy | 3 |
| SWTH 6003 | Health Behavior and Health Promotion | 3 |
| Research Methods (9 credit units) | ||
| PHRS 6000 | Research Methods | 3 |
| PHRS 6001 | Applied Linear Modeling (ALM) | 3 |
| PHRS 6002 | Planning, Implementation, & Evaluation Evidence-Based Programs & interventions (PIE) | 3 |
| Cross-Cutting Themes (1 credit unit) | ||
| PHFN 5003 | Cross-Cutting Themes in Public Health | 1 |
| Public Health Seminar (2 credit units) | ||
| PHFN 5004 | Public Health Seminar I | 1 |
| PHFN 5005 | Public Health Seminar II | 1 |
| Practicum (3 credit units) | ||
| PHFN 5010 | Foundations of Applied Practice | 0 |
| PHPC 6001 | Practicum I - MPH Program | 3 |
| Concentration Courses (9 credit units) | ||
| Students will take three 3-credit unit courses to fulfull Generalist Concentration requirements, one of which must be a Transdisciplinary Problem-Solving course | 9 | |
| Skill Lab (2 credit units) | ||
| Skill Lab I | 1 | |
| Skill Lab II | 1 | |
| Integrated Learning Experiences (2 credit units) | ||
| PHCC 6011 | Capstone I | 1 |
| PHCC 6012 | Capstone II | 1 |
| Total Units | 43 | |
Additional Information
For more information, please visit the Admissions FAQ page or the MPH/MBA page of the WashU Bursky Public Health website.
Note: The MPH curriculum and required credits are subject to change.