Progress in the Articulation of Undergraduate and Graduate Public Health?

Frontiers in Public Health

Joel M. Lee¹ 

关键词: public health education;    undergraduate;    articulation;    baccalaureate;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00022

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Historically, in the absence of baccalaureate education in the public health, entry level education was offered at the graduate level in the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. As MPH education was not preceded by baccalaureate education in the discipline, there are not typically prerequisite requirements for MPH admission, and introductory coursework in public health has always been offered at the graduate level. Other disciplines including business and nursing offer joint and dual degree programs; however, these programs are typically designed to accelerate completion of baccalaureate and graduate degrees (1–4) rather than supplement graduate with undergraduate education. While the developers of new undergraduate public health programs may look at the experience in other disciplines, public health presents the atypical characteristic that well-established graduate education preceded undergraduate education. In addition, review of a variety of accelerated programs at different universities demonstrates that they tend to be unique to individual universities rather than of a standard design.

【 授权许可】

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