The School of Public Health-Bloomington offers a variety of online and residential graduate degree programs. Within each, students take a core set of public health courses in addition to courses specific to their major—along with electives that suit their specific interests.
Master of Public Health (M.P.H.)
The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) program prepares graduates for a rewarding career in public health practice. Students pursuing an M.P.H. are immersed in public health research disciplines that emphasize practice, policy, and community engagement. All M.P.H. graduates complete an internship at an organization focused on public health.
Master of Science (M.S.)
The Master of Science disciplines provide rigorous training in research, particularly as it applies to specific areas of interest for the student. Individuals who want to conduct research, translate that research into practice, and serve in academic environments are well suited to the M.S.
Online programs
An Environmental Health major allows you to work toward solving some of today's most consequential environmental and occupational health challenges, including climate change, food safety, hazardous waste management, worker health and safety, and disaster management.
Students in this program learn to design, develop, and implement experiences that promote meaningful and healthy relationships between people and outdoor resources. Graduates pursue careers in outdoor recreation management, resource management, camping administration, outdoor/environmental education and interpretation, or outdoor leadership.
This concentration is designed to help you build the expertise to create and implement policies, as well as manage programs, that promote the public's health. Thorough coursework and extensive practical experiences will prepare you to assume a leadership role in the public or private sector.
This major positions graduates for career advancement to executive and administrative levels in public agencies, private/commercial organizations, campus recreation, military recreation, or general park administration/management.
Students in this program build the necessary skills to assess individual the needs, plan and implement specific interventions to address those needs, and document and evaluate the effectiveness of the interventions. Graduates are eligible to sit for the Recreation Certification (NCTRC) examination, and are prepared for a career in client care services, department supervision, or service lines.
This major prepares professionals to take on advanced job responsibilities such as safety training, accident investigation, audits and inspections, hazard analysis, fire protection, compliance, machine guarding, and emergency preparedness.
Graduates gain a hands-on understanding of marketing to tourists, as well as managing facilities and destinations. This program prepares professionals for the world's largest and most diverse industry, which includes government and non-government tourism organizations, hotels, resorts, convention centers, theme parks, visitor centers, cruises, airlines, and other tourist businesses.
Residential programs
This highly competitive program develops a specialized combination of functional business and sport management skills, giving a clear advantage to graduates who want to become sport communicators, marketers, administrators, or managers.
This two-year professional degree program includes a rigorous combination of classroom, clinical, and research experiences around the continuum of care in the athletic training profession. Graduates are prepared to sit for the Board of Certification (BOC) examination.
This program focuses on the determinants of health and how to design, implement, and evaluate effective health behavior interventions. Coursework and meaningful real-world experiences build the skills and knowledge for leadership in the public or private sector.
The study of biostatistics is essential to understanding a host of public health issues. In this program, students apply statistical methods—along with related data management and mining techniques—to a variety of problems in health sciences, medicine, and biology.
This research-focused degree helps students cultivate the skills to address issues like the safety of our water, food, and air; or the spread of toxins and disease in the wake of natural disasters related to climate change. This is a rapidly evolving field with a high demand for professionals in nearly every workforce sector.
An Environmental Health major allows you to work toward solving some of today's most consequential environmental and occupational health challenges, including climate change, food safety, hazardous waste management, worker health and safety, and disaster management.
This program provides students with some of the most in-demand skills in the realm of public health. Graduates examine disease—both patterns and prevention—and are prepared through coursework and field experience to lead in public health, academia, or the private sector.
Students in this program acquire skills for serving as health education and promotion specialists in educational, clinical, occupational, and community settings—ultimately empowering individuals and communities to have more control over their health.
This program has six distinct tracks—as well as two majors—to prepare graduates for careers in kinesiology/human movement or entry into a doctoral program.
Students in this program learn to design, develop, and implement experiences that promote meaningful and healthy relationships between people and outdoor resources. Graduates pursue careers in outdoor recreation management, resource management, camping administration, outdoor/environmental education and interpretation, or outdoor leadership.
Each student in this program works with a faculty mentor to conduct cutting-edge research, collect data, analyze the data, prepare a research thesis, and present their research. Graduates are prepared for roles in the food industry, community nutrition, medical-related companies, government, public health, or pharmaceutical sales.
Not sure which program is the right fit, or considering your options? Enroll in a few courses through our graduate non-degree exploratory pathway.
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