Graduate Study in Health Science
- Master of Public Health (MPH)
- Master of Science in Health Science (MS)
- Joint Master of Public Health / Master of Science in Nursing (MPH/MSN)
Mission Statement
The mission of the CSULB Health Science Graduate Program is to educate and develop leaders in the field of public health practice by providing competencies and skills needed to be productive professionals who serve the health-promotion and disease-prevention needs of diverse local, regional, national, and international populations. These competencies and skills include the ability to perform research and program evaluation as well as delivering services in order to reduce health disparities among underserved populations.
Goals for Graduate Programs
Major goals of the Health Science Graduate Program are to ensure that Health Science graduates meet the unique multi-cultural and multi-lingual needs of the community through the:
- Mastery of public health and health education knowledge and skills.
- Application of public health competencies with a clear vision of values and ethics that will define their practice.
- Acquisition of leadership roles in a wide variety of public health and health care settings.
- Incorporation of research skills into practice.
- Adoption of a collaborative model for use in their public health practice.
- Development of appropriate strategies to respond to a diverse community.
To fulfill its mission the department’s ongoing goal is to improve its instruction, research, and service plan. The MPH graduate program aims to:
- Achieve excellence in teaching and learning with respect to the fields of health education and public health.
- Conduct research programs that address health disparities in underserved populations in our community.
- Provide public heath service that addresses the needs of the university, profession, and the community.
Objectives for Graduate Programs
- A mastery of public health knowledge and skills, including community organization, community assessment, program planning, implementation/service delivery, and evaluation; theories of health behavior change; and the concepts and interventions for health promotion/disease prevention.
- A mastery of competencies relevant to quantitative disciplines such as biostatistics and epidemiology.
- A mastery of skills that are required to use electronic media as currently employed in the public health field.
- Knowledge of the values and ethics that guide decision-making in the practice of public health, and implications of these for public health policies.
- Knowledge of multicultural influences on health and health behavior change.
- A mastery of fundamental research skills through involvement in research activities, including research design, implementation, analysis and reporting.
- Completion of a community-based internship in which Health Science students will gain an understanding of public health service and the role of the internship experience.
