Population and International Health - Harvard University

Population and International Health from Harvard University is a Campus Master Public Health degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Department of Population and International Health seeks to improve global health through education, research, and service from a populationbased perspective. The twenty-first century has arrived with complex changes in demographic patterns, disease burdens, and health policies. These changes are affecting all societies, rich and poor, developed and developing. The department's approach to these problems combines the analysis of population and health using quantitative and qualitative methods, the investigation of policies that affect health, and a concern with the politics and ethics of health and development. There are two tracks within the 80-credit SM degree program offered by the department: Academic track The academic track is the more flexible and has been designed to prepare students for further research work in population and international health. The program expects these students to take a number of more advanced courses. Some students continue into a doctoral program at Harvard or elsewhere on completion of the master's degree ; their eventual aim is usually to work as researchers in academic institutions. Professional track The professional track requires the student to take a broader range of courses required for certification, including environmental health and other courses not included in the departmental core. Graduates of the professional track pursue a variety of careers in national and international agencies and institutions. Applicants to either track must hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Many entering students already hold advanced degrees in medicine or a social science discipline. The admissions committee looks for candidates with a numerical background (some evidence of college-level courses in mathematics and statistics with calculus) and for those with relevant prior working experience in population and international health. Once admitted, transfer between the tracks is possible. View more details on Harvard University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Public Health courses.