Learn public health by doing public health

By grappling with real-world public health cases such as COVID-19, healthcare access challenges, the opioid crisis, aging/long-term care, environmental health, HIV/AIDS and global and social inequities, you will engage your public health education in a deeply experiential way.

Our methodology allows you to hone your problem-solving and analytical skills while also expanding your public health expertise. You  will also acquire cross-national perspectives and insights about public health challenges from an international cadre of graduate student peers. Because of the interactive nature of our Master of Public Health online program, you will develop a sense of community — and a global professional network — in our virtual collaborative learning environment.

To complete the Brown University School of Public Health’s 100% online MPH program, you will take 12 courses for a total of 48 credit hours. With an emphasis on using qualitative and quantitative data to make public health decisions, as well as leadership development, our Master of Public Health online program will give you both the theoretical and practical foundation you need to effect positive change.

Experiencing public health first-hand

In addition to the Master of Public Health online coursework, you will also complete a 145-hour practicum, the Applied Practice Experience, applying your newly acquired knowledge and skills in a public health setting.

Your culminating project in the Master of Public Health online program consists of an Integrated Learning Experience (ILE). Solve a real-world health challenge, either singly or as a team, within your community. Types of challenges include developing local strategies for decreasing maternal and infant mortality rates, addressing a climate change-related public health problem, or alleviating a major source of addiction.

Online Master of Public Health Curriculum & Course Sequence

Semester 1

• GPHP 2010: Using Epidemiology to Make Public Health Decisions
• GPHP 2800: Public Health Leadership & Practice 

Semester 2

• GPHP 2000: Using Biostatistics to Make Public Health Decisions
• GPHP 2850: Public Health Communications

Semester 3

• GPHP 2020: Using Survey & Qualitative Methods to Make Public Health Decisions
• GPHP 2400: Health Care Systems & Policy

Semester 4

• GPHP 2300: Social Determinants of Health/Equity in Public Health
• GPHP 2310: Interventions at the Local, National and Global Scale

Semester 5

• GPHP 2410: Comparative Health Care Systems
• GPHP 2320: Evaluations of Public Health Programs

Semester 6

• GPHP 2810: Local-Global Public Health Leadership
• GPHP 2900: Integrative Learning Experience (ILE)

Brown University’s School of Public Health has designed the 100% online Master of Public Health program to make our MPH experience accessible to more people domestically and internationally. We are recruiting students from around the world and throughout the United States to create a truly international student experience.

We’ve built our online Master of Public Health generalist program to account for different global time zones and student-support needs. All courses take place online and will combine asynchronous and synchronous components to make the most of the online learning environment. Synchronous sessions will occur one time per week and will be recorded for students to access at their convenience.

Here’s how the Master of Public Health online program works:

On your own schedule, engage with faculty-created asynchronous coursework such as interactive multimedia, recorded lectures and demonstrations, expert/guest lecture videos and discussion boards.

The flexibility of our online modality makes it possible to invite international luminaries from around the world to speak with online MPH students.  Because of the synchronous and asynchronous nature of much of the content, you may have the opportunities to hear from notable guest speakers.

• Sapna Desai, PhD
• Anthony Fauci, MD
• Helene Gayle, MD, MPH
• Gökhan Hotamışlıgil, MD, PhD
• Heidi Larson, PhD
• Gina McCarthy
• Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy
• Wendy Schiller, PhD
• Zeynep Tüfekçi, PhD

You will also have the chance to connect with world-class faculty members and fellow students in live, synchronous sessions. During these optional, weekly small group sessions, you will meet with your cohort for live discussions about how your coursework applies to your current work situation, as well as to your region or country.

The online master’s of public health program harnesses the power of instructional technologies to engage cross-continental learners, intellectually, personally and professionally so you can grow into professionals able to make critical public health contributions at home and worldwide.