BA in Public Health and Master of Public Health in Denver United States | University of Colorado Denver

The academic department periodically updates these degree requirements, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may grant exceptions or substitutions when deemed appropriate for individual circumstances. Consequently, the College highly recommends that students frequently meet with their major advisors, graduate advisors, and CLAS advisors to verify the most suitable academic plans before finalizing them. This accelerated 5-year program integrates the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (BA/BS) in Public Health (PBHL) with the Master of Public Health (MPH). The University of Colorado Denver administers these degrees through the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the downtown campus, while the Colorado School of Public Health—a collaborative initiative between the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, and the University of Northern Colorado—oversees the MPH. Upon completion, students earn both degrees concurrently.
BA/BS-MPH candidates can select from any MPH specialization offered across the three participating campuses. These specializations encompass the five fundamental public health disciplines (Biostatistics, Community and Behavioral Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Health Systems, Management and Policy) along with additional focus areas like Maternal and Child Health, Health Communications, Community Health Education, and more.
Public health focuses on safeguarding the environment, tracing disease origins in communities, managing outbreaks, assessing demographic shifts' economic effects, designing health promotion strategies, and shaping health policy. The field integrates knowledge from diverse disciplines, including social and behavioral sciences, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, business, economics, statistics, epidemiology, law, and biology—each contributing distinct perspectives to public health initiatives.