Medical Anthropology PhD/MPH
Degree Requirements
The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in The Graduate School Policy Guide.
MPH/PhD
Total Units Required: MPH requires a total of 16 units and Anthropology PhD requires a minimum of 9 units. Three Anthropology courses can be double-counted towards the MPH. These include: (1) a methods course (either ANTHRO 386-0 Methods in Human Biology Research or ANTHRO 389-0 Ethnographic Methods and Analysis), and (2) two other elective courses from the list below. All MPH/PhD candidates in Medical Anthropology complete the requirements for the "Generalist Concentration" in the MPH Program.
MPH Course Requirements
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| Core Courses | |
| Behavior, Society & Health | |
| Introduction to Biostatistics | |
| Environmental Health Sciences | |
| Introduction to Epidemiology | |
| Foundations of Public Health I | |
| Foundations of Public Health II | |
| Foundations of Public Health III | |
| Applied Practice Experience I | |
| Applied Practice Experience II | |
| Introduction to US Health Care System | |
| Culminating Experience | |
| Public Health Methods Course | |
| Choose from: | |
| Intermediate Biostatistics | |
| Intermediate Epidemiology | |
| Anthropology Methods Course | |
| Choose from: | |
| Methods in Human Biology Research | |
| Ethnographic Methods and Analysis | |
| Anthropology Curriculum Shared Public Health Content | |
| Choose 2 from: | |
| The Anthropology of Reproduction | |
| Topics In Anthropology (Methods in Global Health and Anthropology) | |
| Seminar in Mind, Body, & Health | |
| Topics in Anthropology (Seminar on Society, Biology and Health or Human Population Biology) | |
ANTHRO 386-0 or ANTHRO 389-0 if not counted as Anthropology Methods Course | |
| Electives: 5 units | |
PhD Course Requirements
Students are required to complete PhD course requirements based on the chosen subfield.
Required Papers and Proposals
Students are required to complete a Second Year Qualifying Paper, an Applied Public Health Experience (APEx), Culminating Experience Paper, a Dissertation Proposal, and a PhD Dissertation.