Executive Public Health Administration & Policy (E-PHAP), M.P.H.
The Executive Public Health Administration & Policy (E-PHAP) distance program is tailored to working
public health professional’s currently in or seeking leadership roles in government agencies, nonprofits,
and other organizations that aim to improve the health of populations. Students will gain skills in
managing public health organizations, developing and implementing public health policy and applying
research to programs and policy performance.
Program Curriculum
Students may complete the EPHAP program in 25 months of fulltime study by earning 35 credits of
online coursework and attending
five, two-credit, on-campus
sessions for a total of 17 days of
face-to-face instruction.
All students complete a master’s
project in an area of interest related
to public health. In addition, they
design a field experience to develop
competencies in public health
administration practice and to
enhance career prospects after
graduation. Students are
encouraged to choose projects at
their place of employment.
The proposed curriculum with
examples of optional electives is
outlined below.
Spring 2014
○ PubH 6780 Setting Priorities and
Framing Public Health Issues, 4
days on-campus instruction (2
credits, hybrid)
○ PubH 6700 Foundations of Public
Health (3 credits, online)
○ PubH 6724 The Health Care System
and Public Health (3 credits, online)
Summer 2014
○ PubH 6751 Principles of Mgmt in
Health Services Orgs
(2 credits, online)
○ PubH 6320 Fundamentals of
Epidemiology (3 credits, online)
Fall 2014
○ PubH 6780 Data to Drive Public
Sample Schedule (42 credits)
The curriculum is comprised of 14
credits fulfilling the MPH core and
26 additional credits consisting of
the E-PHAP core.
Seven credits are delivered during
on campus sessions. Two credits
will be left for electives. Students
may complete these electives
through our current online offerings
or through approved electives in the
SPH Public Health Institute offered
each spring and summer semester.
Health, 2 days on-campus
instruction (1 credit, hybrid)
○ PubH 6780 Laws, Rules and
Regulations for Public Health, 2 days
on campus (1 credit, hybrid)
○ PubH 6414 Biostatistical Methods
(3 credits, online)
○ Elective (2 credits)
Spring 2015
○ PubH 6780 Public Health Leadership,
3 days on-campus instruction
(1 credit, hybrid)
○ PubH 6102 Issues in Environmental
and Occupational Health (2 credits,
online)
○ PubH 6835 Principles of Health
Policy (2 credits, online)
Contact Information
Senior Coordinator
Heather Peterson, M.A.
Phone: 612-624-6664
peter909@umn.edu
Director &
Associate Professor
Donna McAlpine, PhD
Phone: 612-625-9919
mcalp004@umn.edu
www.sph.umn.edu/programs/ephap
○ PubH 6741 Ethics in Public Health:
Professional Practice (1 credit,
online)
Summer 2015
○ PubH 6755 Planning and Budgeting
for Public Health (2 credits, online)
○ PubH 7796 Field Experience – 120
hr (2 credits, practicum)
○ PubH 6020 Fundamentals of Social
and Behavioral Science (3 credits,
online)
Fall 2015
○ PubH 6780 Leading and Evaluating
Public Health Change, 4 days oncampus instruction (2 credits, hybrid)
○ PubH 6727 Health Leadership and
Effecting Change (2 credits, online)
○ PubH 6765 Continuous Quality
Improvement (3 credits, online)
Spring 2016
○ PubH 7794 Master’s Project
Presentation, 2 days on-campus
(2 credits)