MS IN SOCIAL POLICY

Master of Public Health

The Master of Science in Social Policy/Master of Public Health (MSSP/MPH) degree is designed to be completed in 2 years as a full-time student.

The MSSP/MPH will prepare graduates for leadership positions in:

  • Understanding how decisions about social and health policy issues are made, shaped and influenced at local, state, national, and global levels;
  • Careers in health services research and health policy research in academic, government, community, and industry settings;
  • Formulating a social reform agenda that is evidence-based and aims at improving the equity, effectiveness, and efficiency of health policy creation and implementation; and
  • Generating and considering a wide array of policy options to address social and health problems.