Curriculum


MD/MPH Credits (45 hours)

Combination on-site, ITV, on-line courses

45 Total Semester Credit Hours
33-36 hoursUTSPH
9-12 hoursUTHSCSA
Admission to MD/MPH program confers eligibility for shared credits. The UTSPH will count up to 12 semester credit hours in approved shared credit courses taken in the MS curriculum. 9 of the 12 hours occur during the normal course of the MS curriculum and the remaining 3 credit hours come from the approved medical school electives.

View the approved shared credit courses here


UTSPH Credits (33-36 hours)

SPH Course Catalog   |   SPH Course Syllabi   |   SPH Course Descriptions

• 5 core classes (16 hrs)
Core Areas: Biostatistics, Env/Occ Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion/Behav Sciences, Management, Policy & Comm Health

• Public Health Seminar (1 hour)

• Practicum Experience (3 hours)
STEER counts as a practicum experience. The South Texas Environmental Education and Research (STEER) Program is a Senior medical elective that counts for 4 of the 18 required senior year (MS4) credits. Only MD/MPH students have the option to take STEER as their public health practicum between MS1 and MS2 for 3 semester credit hours in the UTSPH while also earning “forward credit” toward the senior elective requirement.
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• Culminating Experience (3hours): (either)
Thesis (3 hrs)
Exam with class (3 hrs)

• Electives (10-12 hours)