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Master of Public Administration and Public Health
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MPA and MPH
30 SIPA credits, 30 Public Health credits, remaining 15 credits at either school
MPA/MPH Dual Degree Curriculum Overview
Dual-degree students are required to fulfill the SIPA and SPH core requirements outlined below. Dual-degree students are, however, exempted from one of these requirements, since there is an overlap with the core curriculum (see comments below). For a list of courses that fulfill core requirements, please refer to the SIPA Registration Guide produced at the beginning of each semester.
Core Requirements – SIPA
Dual-degree MPA/MPH students must fulfill the SIPA MPA Core requirements. Dual-degree students are not required to complete a concentration at SIPA.
- U6110 Politics of Policymaking (5 credits)
- U8200 Public Management (3 credits)
- U8213/U8216 Microeconomics and Policy Analysis I/II (6 credits)
- U6310 Quantitative Techniques (3 credits)
(note: P6103 Introduction to Biostatistics fulfills this requirement.)
Financial Analysis Requirement:
(students must take one of the following courses)
- U6416 Budgeting for Non-Profits (3 credits)
- U8201 Budgeting for Government (3 credits)
- U6014 Accounting for International and Public Affairs (3 credits)
- U6022 Economics of Finance (3 credits)
Capstone Courses:
(students must take one of the following courses)
- U9232 Workshop (3 credits, fall semester only)
- U9180/9181 Non-profit Management Lab (3 credits)
- U9300/9301 Public Policy Clinic (6 credits)
U4041 Professional Development (1 credit)
One Internship (0-3 credits)
Core Requirements – Public Health
Dual-degree MPA/MPH students must fulfill the MPH Core and Departmental requirements.
- P6103 Biostatistics (3 credits)
(note: U6310 Quantitative Methods (3 credits) fulfills this requirement) - P6300 Environmental Health Science (3 credits)
- P6400 Principles of Epidemiology (3 credits)
- P6530 Issues and Approaches to Health Administration (3 credits)
- P6700 Introduction to Sociomedical Sciences (3 credits)
Contact Information
School of International and Public Affairs |
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Office of Admissions |
Office of Computing 1513B IAB, 854-8347 http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/sipac/ Harpreet Mahajan, Director mahajan@columbia.edu |
| Office of Student Affairs 612 IAB, 854-8690 http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/prog/ Caroline Kay, Assistant Dean cck11@columbia.edu Claudio Vargas, Assistant Director, Financial Aid csv3@columbia.edu |
Office of Career Services 420 IAB, 854-4613 http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ocs/ Meg Heenehan, Director mh374@columbia.edu |
School of Public Health http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/index.html |
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| Office of Admissions & Financial Aid 722 West 168th St. Suite 1030, 305-3927 Farah Burnett, Assistant Director fb2173@columbia.edu |
Office of Student Affairs 722 West 168th St., 305-3927 Marlyn Delva, Assistant Dean mmt22@columbia.edu |
| Office of Career Services 722 West 168th St. Suite 1029, 305-1548 Tanya Leslie, Director tcl1@columbia.edu |
Population & Family Health 60 Haven Ave, 304-5261 Lynne Loomis-Price, Coordinator ll2295@columbia.edu |
| Sociomedical Sciences 722 West 168th St. 9th floor, 305-1561 Andrea Constancio, Coordinator ac995@columbia.edu |
Health Policy & Management 600 West 168th St., 6th floor Dahlia Remler, Asst. Professor dr404@columbia.edu |