DVM/MPH students must complete 42 credits in the MPH program in addition to their DVM courses; 22 credits in the MPH core curriculum, 12 credits for the DVM/MPH concentration requirement, and 9 additional credits worth of electives.
The MPH curriculum reflects competencies in the domains of Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health, Public Health and Health Care Systems, Planning and Management to Promote Health, Policy in Public Health, Leadership, Communication, Interprofessional Practice, and Systems Thinking. The DVM/MPH program also has concentration specific courses including Global Population Health, Research Methods, Emerging and Exotic Diseases and Animals, and Legal Basis of Veterinary Public Health.
Throughout the four years, students collectively participate in a monthly, small group seminar—Integration of Public Health—designed to help integrate what they are learning over time in the MPH curriculum with their basic science and clinical training.