Disaster Management

This concentration emphasizes the many skills necessary to prevent disasters from a health standpoint, assess risk, develop plans, communicate with various organizations and populations, act in accordance with established models and practices and aid in recovery.





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Online Master of Public Health (MPH) – Disaster Management Degree

On September 11, 2001, the nation and the public health community were awakened to the need for public health professionals to take an active role in the management of disasters. Benedictine University’s Online Master of Public Health (MPH) – Disaster Management program is designed for the widest spectrum of health care professionals as well as officials in government, law enforcement and emergency services.

Benedictine’s Online MPH – Disaster Management Certificate emphasizes the many skills necessary to prevent disasters from a health standpoint, assess risk, develop plans, communicate with various organizations and populations, act in accordance with established models and practices and aid in recovery.

Benedictine’s Online MPH – Disaster Management program offers small class sizes and the personal attention expected of a top-tier, private university, while conveniently offering fully online courses to maximize your flexibility and mobility. Recognizing that the most desirable students are often the most professionally committed, the Online MPH Disaster Management program is designed for the busy, working adult student.

Online MPH students are required to successfully complete a total of 66 quarter credit hours at a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average.

SEQUENCE OF COURSES

Foundation Courses *
(48 credit hours)
Must earn a grade of B or higher.

 Credit Hrs. Towards Graduation Prerequisites Group Work
1

MPH 602 * – Health Systems

4 FIRST COURSE Yes
2

MPH 511 * – Introduction of Statistics Analysis
MPH 541/MBA 541 accepted for students who started prior to Oct 2008

 4 none Yes
3

MPH 601 * – Behavioral & Social Aspects of Public Health

4 none Yes
4 MPH 610 * – Health Policy 4 none No
5 MPH 603 *- Ethical and Political Issues in Public Health 4 none No
6

MPH 604 * – Epidemiology

 4 MPH 511 Yes
7

MPH 605 * – Environmental Health

 4 none No
8 MPH 606 * - Methods of Research in Public Health 4 MPH 511, MPH 604 No
9 MPH 609 – Cultural Context of Health Care in the U.S.  4 none Yes
10 MPH 611 * - Biology of Public Health 4 none No
11

MPH 607 * – Community Health Analysis

 4 MPH 511, MPH 604, MPH 606 Yes
12 MPH 662 * – Management for Health Professionals 4 none No
13 MPH 650 – Principles of Emergency and Disaster Management 4 none No
14

MPH 654 – Psychology and Sociology of Disasters

 4 none Yes
15 MPH 656 – Disaster Assessment and Mitigation 4 none No
16 MPH 657 – Disaster Management in Public Health 4 none Yes