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GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH
Director
General Public Health at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, a track of study intended for candidates who already have health professional training and at least two years of public health experience, allows students broader participation in the field of public health as well as formal training in the methods and issues addressed by several public health disciplines. Career needs of General Public Health candidates often require an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the scope of any single department within the school. Therefore, one of the primary benefits of the track is that students can take advantage of the educational resources of more than one department. Applicants to General Public Health are expected to identify their substantive area(s) of interest and the technical skills (administration, research, program development, etc.) they want to acquire from the public health curriculum. Study may be done on a part-time or full-time basis. Residencies and fellowships, such as the SUNY-Stony Brook Preventive Medicine Fellowship, the General Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the Weill Cornell Medical College, and the Public Health Scholars Program, are available by separate application. Students may be admitted for the Fall, Spring, or Summer semesters. The General Public Health track is also available to students in the dual degree programs offered by the Mailman School of Public Health in collaboration with other schools at Columbia University, including the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the School of Nursing, the School of Dental and Oral Surgery, and the School of International and Public Affairs, among others. The track is occasionally offered to students with other professional degrees, such as law, journalism, or business, for which an individualized, interdisciplinary curriculum is deemed particularly suitable. Each student's program is planned individually. Courses of study include the Mailman School's core curriculum (Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy and Management, Epidemiology, and Sociomedical Sciences), courses drawn from education resources throughout all departments, and other Columbia University electives chosen to supplement a particular area of focus. Emphasis is often given to a substantive interdisciplinary area covered in the school's curriculum by a series of related courses. In addition, each student is expected to develop and demonstrate improved skills in some technical area, such as research design, program evaluation, health education, health program planning, or administration, as well as to select from the school's curriculum, in consultation with the track's academic advisor, those courses that help meet this objective. Another requirement of the General Public Health track, the practicum experience, provides students opportunities to test and apply the academic training received in the program to a work setting. The practicum is individually selected and tailored to meet the needs of each student. It may take a variety of forms. The practicum experience requires completion of a Scope of Work and the Practicum Paper. Please refer to the links above for the forms and instructions. Registration Course Listings Other Academic Matters |
