Program Schedule

Classes will take place on the UBC Point Grey campus for both traditional and distributed learning formats.

A typical schedule will be as follows:

Term I (Sept) Term II (Jan) Summer (May) Term III (Sept) Term IV (Jan)
SPPH 508 (Practicum) may be taken in the summer, or part-time in terms II-III or terms III-IV.*
SPPH 502 Epidemiological Methods I SPPH 500 Analytic
Methods in Epidemiological Research
Elective(s) can be taken SPPH 526 Leadership
In Public Health
Term IV is optional depending on student choices regarding scheduling and the practicum
SPPH 400 Statistics for
Health Research
SPPH 540 Health Services Research or SPPH 581D Health Care Priority Setting (DL only)
SPPH 581D Health Care Priority Setting (can be offered in Summer, DL only) Elective  
SPPH 525 Issues and Concepts in
Public Health
Elective   Elective  
SPPH 524 Core Biological Concepts of Public Health Diseases Elective   Elective  


* Students must complete their practicum prior to one week before the end of their final courses in order for the practicum period to be student loan-eligible. Depending on the timing of the practicum, the program may or may not require a fourth term.

For more answers to common questions, please visit our FAQ webpage.

What's New

MPH Applications for September 2012 has now closed.

Applicants can check their document status online.  Please see FAQ's as response time from department is slow this time of year.  This deadline is strict for receipt of all application documents.  Late documents will not be accepted.

Deadline February 28, 2012 for Unclassified Student Requests

Deadlines for Visiting Students applying to take SPPH courses starting May 2012 can be found here.

Prisons not Progress

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy National Conference 2012 will be held March 2-4 2012 in Calgary, Aberta.  More details here.

Call for Abstracts

Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics National Student Conference deadline is March 15, 2012.  More details here.

Deadline March 30, 2012 for Western Deans' Student Requests

Deadlines for Visiting Students applying to take SPPH courses starting May 2012 can be found here.

CPHA Annual Conference held June 11-14th, 2012 in Edmonton

Congratulations to the MPH students invited to present at this conference.

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Faculty of Medicine

MPH Program
School of Population and
Public Health
Tel: (604) 822-9207
Fax: (604) 822-4994
E-mail: mph@spph.ubc.ca

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