Field studies – The MPH culminating experience
Field studies is required of all students earning a graduate degree in public health. It allows each student the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the didactic courses to real-world experience in a public health setting as well as develop valuable professional and leadership skills all while completing a graduate project. The field experience is a minimum of 150-hours completed over three consecutive semesters. The scope of the graduate project varies from student to student based on the agency, institution, or organizational needs of the host site, the student’s previous experience, and career goals as well as their specific area of interest in public health.