School of Public Health admission criteria and Course breakdown for each program

1. MSc. in Public Health (General Public Health)

Admission criteria

In order to be enrolled in the Masters of Public Health (General Public Health) academic program, a student must satisfy the following requirements.

Candidates must be BSc/ MD holders in the field of health sciences.
All candidates must have at least a CGPA of 2.0 and above at graduation.
Students must pass the entrance examination

Course Breakdown

Core Courses
Course Title	Course Code	Credit Hours
Biostatistics	PhEp611	3
Epidemiology	PhEp612	3
Health Service Management	PhHm611	3
Global Health	PhGp611	2
Research Methods	PhEp626	3
Professional Courses
Public Health Nutrition	PhNu627	3
Reproductive and Sexual health	PhRh627	3
Health Promotion and Communication	PhGp621	3
Monitoring and evaluation	PhHm624	2
Environmental and Occupational Health	PhGp622	4
Health Economics	PhHm626	2
Research work and Thesis writing	PhGp711	P/F (Equivalent to 6 credit hours)
Elective Courses (2 cr hr mandatory)
Health informatics	PhEp625	2
Population Studies	PhRh611	2
Total Credit hours		33(37)

2. MSc. in Public Health in Epidemiology

Admission criteria

Prospective candidates must have:

Primarily an MD in medicine, doctorate in veterinary medicine or at least a bachelor degree in public health, nursing, environmental health or relevant experience in public health in case of a related field of study.
All candidates must have at least a CGPA of 2.0 and above at graduation.
Students must pass the entrance examination

Course Breakdown

Year	Semester	Course name	Credit hour	Course code
I	I	Biostatistics	3	PhEp611
		Epidemiology	3	PhEp612
		Global Health	2	PhGp611
		Health Service Management	3	PhHm611
		Health Promotion and Communication	3	PhGp612
	Total		14
	II	Advanced Biostatics	4	PhEp621
		Advanced Epidemiology I	2	PhEp622
		Advanced Epidemiology II	3	PhEp623
		Data Base Management	2	PhEp624
		Health Informatics	2	PhEp625
		Research Methods	3	PhEp626
	Total		16
II	Full-year	Research work and Thesis writing	6	PhEp711
		Clinical Epidemiology (Optional)	2	PhEp627
		Public Health Program Evaluation (Optional)	2	PhEp628

3. MSc. in Public health in Field Epidemiology (FEp)

Admission criteria

The following shall be eligible for registration for the Master of Public Health in Field Epidemiology:-

A holder of a first degree in Health and Health related disciplines (health officer, nurse, medical doctor, environmental health officer, health education, pharmacist, veterinary medicine, laboratory technology, and applied biological science with public health services)
Candidates must be committed to full-time formal training, fieldwork, and related MoH activities.
Candidates must have a support letter from MoH or RHB and other relevant institutions.
Candidates must successfully pass an entrance exam and interview by the respective universities’ selection criteria.

Course Breakdown

Year	Semester	Course name	Credit hour	Course code
I	I	Introduction to Public Health	2	PHFE 611
		Biostatistics	3	PHFE 612
		Introduction to data management and software	2	PHFE 613
		Epidemiologic methods	3	PHFE 614
		Public Health surveillance	1	PHFE 615
		Teaching and Mentoring	1	PHFE 616
		Communication and scientific writing	1	PHFE 617
		Public Health Lab methods and bio-safety	1	PHFE 618
		Total	14
	II	Field Residency I	5	PHFE621
		Advanced Epidemiology	2	PHFE 622
		Prevention effectiveness	1	PHFE 623
		Management and Leadership	1	PHFE 624
		Epidemiology of priority health problems	1	PHFE 625
		Public Health Disasters	1	PHFE 626
		Total	11
II	Full year	Research Methods	3	PHEP 626
		Field Residency II	10	PHFE 711
		Research (masters thesis) (=6 credits)	P/F	PHFE 712
		Total	13
Total			38

4. MSc. in Public health in Reproductive Health (RH)

Admission criteria

The candidate for graduate training program of Master of Public Health in Reproductive Health at Haramaya University should full fill the following requirements:

Applicants to the graduate program for MPH in RH should have a minimum of first degree in health and related field such as Health Officer, Nursing, Medicine, Midwifery and demography.
The applicant should take the entrance exam set for entrance and meet the pass mark fixed for that admission year.
Year of services set as screening criteria for that year
A minimum of two Letter of recommendation from his/her previous instructors or authorities of current work area

Course breakdown

s/no	Course	Couse code	Credit	Core courses	Prof. courses	Required courses	Optional courses
1	Epidemiology	PhEP611	3	√
2	Biostatistics	PhEp621	3	√
3	Health services management	PhHm611	3	√
4	Global Public Health	PhGp611	2	√
5	Population and development	PhRh611	2		√
6	Family Planning	PhRh622	2		√
7	Maternal Health	PhRh632	2		√
8	Neonatal and Child Health	PhRh642	2		√
9	Adolescent Reproductive Health	PhRh652	2		√
10	Global STI and HIV	PhRh662	2		√
11	Gender, Health and Development	PhRh672	2		√
11	Reproductive Health Monitoring and Evaluation	PhRh682	2		√
12	Research Methods	PhEp662	2			√
13	Research work and Thesis writing (equivalent to 6 CrHr)	PhRh711	6 (P/F)			√
14	Survey Methods		2				√
15	Reproductive Health policies and programs	PhRh692	2				√
16	Qualitative research methods	PhRh672	2				√

5. MSc. in Public Health in Nutrition (PHN)

Admission criteria

Applicants should have:

A minimum of first degree in health and related field
Must pass the entrance exam

Course Breakdown

Year I	Course	Credit Hour	Course Number
	Term I Core courses
	Biostatistics	3	PhEp611
	Epidemiology	3	PhEp612
	Health Service Management	3	PhHm611
	Global Health	2	PhGp611
	Total	11
	Term II Professional course
	Nutrition and Health	2	PhNu611
	Nutrition in the life cycle	3	PhNu621
	Methods of Nutritional Assessment	3	PhNu622
	Nutrition Problems of Public Health Importance	2	PhNu623
	Nutrition Intervention	3	PhNu624
	Food Hygiene and Safety	2	PhNu612
	Food and Nutrition Security	2	PhNu625
	Practicum	2	PhNu626
	Total	19
	Term III
	Research Methods	2	PhEp626
Year II	Research work and Thesis writing (equivalent to six CrH)	6 (P/F)	PhNu711

6. MSc. in Public health in Health Service Management (HSM)

Admission Criteria

Applicants to the postgraduate for Masters of Public Health (MPH) in Health Service Management should have:

A minimum of first degree in health and related field
CGPA of 2.0 and above at the graduation
To pass the entrance examination
To have sponsorship (self or other)

To provide tangible two recommendation letters and reference

Course Breakdown

Year I	Course Title and Semester	Credit Hour	Course Number
	Semester I
	Biostatistics	3	PhEp611
	Epidemiology	3	PhEp612
	Global Health	2	PhGp611
	Health Service Management	3	PhHm611
	Population Studies	2	PhRh611
	Total	13
	Semester II
	Health Policy and Strategic Management	3	PhHm621
	Program Design and Health Institutions Management	4	PhHm622
	Advanced Health Economics	3	PhHm623
	Monitoring and Evaluation	2	PhHm624
	Health Informatics	2	PhEp625
	Health Economics (Elective)	2	PhHm682
	Health Promotion and Communication (Elective)	3	PhGp612
	Total	18
	Semester III
	Research Methods	3	PhEp626
Year II	Research work and Thesis writing (equivalent to six CrHr)	6	PhHm711

7. MSc. in Science in Clinical Epidemiology

Admission criteria

Prospective candidates and applicants to the Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology program should have:

A minimum of the first degree in medicine, or bachelor’s degree in other clinical oriented fields of study (public health, all nurses, clinical pharmacy or pharmacy, clinical psychologists or psychiatrists, dentistry, radiologist, ansthesist).
Should be currently working in clinical care,
Able to provide support letter from employers
Should pass an entrance examination.

Course Breakdown

Course Code		Course Title	Course type	Credit hour	ECTS	Year/Semester
PhEp5011		Biostatistics	Common	3	5	1/1
PhEp5021		Epidemiology	Common	3	5	1/1
ClEp5011		Ethics in clinical research	Professional	2	3	1/1
ClEp5021		Clinical Epidemiology	Professional	4	7	1/1
ClEp5031		Introduction to statistical software	Professional	3	5	1/1
ClEp5041		Clinical epidemiology project	Professional	2	3	1/1
		Total		17	28	1/1
PhEp5022		Advanced Biostatistics	Professional	4	7	1/2
ClEp5052		Advanced Epidemiology	Professional	4	7	1/2
ClEp5062		Translating research into practice	Professional	4	7	1/2
ClEp5072		Scientific writing and communication	Professional	2	3	1/2
PhEp5062		Research Methods	Professional	3	5	1/2
	Total			17	29
PhEp6141		Thesis Work	Professional	6	10	2/2
		Semester-III Total		6	10	2/2
	Grand Total			40	67

8. MSc. in Public Health in Health Promotion and Health Behaviour

Admission Criteria

To be eligible for the Master of Public Health in Health Promotion and Health Behaviour, the candidate must fulfill:

First-degree holder in Health and Medical Science professionals and sociology, and psychology who are working the health science programs with a minimum of ‘two years’ experience in public health programs for the non-academic staff or one-year’ experience for academic staff.
Show a keen interest in the profession & can produce three recommendation letters from relevant offices or individuals.
Competitively pass the entrance exam prepared by the school.

Course Breakdown

Year	Course name	Course No.	Cr. Hrs
Year-I, Semester-I	Biostatistics	PhEp611	3
	Principles of Epidemiology	PhEp612	3
	Principles of Health Education and Communication	PhGp621	3
	Health Service Management	PhHm611	3
	Public Health Nutrition	PhNu627	2
	Reproductive and Sexual Health	PhRh627	2
	Sub-Total		16
Year-I, Semester-II	Advanced Biostatistics	PhEp621	3
	Data Base Management	PhEp622	2
	Health Promotion	Hebs 623	3
	Health and Human Behaviour	Hebs624	2
	Public Health Program Monitoring and Evaluation	PhHm625	2
	Research Methods	PhEp626	3
	Qualitative Research Methodology	Hebs627	3
	Sub-Total		18
Year-II, Year-based	Methods & SCOPE in Health promotion	Hebs625	2
	Professional Practice	Pubh701	2
	Research work and Thesis writing	PhGp711	6
	Total		40
Total			44