Community Health
The community health master's program offers a skills-based program which integrates theory and critical thinking to assess the needs of individuals, families, and communities. Students learn to plan, implement and evaluate programming designed to promote health, human development and well-being.
Students are accepted into the program by one of our faculty members who will serve as a mentor and work closely with the student through their time at MSU. Potential applicants should investigate the websites of faculty members and contact faculty prior to submitting their application. We believe this matching process provides students with the support and structure to succeed in our program. Interested students may obtain descriptions by visiting the department website. Depending on the students' goals, undergraduate degree, and course work, additional courses may be added or deleted to supplement the curriculum.
Upon completion of the degree, students are eligible to sit for the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) exam.
Required Courses
| CHTH 502 | Theories and Models in Health | 3 |
| CHTH 540 | Principles of Epidemiology | 3 |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
| Community-Based Participatory Research: Research, Practice, and Policy | ||
or CHTH 598 | Internship | |
| CHTH 548 | Program Planning and Evaluation | 3 |
| Take one of the following: | 3 | |
| Educational Statistics I | ||
or HDFS 515 | Statistical Approaches to Studying Children, Families and Communities | |
| HDCO 554 | Develop Theory Across Lifespan | 3 |
| HHD 501 | Research Methods in HHD I | 3 |
| HHD 512 | Research Methods in HHD II | 3 |
| Take one of the following: | 6-10 | |
| Professional Paper and Project (6 cr. required) | ||
| Master's Thesis (10 cr. required) | ||
| Electives | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 36-40 | |
Electives (other electives may be approved by advisor)
| BMGT 469 | Community Entrepreneurship & Nonprofit Management | 3 |
| CHTH 428 | Health Disparities | 3 |
| CHTH 435 | Human Response To Stress | 3 |
| CHTH 445 | Program Planning for CH | 3 |
| CHTH 598 | Internship | 2-12 |
| HDFS 464 | Gender, Race, Class, and Family Diversity | 3 |
| HDFS 465R | Family Law & Public Policy | 3 |
| HEE 506 | Exercise and Chronic Disease | 3 |
| HTH 455 | The Ethic of Care | 3 |
| NASX 524 | Contemporary Issues in American Indian Studies | 3 |
| NASX 530 | Federal Law and Indian Policy | 3 |
| PSCI 436 | Politics of Food & Hunger | 3 |
| PSCI 559 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| SFBS 429 | Small Business and Entrepreneurship in Food and Health | 3 |
| SFBS 551 | Global Food Perspectives | 3 |