Accelerated Bachelors (BS)/Master of Public Health (MPH) Program

The Accelerated Bachelors/Master of Public Health (BS/MPH) program allows Simmons students who are pursuing a BS in Public Health to simultaneously complete coursework toward their MPH through our online program, MPH@Simmons, which focuses on health inequities. Sophomore and junior Public Health majors are invited to apply for the accelerated program by March 1st each year. Students who are interested must reach out to the Chair of the Department of Public Health by February 15th to receive academic advising related to the application process.

Sophomores who apply to enter the program in their junior year take MHEO 410 in the fall semester of their junior year during the October MPH 11-week term and MHEO 415 in the fall of their senior year during the October MPH 11-week term. Juniors who apply to enter the program in their senior year take both MHEO 410 and MHEO 415 during the fall semester of their senior year during the October MPH 11-week term. MHEO counts as an undergraduate elective, either for the Public Health major or as a general elective for the BS. MHEO 415 will replace PH 201 (Introduction to Epidemiology) for the BS, or counts as general undergraduate credit if a student has already taken PH 201.

Note that students need 127 unique credits to graduate with an undergraduate degree. Students doing accelerated degrees will need to use one credit from SIM 101, SIM 201, or SIM 301 to make up the one-credit shortfall associated with taking two 3-credit graduate classes while they are still undergraduates.