Bachelor of Science/Master of Public Health

The BS/MPH program is offered jointly by the College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College and the School of Public Health. The program is available to Sargent students who are majoring in any of the undergraduate concentrations except for the combined BS/MSOT, AT/DPT, and BS/DPT professional degree programs. This dual degree program requires five years of full-time study to acquire a bachelor of science degree in one of the specified concentrations at Sargent College and the Master of Public Health degree in one of the eight concentrations at the School of Public Health.

Up to sixteen credits of graduate-level School of Public Health coursework will be completed in the last two years of undergraduate study and be applied to both the BS and MPH degrees. At the completion of the BS degree requirements (128+ credits) at Sargent College, the Bachelor of Science degree will be awarded. At the end of the fifth year (32+ additional credits of SPH coursework) the Master in Public Health degree will be awarded.

Students may apply for admission to the MPH program in the second semester of their sophomore year (April 1 deadline) or the first semester of their junior year (October 15 deadline). There will be no graduate course prerequisites for entering students. GRE test results will not be required as part of the application.

The application to the BS/MPH program will consist of:

• a completed Sargent College BS/MPH Application Approval Form, signed by the Sargent College BS/MPH faculty advisor, submitted to the Admissions Office at the School of Public Health
• a SOPHAS application to Boston University School of Public Health
• an official Boston University undergraduate transcript, submitted at the end of the semester in which you apply
• three letters of reference, including at least two from faculty members at Boston University specifically addressing the student’s capacity to do graduate-level work

Accepted students will be conditionally accepted to the MPH program. Students in the program must maintain the GPA and other degree requirements for their BS concentration at Sargent College. They will be expected to achieve a grade of B– or better in all SPH courses, taken as an undergraduate, and a cumulative minimum GPA of 3.0 in all SPH courses. Students who meet this standard will automatically matriculate into the MPH program. Students who do not meet the standard will be considered for full matriculation on a case-by-case basis.

Students in the public health minor must be aware that courses which have been applied toward an undergraduate public health minor cannot be counted towards a graduate degree in public health, even if the courses are in excess of the credits required for a bachelor’s degree at Boston University. In addition, the 500-level courses from the School of Public Health may not be applied towards a graduate degree at the School of Public Health.

All questions and inquiries regarding SPH should be directed to:

Sophie Godley, MPH
Director of Undergraduate Education, Boston University School of Public Health
Medical Campus, School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot Building, Room 424, East
Telephone: 617-638-5296
sgodley@bu.edu

or

Wayne LaMorte, MD, PhD, MPH
Assistant Dean for Education, Boston University School of Public Health Medical Campus, School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Talbot Building, Room 422, East
Telephone: 617-638-5073
wlamorte@bu.edu