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School of Public Health
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Purpose and Focus
The UNLV School of Public Health is the first state-supported School of Public Health in Nevada history and the only School of Public Health in the Mountain West. The school will offer the primary public health degree for public health practitioners, the MPH degree, and a variety of related health sciences master’s and doctoral degree programs. The purpose of the UNLV School of Public Health is to prepare individuals to become effective public health practitioners, researchers, and teachers who will competently identify public health problems and needs, develop effective mechanisms to address those needs, and promote appropriate services to be available for the protection of human health. UNLV will develop educational, research, and outreach programs in public health that will be nationally recognized as innovative and excellent, comprehensive in nature and scope, and cooperative in character, and will serve as catalysts to improve the quality of life in Nevada and the nation.
Accreditation
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Association of University Programs in Health Administration
Admission Policies
Health Care Administration
A grade point average of 2.50 in at least nine credits of university-level work that meets department prerequisites is required for admission to the major.
Pre-HCA courses to be taken before applying for admission to the health care major include: MATH 124 or MATH 126; PSY 101 or SOC 101, or ECON 102; HCA 175 or HCA 201.
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