MS Exercise Science / MPH

9 courses, 3 credits each = 27 credits

• Biostatistics in Public Health
• Environmental Health
• Introduction to Epidemiology
• Public Health Administration and Policy
• Society, Behavior, and Health
• Principles and History of Urban Health
• Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the United States
• Urban Community Health Assessment
• Health Education and Program Planning

6 courses, 3 credits each = 18 credits

• Physical Activity and Exercise: Prescription, Measurement, and Testing
• Advanced Exercise Physiology
• Cardiopulmonary Physiology
• Musculoskeletal Health/Disease
• Electrocardiography
• Applied Research Methods

1 course, 3 credits each = 3 credits

One elective course may be taken on a range of public health topics. Cross-departmental offerings are included in elective courses and provide students with unique opportunities to focus their interests in emerging areas of  public health practice and research methods.

• Social Survey Research Methods
• Qualitative Methods in Health and Illness
• Global Health
• Clinical Nutrition Applications in Health and Disease
• Improving the Patient Experience through Informatics

Minimum 200 hour, community-based internship (3 credits)

The goal of the Practicum is to provide the opportunity to integrate and apply classroom learning in a public health work environment, enabling students to observe and learn from professionals in the field. The student contributes to a community’s resources and to the solution of public health problems, while developing practical skills and personal confidence as a public health professional. The practicum serves as a transition point for the student from education to professional practice.

The nature and location of the practicum is flexible. Students have completed their practicum in many different settings, including:

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Boston Area Rape Crisis Center
• Boston Medical Center
• Boston Public Health Commission
• Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute
• The Fenway Institute
• Florida Department of Health
• Food and Drug Administration
• Framingham Heart Study
• Hebrew Senior Life
• Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Massachusetts General Hospital
• Massachusetts Joint Committee on Public Health
• Michigan Institute of Social Research
• Year Up

Students in our program also have access to Northeastern’s Experiential Network (XN), which pairs students with industry partners to complete short (six-week), virtual projects that complement their academic work and enables them to build their professional network at the same time.

To learn more about how public health internships, like our program’s Practicum requirement and those offered through Northeastern’s Experiential Network (XN), can be used to gain pre-professional experience, click here.

Capstone Project (3 credits)

As a culminating experience, students are required to complete a capstone project that is health education/programming planning-oriented and integrates an experiential clinical exercise science component. Capstone Projects are student led and designed in consultation with community partners. Faculty members provide guidance and mentoring. Students participate in a Capstone Seminar intended to support the integration of their practice and analytic experiences.