BS-MPH
The Department of Kinesiology and Community Health offers a 5-year^ joint BS-MPH degree program for undergraduates majoring in Community Health, I-Health, or Kinesiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Only students who have completed their junior year but have not yet completed their senior year are eligible to apply. The curriculum, degree requirements, and faculty for the 5-year^ BS-MPH program (MPH portion) are the same as the regular MPH program.
The BS-MPH program is accelerated. Students take a heavier course load during the fifth year, called the MPH year. The MPH year consists of one Fall semester, one Spring semester, and one Summer semester. ^For students in the Epidemiology concentration, the MPH portion of the degree consists of one Fall semester, one Spring semester, one Summer semester, and a second Fall semester, with students graduating in December.
Sequence of courses in the BS-MPH program
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Senior Year (4th year)*
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Fall of 5th year
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Spring of 5th year
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Summer of 5th year
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** Courses represented as 594** indicate that the course numbers are temporary. |
*There is a possibility that some BS-MPH applicants complete one or more of senior year MPH courses (CHLH 410, CHLH 469, Elective/Concentration course) before they apply to the program. They are not required to retake the courses after entering the joint degree program and those credits will automatically be applied toward both the BS and MPH degrees.
Application Cycles
There are two application cycles. Both the application cycles are for the admission into the MPH year for the following Fall.
August 1st Deadline: Students may apply for this deadline, prior to beginning their senior year.
January 1st Deadline: Students may apply for this deadline, after completing the fall semester of their senior year.
Application timelines for Fall 2020 admissions into the MPH year
I. August 1, 2019 Application Cycle:
Students are notified about the application decisions before the beginning of Fall 2019 semester.
All admitted students will register for three MPH courses in fall and spring semesters of their senior year along with their regular BS required courses. These three courses include:
- CHLH 410 (Public Health Practice),
- CHLH 469 (Environmental Health), and
- A 400-level elective/concentration course
Students who already completed one or more of these three courses prior to applying for the BS-MPH program do NOT have to retake those courses.
Students must complete all BS degree requirements by Summer 2020
Students will transition to MPH year in Fall 2020.
II. January 1, 2020 Application Cycle:
Students are notified about the application decisions before the beginning of Spring 2020 semester.
All admitted students will register for three MPH courses in Spring semester of their senior year along with their regular BS required courses. These three courses include:
- CHLH 410 (Public Health Practice),
- CHLH 469 (Environmental Health), and
- A 400-level elective/concentration course
Students who already completed one or more of these three courses prior to applying for the BS-MPH program do NOT have to re-take those courses.
Students must complete all BS degree requirements by Summer 2020.
Students will transition to MPH year in Fall 2020.
