2.MPH in general public Health (regular, summer, weekend and extension

Objectives of the program:

1. To minimize the shortage of competent professionals in health researchers, teachers, managers and team leaders in the health service and training institutions.
2. To produce professionals who can undertake surveillance activities and manage epidemic conditions.

Admission Criteria: 
The prospective candidate for Master of Public health must have a Doctorate degree in Medicine or at least a Bachelor degree in Health related professions (Public Health, Nurse, Environmental Health, Laboratory Technology, Biology, Statistics, Demography and others). In addition he/she have to fulfill the requirements of the School of Graduate Studies of the University which include:

• A minimum of 2 year services in relevant field 
• Anyone who has interest in the field of the profession
• Who passed the entrance examination of the University
• Who can provide evidence of sponsorship and recommendations from his/her employee and academic professors
• Fulfill other relevant Criteria required by the University

Duration of Study:

• The General Master of Public Health training will take two years in five semesters considering the summer season as one semester.  To complete this program a student is expected to take at least 34 credit hours and do independent research.  

Graduate Profile:

1. Exercise theoretical and practical application of basic and advanced public health courses
2. Identify public health problems pertinent to the population
3. Conduct epidemiological research on priority health problems and disseminate the findings to policy makers
4. Communicate and Promote the effective use of epidemiologic data to guide public health practice and Policy
5. Apply principles of good ethical/legal practice as they relate to study design and data collection, dissemination and use
6. Create partnership with different stakeholders 
7. Practice effective leadership and resource management skills
8. Practise basic pedagogical skills to teach in Universities
9. Address cross cutting issues like HIV/AIDs, gender issues and environment protection

Graduation Requirements:

Students are required to meet the following requirements in order to be eligible for the award of the Masters of Public Health.

• Successful completion of both theoretical and field attachment courses.
• An overall CGPA of at least 3.00. 
• Score of D or F in any course is not acceptable at any time and should be cleared before graduation. 
• Defending and obtaining a minimum score of “B” grade in thesis work.
• Meet all other requirements of Jimma University.

Degree nomenclature:

The title of the Degree shall be (in English and Amharic, respectively)

 ‘MASTERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH ’

‘የማስተር ዲግሪ በአጠቃላይ የሕብረተሰብ ጤና’

List and semester breakdown of courses

1.Introductory and advanced Public Health courses:

• Computer and Application Software
• Biostatistics I: Basic Biostatistics 
• Epidemiology I: Principles of Epidemiology
• Principles of Health System Management
• Introduction to Health Education
• Research Methods
• Principles of Human Nutrition
• Introduction to Reproductive Health
• Introduction to Environmental Health
• Principles of Health Economics 
• Diseases Control and Prevention
• Biostatistics II: Advanced Biostatistics

2.Field attachments and Thesis:

• Community Based Training Program (CBTP) 
• Developmental Team Training Program (DTTP)
• Thesis

 Table 1: Course breakdown: The program will take up a total of two years

Year	Semesters	Courses	Credit hours	Duration	Remark
I	I	Computer and Application Software	2	3 weeks
Biostatistics I:  Basic Biostatistics	2	2 weeks
Epidemiology I: Principles of Epidemiology	2	2 weeks
Principles of Health System Management	2	2 weeks
Introduction to Health Education	2	2 weeks
Biostatistics II: Advanced Biostatistics	3	4 weeks
Research Methods	2	2 weeks
Total	15	17 weeks
II	Principles of Human Nutrition	2	2 weeks
Introduction to Reproductive Health	2	2 weeks
Principles of Health Economics	2	2 weeks
Diseases Control and Prevention	3	3 weeks
Introduction to Environmental Health	2	2 weeks
HealthEthics and Public Health Law	2	2weeks
Total	13	13 weeks
II	I	Community based training program	3	4 weeks
Developmental team training program	3	4 weeks
Total	6	8 weeks
II	Thesis	6		Both semesters