Contacts
Graduate Admissions: Carlie Wellington
Email: cwellington@uco.edu
Office: BOX 106, EDU 225
Phone: 405 - 974 - 5105
Coordinator/Advisor: Dr. J. Sunshine Cowan
Email: jcowan1@uco.edu
Office: WAH 12
Phone: 405 - 974 - 5238
Admission Requirements
Submit the following items to:
Jackson College of Graduate Studies
100 N. University Drive, NUC 404
Edmond, OK 73034
• Admission to the Public Health - Community Engagement program is for fall and spring semesters only.
• Online application for admission (www.uco.edu/graduate/).
• Official copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts from each institution attended with all degrees posted. All transcripts must be from accredited institutions. Undergraduate transcripts must show a minimum 2.75 GPA overall or 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours attempted.*
• A current resume and a one or two page career goals statement that includes a research area of interest in public health is required with the application.
• Students must submit three letters of recommendation. At least one letter must be from a prior faculty member who can speak to the student’s academic performance. Letters of recommendation are requested through the online application portal. • An interview with the Public Health Admissions Committee.
• Students without an undergraduate degree in Public Health or a related field will be required to successfully complete a no charge, non-credit online foundational module during their first semester in the program. Module content will be developed by program faculty and completed materials will be reviewed by a faculty committee.
• Students with a native language other than English must submit evidence of English language proficiency. See Admission to Graduate Studies - English Language Proficiency
*Students falling below these standards may qualify for conditional admission. See Admission to Graduate Studies
Other Requirements
• Plan of Study. Each student must file a plan of study with their graduate program advisor and the Jackson College of Graduate Studies (JCGS) by the end of the first semester of graduate work. The plan must be signed and dated by the student and the graduate program advisor before it can be considered official.
• Academic Standards. Meet the following course work standards:
- Overall GPA of 3.00 or higher.
- No more than six hours of “C”.
- No more than six advisor-approved hours from traditional correspondence courses.
• Capstone. The successful completion of an oral comprehensive exam is required in the final semester in order to graduate. A committee comprised of two faculty and one public health professional in the field will provide questions and feedback on the oral comprehensive exam, and faculty will score the exam against an established rubric.
• Thesis. If applicable, complete an acceptable thesis and successfully defend it publicly, submit two paper copies of the thesis to the library and one electronic copy to the library through Proquest, and submit the thesis’ title page, original signature page, summary and abstract page to the JCGS.
• Final Requirements. Apply for graduation through the JCGS by advertised deadline.
Accelerated BS to MPH
UCO’s MPH (Master of Public Health) in Community Engagement has partnered with the B.S. in Public Health so that approved students may take up to nine credit hours of 5000-level MPH courses during their senior year of the B.S. program. These courses will count toward the B.S. and M.P.H. degrees. A formal application to the M.P.H. Community Engagement program and an approval from the Department of Kinesiology & Health Studies are required. Requirements for the MPH program are located in the UCO Graduate Catalog under Public Health - Community Engagement (MPH). Up to nine (9) hours of the following courses can be used to satisfy both the B.S. and M.P.H. degrees: HLTH 5223 Contemporary Issues in Public Health, HLTH 5333 Health Equity, and HLTH 5443 Leadership and Management in Publich Health.
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