Each student's background is evaluated and a plan of study is designed for the student's individual needs. Students who have not acquired the necessary competencies at the undergraduate level or completed appropriate field experiences may be required to complete work beyond the minimum requirements. All students meeting the current catalog requirements will be eligible for conditional admission. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. Students who do not meet these standards or who have not completed a minimal undergraduate health education curriculum may be required to complete additional qualifying work.
Full admission is a prerequisite to degree candidacy.
Continuation of study is dependent upon completion of deficiencies. A Master of Public Health is awarded upon successful completion of a 48-credit hour program prescribed by the Health Department. The program has been accredited by the Council of Education for Public Health. East Stroudsburg University is the only one of the fourteen State System of Higher Education's institutions approved to offer this degree. The social and legal issues concerning these services, reliability of sources of information about the services, and the role of the health education in utilization of these services are studied.