The Rollins School of Public Health offers dual-degree programs with the business school, the medical school, the nursing school, and the law school. Detailed descriptions of each program are available on request from the school. Dual degree students should note that they will be required to pay tuition in an amount equivalent to the cost of 32 credit hours. This program is intended for baccalaureate-prepared nurses who desire to enhance their knowledge and skills in the interdisciplinary field of public health as well as in a specific nursing specialty.
Students complete requirements for both degrees.
Dual-degree students are required to choose a specialty in the nursing school as well as a department in the Rollins School of Public Health. Dual-degree students must take a minimum of 32 credit hours while enrolled in the school of public health. Public health departments are Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Biostatistics, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy and Management, and International Health. In most of the dual degree combinations, students enroll in the School of Nursing for one calendar year and complete requirements for the MPH degree during the second calendar year while enrolled in the School of Public Health. In the RSPH, the dual-degree candidate is expected to designate a department at the time of application.