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Please review the first-year and transfer apply pages for important information about application requirements, deadlines, and application status check.

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Financing Your Education

Become a Beacon and pursue your passion in UMass Boston’s diverse, supportive environment. Many students across our 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs receive financial aid—providing access to an education that’s exceptional and affordable. Click below to learn more about financial aid opportunities and deadlines.

Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

Environmental Health, Population Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Education/Promotion, Practicum

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

The learning objectives of the curriculum include competencies in the: 

• concepts and applications of basic statistics,  
• foundations of biological and life sciences,  
• history and philosophy of public health as well as its core values, concepts, and functions across the globe and in society,  
• basic concepts, methods, and tools of public health data collection, use, and analysis and why evidence-based approaches are an essential part of public health practice, 
• concepts of population health, and the basic processes, approaches and interventions that identify and address the major health-related needs and concerns of populations,  
• underlying science of human health and disease, including opportunities for promoting and protecting health across the life course,  
• cultural, socioeconomic, behavioral, biological, environmental, and other factors that impact human health and contribute to health disparities,  
• fundamental concepts and features of project implementation, including planning, assessment, and evaluation,  
• fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the U.S. health system, as well as the differences between systems in other countries, 
• basic concepts of legal, ethical, economic, and regulatory dimensions of health care and public health policy and the roles, influences, and responsibilities of the different agencies and branches of government, and  
• basic concepts of public health-specific communication, including technical and professional writing and the use of mass media and electronic technology. 

Early action deadline: November 1; Regular Decision Deadline: June 15

Financing Your Education

Become a Beacon and pursue your passion in UMass Boston’s diverse, supportive environment. Many students across our 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs receive financial aid—providing access to an education that’s exceptional and affordable. Click below to learn more about financial aid opportunities and deadlines.

Financial Aid Deadlines & Application Process 

Scholarships for First-Year & Transfer Students

For additional information regarding tuition and fees, please visit the Bursar’s Office or send an email to Bursar@umb.edu.

Requirements:

~60/120 credits from public health courses including community-engaged practicum/ ~60/120 credits from General Education and elective courses