Dual DVM-MPH Program, Veterinary Medicine - Public Health

Concentrations and Options Available

Veterinary Medicine (None)

Public Health (Veterinary Public Health, Coursework Only with Comprehensive Exam Option)

Campus Code

Knoxville Campus

Admissions Standards/Procedures

• Students must be currently enrolled in the professional DVM degree program at the University of Tennessee (DVM students) to enter the dual DVM-MPH program; all requirements for both the DVM and MPH degrees must be met for admission.
• DVM students may enroll in the program at any time during years 1 - 3, but progress and time to completion will be affected by when a student starts the dual program and how many courses are satisfactorily completed each semester.

Credit Hours Required

• 180 credit hours
  • 153 credit hours for the DVM that accepts 7 credit hours from the MPH, for 146 credit hours;
  • 42 credit hours for the MPH that accepts 8 credit hours from the DVM, for 34 credit hours

Required Courses

Students will be expected to complete MPH-specific courses during the two summers following the first and second years of veterinary school.

Consult with the College of Veterinary Medicine for the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine curriculum requirements

Public Health — Health Policy and Management courses:

• Public Health Foundation courses (20 credit hours):
• PUBH 509 - Graduate Seminar in Public Health (2 credit hours)
• PUBH 510 - Environmental Health
• PUBH 520 - Health Systems, Policy and Leadership
• PUBH 530 - Biostatistics
• PUBH 537 - Fundamentals of Program Evaluation
• PUBH 540 - Epidemiology
• PUBH 552 - Assessment and Planning
• Veterinary Public Health Concentration courses (7 credit hours):
• CEM 506 - One Health
• CEM 611 - Journal Club in Emerging Infectious Diseases

• AND EITHER:

• CEM 507 - Epidemiology of Vector-Borne, Bacterial, and Viral Zoonotic Diseases

• OR

• CEM 508 - Epidemiology of Parasitic, Foodborne, and Bacterial Zoonotic Diseases
• Internship Courses (6 credit hours):
• PUBH 587 - Applied Practice Experience (may be fulfilled by placement in an organization approved by the advisor)

Additional Course Requirements

• Seven (7) credit hours from the DVM program, shared between the two degrees and applied to the MPH total credit count, from any of the following courses:

• VMP 833 - Public Health and Epidemiology
• VMP 836 - Toxicology
• VMP 871 - Special Problems in Comparative Medicine
• VMP 874 - Special Problems in Large Animal Clinical Sciences

• Note: Topics for VMP 871 and VMP 874 must be approved by the advisor.

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  Eight (8) credit hours from the MPH program, shared between the two degrees and applied to the DVM total credit count, from any of the following courses:

• CEM 506 - One Health
• CEM 507 - Epidemiology of Vector-Borne, Bacterial, and Viral Zoonotic Diseases
• CEM 508 - Epidemiology of Parasitic, Foodborne, and Bacterial Zoonotic Diseases
• PUBH 587 - Applied Practice Experience

Non-Course Requirements

• Students will pay graduate tuition fees during the summer semester and professional DVM tuition during the fall and spring semesters.
• Students are required to pass an MPH comprehensive exam.
• Degrees do not need to be awarded simultaneously; if a student has not completed the requirements for the MPH, the student may still receive the DVM but must complete the MPH requirements within one year to take advantage of the shared credits.
• If a dual student completes the MPH requirements, but does not complete the DVM, the student may still be awarded the MPH.