About MPH & MBA

The Department of Health Sciences and the Goodman School of Business offer a consecutive degrees pathway leading to both Master of Public Health (MPH) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) that can be completed exclusively online within 2 years. The MPH-MBA degrees path is designed for private and public health professionals, health practitioners, and recent post-graduate students who intend to pursue a professional career in public health or healthcare management and administration. 

The goal of the MPH-MBA is to advance theoretical and applied knowledge through course work (22 courses) and experiential learning (420-hr MPH practicum and optional MBA coop). The MPH program complements the core competencies outlined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, leading to a professional degree in public health. The accelerated MBA program is designed to provide individuals the opportunity to obtain an advanced professional business education. This Canada 1st program offers students a progressive management education, including advanced knowledge relating to professional business designations. The objective is operationalized in the program by emphasizing the development and integration of the broad-based, functional business knowledge needed to advance an individual’s management career. 

Together, the MPH-MBA addresses the growing need to anticipate, manage and mitigate health crises. The curriculum focuses on identifying the interdisciplinary elements required to design, implement, and effectively manage health systems, while incorporating evidence-based decision-making practices in public health and healthcare. Graduates of the MPH-MBA consecutive pathway will be prepared to compete for positions in a variety of private and public business and health organizations as well as leadership roles in the health sector. 

Year-1 MPH (3 terms) 

Required (11 courses): 

  • MPHA 5P01 – Quality Health Systems Through Collaboration and Partnership 
  • MPHA 5P02 – Qualitative Research: Interviewing and Beyond 
  • MPHA 5P03 – Epidemiology 
  • MPHA 5P04 – Foundations of Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P05 – Biostatistics in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P06 – Policy and Practice: Critical Evaluation and Synthesis in Program Planning  
  • MPHA 5P10 – Social Marketing and Health Communication 
  • MPHA 5P11 – Public Health Practicum I  
  • MPHA 5P13 – Economics for Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P14 – Leading Change in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P21 – Public Health Practicum II 

Elective (select 1 course): 

  • MPHA 5P07 – Microbiology in Infection Prevention and Control 
  • MPHA 5P08 – Public Health Emergency Preparedness 
  • MPHA 5P09 – Measuring Health Equity 
  • MPHA 5P12 – Environmental and Occupational Health 
  • MPHA 5P15 – eHealth Innovations and Trends
  • MPHA 5P16 – Indigenous Health
  • MPHA 5P17 – Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Managerial Application 
  • MPHA 5P18 – Foundations of Program Evaluation in Public Health 
  • MPHA 5P19 – Health Data Governance 
  • MPHA 5P27 – Foundations in Infection Control 
  • MPHA 5P29 – Health Information Systems and Technology 
  • MPHA 5P37 – Healthcare Quality, Safety and Risk 
  • MPHA 5P39 – Health Information Management and Analytics in Practice 
  • MPHA 5P99 – Public Health Independent Project 

Year-2 MBA (2 terms or 3 terms with coop) 

Required (9 courses): 

  • MBAB 5P01 – Accounting for Decision-Making I 
  • MBAB 5P04 – Organizational Behaviour and Design 
  • MBAB 5P06 – Accounting for Decision-Making II 
  • MBAB 5P07 – Operations Management 
  • MBAB 5P08 – Financial Management 
  • MBAB 5P09 – Management Information Systems 
  • MBAB 5P21 – Business Strategy 
  • MBAB 5P22 – Global Business
  • MBAB 5P25 – Business Ethics 

Elective (select 1 course): 

  • MBAB 5P23 – Entrepreneurship, or 
  • MBAB 5P24 – Business Law 

Note: Students may apply for consideration to the accelerated MBA program prior to completion of the MPH program. However, students may not pursue the two degrees concurrently. MBA admission requirements will still need to be met and the applicants will be considered for admission along with all other MBA applicants. More information is available here.