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PUBLIC HEALTH / SOCIAL WORK (COORDINATED DEGREE), MPH / MSW

Want to make a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities? Our coordinated Public Health/Social Work degree can give you the education and training you need to help solve multifactorial health problems through population-based health promotion and improvement.

Offered in conjunction with the University of Alabama School of Social Work, our MPH will give you a foundation in public health centered around the evidence-based public health model. MPH courses, which you can take online, will share up to 12 credit hours of the MSHA program, so you can finish your degree in a timely manner. In addition, we’ll give you the opportunity to train in areas such as healthcare organization, health behavior and program development, health policy, and many other areas of public health.

Intakes

Jan
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Aug

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Every UAB employee plays an integral part in our mission to deliver excellence in education, research, and patient care.

In a little more than four decades, UAB has transformed from its modest beginnings as an extension center into a doctoral research university and academic medical center. And we have the same audacious vision that led our founders to dream big dreams: to educate, advance discovery, care for the sick, respond to the needs of our community and establish Alabama as a progressive economic center that can change the world.

By working at UAB, you too can be a part of this mission and bring your perspective, experience, ideas, and dedication to helping us further that mission.

Every UAB employee plays an integral part in our mission to deliver excellence in education, research, and patient care.

By working at UAB, you too can be a part of this mission and bring your perspective, experience, ideas, and dedication to helping us further that mission.

PSW Opportunity

PSW is 3 Years

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

International students from non-English speaking countries are required to submit English proficiency scores (TOEFL/IELTS/PTEA) that meet the Graduate School's minimum score requirements.

TOEFL: 80
IELTS: 6.5
PTEA: 53
IELA: 176
Duolingo: 120
We will only accept English proficiency scores that have been taken within a two (2) year period from the date that the application was submitted. Scores that exceed this time frame are considered expired and will not be accepted. We will not accept English proficiency test scores that are more than two years old unless program requests a recency waiver on the applicant's behalf.

Applicants must contact the testing agency to have the official scores sent to the UAB Graduate School. TOEFL scores should be submitted to institution code 1856; IELTS and PTEA scores should be issued electronically or mailed directly to the UAB Graduate School.
UAB does not accept My Best Scores from TOEFL. You will need to submit individual test date score reports to your application.

English Proficiency Exam Waiver
We may waive the requirement according to the guidelines below:

The applicant has earned a bachelor's, graduate, or professional degree in the United States with a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
The applicant is a citizen of one of the following countries:

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alabama , Birmingham ,United States