By Jordan Friedman, US News
Online MPH programs typically have a practicum requirement where students work at a health organization, experts say. Though whether students can or must attend an on-campus residency varies, experts say most online MPH degrees do have a face-to-face practicum requirement. These typically allow students to apply what they learn in the classroom to real-life situations, says Todd Nicolet, vice dean for the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health, which is launching an online MPH with a public health leadership concentration in 2018.
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