Public Health

Currently the department of Community and Environmental Health offers a Master Degree in Public Health (MPH) .The aim of this program is to overcome the severe shortage of qualified capabilities in the field of public health in the KSA. Graduates of the program will be able to contribute to the development and application of public health interventions at healthcare institutions, and in the community, and to solve the problems that may stand in the way of the advancement of public health and its utilization. KSAU-HS offers this degree with the highest international standards in the specialty with a view to becoming the national and regional center for Public Health advancement.

It is a two-year full-time program for health science or social science graduates with work experience from a variety of health-related backgrounds. The program provides up-to-date factual information and practical skills necessary to improve professional competence; it supports participants to become proficient in analyzing health problems and critically appraising solutions appropriate to their own context. Graduates will acquire a range of knowledge and skills that prepare them for work at senior levels in public health. They will be able to apply the knowledge and skills gained throughout the program, to synthesize information from a wide range of sources and act on it, plan, implement and evaluate critically, implement health care interventions, make appropriate decisions that make the best use even of scarce resources, and foster an approach that will enable them to continue to learn in the future. The curriculum, which has been accredited by Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, consists of a foundation course, thirteen specialty courses (39 credit hours), followed by a research project (3 credit hours), which brings the total to 42 units.

Level One

• English Communication Skills I
• English Language Structures and Drills I
• English Academic Reading & Vocabulary I
• Arabic Language Skills I
• Islamic Culture

Level Two

• English Language Structure & Drills II
• English Academic Reading & Vocabulary II
• Arabic Language Skills II
• Physics for Health Sciences
• Biology for Health Sciences2
• Chemistry  for Health Sciences

Level Three

• Advanced English Grammar
• Advanced English Reading & Vocabulary
• Discrete Math
• Fundamental of Information Systems
• Computer Programming 1
• Principles of Healthcare Management

Level Four

• Calculus   for Health Informatics
• Principles of Health Information Management
• Introduction to Database Systems
• Computer Programming 2
• Computer System Architecture

Level Five

• Data Structure & Algorithms
• Information Systems Analysis & Design
• Statistical Analysis
• Finance Management in Healthcare
• Database Management System
• IT Project Management

Level Six

• Health Information Systems
• Computer Networks
• Web-centric computing
• Modern SW Engineering
• User Interface Design (elective course )
• Medical Image Processing (elective course )
• Selected Topics in Health Informatics I (elective course )

Level Seven

• Managerial & Communication Skills
• Capstone Project 1
• Data Warehouse & Decision Support Systems
• Natural Language Processing
• Research Methods
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Level Eight

• Quality Management in Health Care
• Legal & Ethical Issues in HI
• Information Security
• Capstone Project 2
• Semantic Web HIIS(elective course )
• Selected Topics in Health Informatics II (elective course )

Requirements

1. A Bachelor’s degree obtained from an accredited university in medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, radiography, laboratories, medical engineering, and management of health information, and information technology, plus two years of work experience within the healthcare sector.
2. A minimum GPA of 3.75 out of 5.0.
3. A minimum score of 550 in TOEFL examination or a minimum score of 6.0 in ILETS examination.
4. Two academic recommendations by previous instructors.
5. A letter of recommendation/consent from the employer.
6. Applicants will be further interviewed on individual basis prior the final admission.