The Master of Health Science (MHS) degree is organized around a core set of four terms of graduate courses, and a final research paper that demonstrates mastery of what has been learned in the course work experience. The MHS degree is completed in one academic year. The MHS degree in the Department of Mental Health may be combined with a certificate program offered in another department within the Bloomberg School of Public Health, e.g., Health Education, Health Finance & Management, Health Policy, Health and Human Rights, Health Communication, Health Disparities & Health Inequality, Injury Control, and Maternal and Child Health. These certificate programs are at no extra cost to full-time students and are available to enhance the mental health research educational experience. Courses taken during Winter or Summer sessions will require additional payments.
The Director of the MHS Program is Dr. Jeanine Parisi. The MHS Program Director is the advisor of record for all MHS students. The Director of the MHS Program serves as a resource for MHS students, advising on the choice of courses, career planning, guiding students in selecting a topic for their MHS paper, and connecting them with an appropriate faculty co-advisor in relation to this paper.
The Bachelor's/MHS in the Department of Mental Health is designed exclusively for undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Johns Hopkins University. We encourage all JHU undergraduates to apply to this program during the regular admissions cycle.
JHU undergraduates may formally apply for early admission before completing their Bachelor's degree, preferably during the summer between their junior year and senior year, or within the first month of their senior year. As soon as a student is admitted to the MHS degree program, our department will assign a graduate advisor to work with the student while the undergraduate degree is being completed. Admitted students must complete the Bachelor's degree before formally enrolling in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Program requirements for the Bachelor's/MHS program are the same as requirements for other MHS students in our department. However, up to one half of the PH graduate credits earned interdivisionally toward the Bachelor's degree may also apply to the master's degree. (This is the equivalent of no more than 16 credits, which is one full-time term of graduate level study in the School of Public Health.) Thus, the Bachelor's/MHS degree program will require fewer than 64 credits taken as a matriculated student for those who have taken up to 16 units of coursework offered by JHSPH, only if grades of A or B are earned.
Students in this program will receive co-advising from both schools to optimize their academic experience.
Contact:
Jeanine Parisi, PhD
Email: [email protected]
Requirements
Applications for the Bachelor's/MHS degree should be submitted through SOPHAS Express by July 1st between the junior and senior years to insure completion of review process prior to the first day of the academic year. JHU seniors can also apply during the beginning of their senior year until October 15 once the application reopens in mid-August. Please note that admitted students must complete the Bachelor's degree before formally enrolling in the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Applicants must submit the following:
- Transcripts from Johns Hopkins University and, if applicable, transcripts from any other college-level institutions you have attended.*
- Three letters of recommendation.
- Resume or curriculum vitae.
- Statement of purpose and objectives.
- No GRE Test scores are required for JHU students.