Articulated Programs

Application for these degree programs are available through the campus office.

BA or BS/MPH with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Articulated programs exist on the Piscataway/New Brunswick Campus for a BA or BS/MPH degree option for select, highly-qualified undergraduate students with an interest in a public health career. The articulated program, administered through the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, is open to all majors attending Rutgers-New Brunswick. The program allows Rutgers undergraduate students to take up to 15 graduate core credits at the UMDNJ-School of Public Health toward both degrees while enrolled as an undergraduate student paying undergraduate tuition. The graduate credits obtained as an undergraduate from the UMDNJ-School of Public Health, program cannot be transferred to other graduate programs. This program provides select students advanced placement in graduate study.

Applicants for admission to the articulated BA or BS/MPH program must have completed at least 60 but no more than 90 undergraduate credits (at least 20 of which count towards their major requirements) and demonstrated both a mature attitude and superior academic achievement. They must be recommended to the program by their major advisor or college dean. Faculty or college dean letters of recommendation should include a brief description of the student's interests, track record, and statement of maturity. The faculty recommendation should be sent to the Rutgers advisor to the program, Professor Jane Miller, who will then invite the student for an appointment to discuss the application process. Professor Miller may be contacted via email at jem@rci.rutgers.edu. Students applying to the articulated program must submit official transcripts of all prior work, an essay stating their career goals in public health, and letters of recommendation, including one from the Rutgers advisor to the five (5) year program. The GRE score is waived.

BS/MPH with the William Paterson University of New Jersey

The Department of Community Health, College of Science and Health of William Paterson, Piscataway/New Brunswich Campus, university of New Jersey (WPUNJ) in conjunction with UMDNJ - School of Public Health (UMDNJ - SPH) established a collaborative agreement that enables students at WPUNJ to begin graduate studies at UMDNJ - SPH while completing their undergraduate degree in the community health program. Students will be permitted to register for up to four (4) courses (or 12 credits) offered at UMDNJ - SPH. Three of these courses (or nine (9) credits) will be accepted as partial fulfillment of their undergraduate degree requirements at WPUNJ.