MSU and Southern Miss offer master's in public health

Starkville, Miss.

-- Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine partnered with the University of Southern Mississippi this fall to offer a master's degree in public health, with an emphasis in veterinary public health.

Southern Miss has an accredited MPH program that has historically offered three emphasis areas: epidemiology and biostatistics, health education and health policy and administration.

The veterinary public health emphasis adds a focus on animal-human health, food safety and biosecurity from natural and intentional threats.

College of Veterinary Medicine faculty are teaching most of the courses, but are doing so as adjunct to Southern Miss faculty.

Classes are a mixture of distance and on-site learning.

Potential students must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and complete and application, including GRE scores with Southern Miss.

The program is open to veterinarians and others.