- Degree Level
- Graduate
- Degrees Offered
- Dual Degree: MPH/IPCR
- school/college
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dual Degrees of Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution and Master of Public Health
Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution
The Master of Arts in International Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) master’s degree program offers an innovative curriculum that builds an international network of contacts, and provides practical experience through problem-based learning in international settings. The program’s strength lies in its interdisciplinary approach to the increasingly critical study of peace and conflict resolution.
IPCR Program Highlights
- Two-year full-time program; part-time option available.
- Program cohort begins in the fall.
- Spend one week studying abroad with your cohort.
- Complete your internship requirement in the U.S. or abroad.
- Individualized Capstone project aligned with career aspirations.
Master of Public Health
The Master of Public Health, a CEPH accredited program in Community Health, trains professionals to promote the health of individuals, families, communities, and the environment. This is accomplished through a program that integrates education, research, and practice in a global environment. The purpose of the program is to build on Arcadia’s strengths in the area of international education, internationalization, and globalization. The program prepares students for life in a rapidly changing global society enabling graduates to pursue careers in public health administration; health insurance and the pharmaceutical industries; research in federal, state and local health departments; domestic and international community organizations, including professionals working in clinical settings.
This dual degree option in Public Health and IPCR prepares students to integrate their knowledge of public health, including program development, implementation and evaluation skills, to assist in conflict resolution.
Our Master of Public Health (MPH) has a Community Health Concentration, and is offered through the College of Health Sciences. The MPH degree incorporates broad knowledge and action related to preventing disease and disability and improving individual and population-level outcomes. Public health is centered in achieving health equity and reducing disparities, including understanding and addressing the social and community context of disease, illness, disability and recovery, as well as health promotion and health research. Our MPH trains students to work effectively as public health professionals in local and global communities through a wide variety of health-related organizations.
Public Health Program Highlights
- Program planning and evaluation;
- Healthcare and broader public health policy;
- Epidemiology, research methods, and biostatistics;
- Public health communication for the community;
- Capstone projects that integrate practice and research;
- Internships that give students first-hand experience in public health settings;
- Domestic and international service projects and internship opportunities;
- Interprofessional education experiences;
- Dual Degree Programs: Arcadia’s MPH program offers a variety of dual degree options including Physician Assistant; Physical therapy; Counseling; and International Peace and Conflict Resolution;
- The MPH program educates future public health professionals to promote the health of individuals, families, communities, and the environment;
- Our Program integrates education, research, and practice in a globally-minded environment.
Featured Courses
Mediation and Conflict Coaching
Elective Course
This practicum in the mediation process examines the range of strategic choices available for managing conflict, including techniques that have proved most constructive in the field of peace and conflict resolution: consensus-based mediation. The first part of the course introduces students to differing approaches to managing and resolving conflict, how the mediation process works and variety of contexts in which it is likely to be used with success. The second part of the course is devoted to designing and conducting a mediation on a selected case in contemporary international relations.
Achieving Health Equity: From Individuals to Systems
Required Course
Survey the dimensions of health and disease from three perspectives: The U.S. historical experience with health and disease; the social context of health and illness, including the healthcare system and policy issues; and choices in healing, integrating conventional and complementary therapies. The history, etiology, epidemiology, geographic mortality patterns of selected public health issues and disease entities are studied. The coursework and research project are designed to provide students with basic qualitative research skills, which are useful in clinical practice, applied research, program planning, development, and evaluation.
International Health and Human Rights
Elective Course
Explore the relationship between contemporary political, socioeconomic, cultural, environmental and demographic conditions and their impact on health and human rights from an international perspective. A major focus of the course is the evolution of health care delivery systems and governmental and non-governmental responses to health and human rights challenges. Other topics addressed include structural adjustment, population dynamics, child survival policies, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, appropriate technologies, international organizations, traditional healing, pharmaceutical policy, and human resources development.
Environmental Health: Impact of Community Health
Required Course
Examine the basic concepts of community and environmental health issues and how they apply to specific health problems. The course explores the impact of the environment on public health. The goal of the course is to help students understand the range of environmental health issues and explore their impact on communities as well as their effects on one’s well-being. Topics covered include the effects of air, water, and the built environment explored from the global to local perspective and environmental justice.
Research Methods and Design for Health Professionals
Required Course
Study the history, bioethics, and current issues in health research in order that students may understand issues in research. The course covers quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation design, methods, instrument construction and interpretation of results to develop the skills needed for health professionals to perform and critically evaluate research in their prospective fields.
Effective Communication Strategies for Public Health Impact
Required Course
Examine the fundamentals of public health communication including communication theories that are the basis of health promotion campaigns. The vital role that public health communication in the success of new health promotion and the development of novel messaging to reach underserved audiences will be explored in depth and through experiential learning. The latest public health communication innovations, tools, technologies, research and strategies will be presented and explored. Through class assignments, students will learn and practice the skills of engaging communication - with varying audience including young, old, parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, community leaders, policy makers, and researchers - skills that build the foundation for improving and maintaining health and well-being through public health communications.
