Are you interested in a career focusing on the intersection of health care policy and social justice? The HSSP MPP Advancement Program is an exciting opportunity for Brandeis undergraduates who want to maximize their time at Brandeis, attend the Heller School at a reduced cost, and get the initial work experience that employers desire, and that makes the graduate school experience even more valuable. Admitted HSSP students take two graduate-level classes in the MPP program during their senior year and then work for one or two years before completing the MPP program as a full-time graduate student for three semesters.
Not only do HSSP/MPP students reduce the cost of graduate school by a whole semester; they are eligible to receive a 50% tuition scholarship for the semesters they are enrolled as a full-time Heller student.
While students are responsible for securing their employment, Heller will provide career coaching and introduce students to a network of partners, such as City Year and AmeriCorps. Additionally, students benefit from an assigned adviser/mentor in their senior year who will keep in touch with them during their work experience year, including a mid-point check-in either in person or virtually.
Curriculum
Two Heller MPP core requirements taken in the senior year will count toward the undergraduate degree (as general electives) and toward the MPP degree. In addition, two HSSP courses (American Health Care and Introduction to Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Population Health) will be applied toward the MPP degree. Students would then need two fewer electives and would only need to take 12 additional courses for the MPP degree, graduating in three semesters rather than four upon their return. See below for a curriculum chart.