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UC Berkeley’s first online degree program wraps up inaugural semester, addresses health worker shortage

After Ravi Mehta finishes his workday as a psychologist at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, he logs onto his computer at home to attend class at the University of California, Berkeley. This week, Mehta and his fellow students will have completed the inaugural courses of the On-Campus/Online Professional Masters in Public Health Degree Program, the first ever online degree offered by UC Berkeley.