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Navigating your MSPH experience can be challenging at times. This guide walks you through the basic steps from your first semester to graduation. We hope you take time to experience the academic events and life offered at the College of Public Health and the University of South Florida.

Steps to Success

  • Health email account
  • Getting Started
  • Learn about Registration /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16632348697 and where to find /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16631529655 information
  • Know deadlines and where to find Program of Study, forms, and frequently asked questions
  • Keep your degree on track and in good standing:
    • Keep your degree status active (see continuous enrollment in Enrollment Requirements)
    • Know your degree time limitations
    • Maintain a 3.0 or better Grade Point Average (GPA) or you will be put on probation
  • Learn about Student Organizations at COPH
  • Use your COPH Competencies Database record to update your competencies each term–the competencies are due at graduation

  • Plan your field experience during your second semester with your advisor

  • Plan your special project early

  • Prepare for the Certified in Public Health (CPH) credentialing exam/Comprehensive Exam
  • Meet with your advisor the term before you graduate and review your status
  • Early during the semester you plan to graduate you should register for graduation /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16632348702
  • Participate in the COPH graduation celebration, the USF Health graduation ceremony, and join our USF and COPH alumni communities

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This version of the MSPH Guidebook is the official version of the USF College of Public Health Guidebook for the MSPH degree effective from July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2016. This is a subset of and supplement to the USF Graduate Catalog. If there are conflicts between the two documents the USF Graduate Catalog prevails. The College of Public Health reserves the right to change its rules, courses, and requirements from time to time and to make all such changes applicable to all students, whether new or continuing, when in its sole judgment such changes are deemed necessary. .

To view the complete USF Graduate Catalog, go to:http://www.grad.usf.edu/catalog.asp; overarching USF regulations and policies go to http://regulationspolicies.usf.edu/

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