After successfully completing the qualifying examination, the student must complete a field-based doctoral project that is designed to influence programs, policies, or systems applicable to public health practice. The doctoral project must include a minimum of three high-quality, evidence-based deliverables, with at least one written product. The doctoral project must also demonstrate synthesis of competencies across all DrPH curriculum domains in the student's concentration.
To complete the doctoral project, the student will be required to enroll in a minimum of six credits in PHC 7908 Specialized Field Study. The final doctoral project deliverables must be approved by the doctoral project committee prior to graduation, and the student must be enrolled in a minimum of two credits in the semester the doctoral project is completed and approved.
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The DrPH student must complete a doctoral project that is designed to influence programs, policies, or systems applicable to public health practice. For example, the student can propose to implement and evaluate a project in the field, adapt an evidence-based program to be used on a local level, do a behavioral, economic, or policy analysis, or evaluate a public health intervention. The student must produce a minimum of three high-quality, evidence-based deliverables, with at least one written product. These can be presented in any form that is acceptable to the committee members. Examples of types of deliverables include the following:
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