The Special Project is a culminating experience in the graduate student's MPH program. The purpose of the special project is to give students an opportunity
**Please refer to your Program of Study or your graduate advisor to determine which course meets your concentration requirement.**
Description: A culminating experience that results in a scholarly product to demonstrate synthesis of the MPH foundational and concentration competencies, apply the knowledge and skills gained in the MPH course work and demonstrate the ability to produce a scholarly product. This project also allows students the opportunity to develop research skills, as they conduct an individual project on a specific public health related topic. The special project will demonstrate the critical thinking skills of students as they prepare to enter their career in public health. A student's special project should be relevant to their field of study and their long term goals in public health.
For details on your Special Project, refer to your Department's/Program's Special Project Guide:
- Community and Family Health
- Environmental and Occupational Health
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Global Health
- Health Policy and Management
- Public Health Practice program
. The purpose of the product is to provide an opportunity for the student to apply public health knowledge and critical-thinking skills to investigate or analyze a public health issue relevant to their field of study and long-term goals in public health. The product should be directed at an outside public health stakeholder (for example: an organization where one of the student's applied practice experiences took place). Examples of products include: a program evaluation, a training manual, data analysis related to a research activity, or a policy analysis. Students who chose to use the field experience/internship as the basis of an applied practice experience may choose to expand or enhance the APE product for their ILE product. In all cases a high-quality written product must be developed as an individual product.
Registration Process
- Complete the required Foundation training in the Human Research Protections. See the web site for instructions.
- Complete either the Special Project Contract or the Integrated Learning Experience Contract via Archivum at https://usf.appiancloud.com (view instructions).
- Following approval, an email containing the registration details will be sent to the student’s USF Health email account.
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