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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. Admission information can be found on our Graduate Admissions page. |
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Due to the planned consolidation during the summer of 2020, of the University of South Florida, the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee, into a single university with a fully aligned and integrated curriculum and a single set of academic policies and procedures, any undergraduate or graduate student who matriculates at one of the three USF institutions on or after May 18, 2020, will adhere to the curricula, policies, and procedures described in the 2020-21 USF undergraduate or graduate catalog, respectively. |
Steps to Success
- Getting Started
- Learn about /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16632348697 and where to find /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16631529655 information
- Know deadlines and where to find Program of Study, /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/16631529723, 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
- MSPH students may elect to take the Certified in Public Health (CPH) credentialing exam to earn the CPH credentialscredential. If you are interested, please discuss this option with your academic advisor as it may require extra preparation/coursework.
- Meet with your advisor the term before you graduate and review your status
- Early during the semester you plan to graduate you should /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 for the current catalog. 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: www.grad.usf.edu/catalog.php; overarching USF regulations and policies go to regulationspolicies.usf.edu/ |
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