Work with your Faculty Advisor to decide which courses you need to take
The PhD is granted in recognition of high attainment in a specified field of knowledge. It is a research degree and is not conferred solely upon the earning of credit or the completion of courses. It is granted after the student has shown proficiency and distinctive achievement in a specific field, has demonstrated the ability to do original, independent investigation, and has presented these findings with a high degree of literary skill in a dissertation.
PhD Advisors and Committees
Throughout your PhD, you will rely on the advice and expertise of your advisors, mentors, and committee members.
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Your Faculty Advisor is your main advisor throughout your PhD experience. Profiles of each faculty member and their research and practice interests can be found on the COPH website. Look under Faculty and Staff on each department's home page. You can find the areas of specialization, and if you click on individual faculty, you will find more detailed information. To change advisors see the Archivum Change Of Advisor process. |
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The Major Professor serves as the student's advisor and mentor. Students should confer with the department to confirm the internal process and timeline for the selection and appointment of the Major Professor. The student must identify a major professor and receive that person's agreement to serve as major professor. The selection of the Major Professor must be approved and appointed by the department as soon as possible, but no later than the time the student has completed 50% of the program. Students must have a major professor in order to maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress. If a Major Professor cannot be identified or in the event a Major Professor is unable or unwilling to continue serving on the student's committee, the student is responsible for finding another Major Professor. Students who are unable to find a replacement Major Professor should confer with the Program Director for available options. If no other options exist the student may be requested to voluntarily withdraw from the program or may be honorably withdrawn in good academic standing. The student and Major Professor should plan a program of study which, when completed, will satisfy the degree requirements specified. A copy of this program, signed by the student and professor, should be maintained in the student's department file. Major Professors must meet the following requirements: - Be active in scholarly pursuits as evidenced by at least one refereed publication in the last three years.
- Be graduate faculty, as defined by the University, from the student's academic area. Faculty who do not meet this definition may serve as Co-Major Professor with faculty who do.
- Be graduate faculty, as defined by the University, from the student’s academic area. Faculty who do not meet this definition may serve as Co-Major Professor.
- Have been approved by the Department Chair (or equivalent) to serve as a Major Professor or Co-Major Professor.
The membership of graduate faculty will be based upon criteria developed within the appropriate program or department and approved at the college level. These criteria must be forwarded to the Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies. In the event a Major Professor leaves the University (i.e. for an appointment at another university, due to retirement, etc.) and the Major Professor is willing to continue serving on the student's committee, the Major Professor then becomes a Co-Major Professor on the committee and another faculty is appointed as the other Co-Major Professor. It is important that one of the Co-Major Professors be accessible on the university campus for the student to make satisfactory progress on the thesis/dissertation. In the event a Major Professor is on temporary leave (e.g. sabbatical, research, etc.); the Major Professor shall coordinate with the Program Director to facilitate the needs of the student. In some instances a student may choose to have two professors serve as Major Professor. In this situation the faculty are approved as “Co-Major Professors” and jointly serve in that role. Consequently both faculty must sign approval on paperwork pertaining to the student's processing (i.e. committee form, change of committee form, admission to candidacy, etc.) |
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Some Colleges have a Program Committee comprised of graduate faculty, who advise the student from admission up to doctoral candidacy, when the formal Docotral Dissertation Committee is formed. As soon as an area of research is determined and a major professor is selected, a Doctoral Dissertation Committee will be appointed and approved for the student. The Department will request approval of the Doctoral Committee from the Dean of the College and, as needed, the Dean of the Office of Graduate Studies. The Doctoral Committee will approve the student's course of study and plan for research, supervise the research, grade the written comprehensive qualifying examination, read and approve the dissertation for content and format, and conduct the dissertation defense.
DISSERTATION COMMITTEE FORM:
To get your committee approved, you must submit the form located here: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/pdf/PhD_Committee_Form_2006.doc
If you change your committee after this form is submitted, you need to do that on this form: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/pdf/PhD_Change_of_Committee_Form_2006.doc
PhD Program of Study and Courses
Students must develop a program of study to meet the requirements of the PhD program in the USF graduate catalog of their choice, beginning with the catalog published in the year of their admission. The program of study should be prepared with the student’s Faculty Advisor, and completed by the end of the first year of enrollment.
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The requirements for your degree program are contained in the USF catalog for the year you start your degree. When a new catalog is released subsequently, you have the choice of following the new catalog or the one you started with. The USF Graduate School has current and archived catalogs for all USF degrees and programs, available at this link: http://www.grad.usf.edu/catalog.php. There is also a College catalog, although the USF Catalog has precedence. Current and archived College catalogs are available here: College of Public Health Catalog |
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You can find your PhD program of study form on this page: Program of Study Index. Select your admission year (or a later year) and use that form. You will document which courses you are taking or substituting while admitted to the PhD program, which courses you are transferring from another degree program, and which courses you can waive because of prior learning or experience. For the processes to document these different categories, please see the section on Prior Learning below. Expand |
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| Fill out your student information, and look at the degree requirements summary. This part shows how you intend to meet the graduation requirements for the degree. You will have to show how you completed the pre-req courses, core courses, focus area courses, other elective courses, and culminating requirements. You will total the credits you have taken, transferred, or waived, based on your entries on the subsequent pages. Please read the notes on this page carefully. You have to determine how you will meet the 72 credit minimum while not exceeding the transfer limit. |
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| Students must have taken the public health master's level core courses (or an equivalent curriculum), with a B or better grade. Show where you took the courses and what grade you received. If you haven't taken these courses yet, please look whether your experience in public health might allow you to waive that course. Please see the Prior Learning section below for information on how to document that. If you need to take these courses, you can do it at USF or you can do it at another accredited university in your home state. We will need to see your transcripts to verify this. Please note that these courses are not counted as part of the 72-credit DrPH program of study. |
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| Cluster 1: Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Engagement 22 credit hours Domain: Advocacy PHC 6120 Community Partnerships and Advocacy 3 cr. PHC 7932 Practical Applications I: Policy and Public Health 1 cr. Domain: Leadership PHC 7103 Transforming Public Health Practice 3 cr. PHC 7149 Practical Applics II: Public Health Leadership 1 cr. Domain: Communication PHC 7934 Writing for Scholarly Publication 3 cr. PHC 7937 Advanced Seminar in Grant Writing 3 cr. PHC 7935 Risk Communication in Public Health 3 cr. Domain: Community/Cultural Orientation PHC 6462 Cultural Competency in Public Health Practice 2 cr. PHC 6411 Introduction to Social Marketing 3 cr. |
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| Cluster 2: Management and Ethics 12 credit hours Domain: Management PHC 6181 Organizational Behavior in Health Services 3 cr. Choose one: PHC 6104 Management of Public Health Programs (or) 3 cr. PHC 6146 Health Services Planning and Evaluation 3 cr. Domain: Professionalism and Ethics PHC 6421 Public Health Law & Ethics 3 cr. Choose one: PHC 6412 Health Disparities & Social Determinants (or) 3 cr. PHC 6442 Global Health Applications in the Field 3 cr. |
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| Cluster 3: Evidence‐informed Public Health 9 credit hours Domain: Critical Analysis PHC 7154 Evidence‐Informed Public Health: Part 1 3 cr. PHC 7156 Evidence‐informed Public Health: Part 2 3 cr. Choose one: PHC 6063 PH Data, Information, and Decision Making (or) 3 cr. PHC 6761 Global Health Assessment Strategies 3 cr. |
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| You must document a set of courses that will constitute your focus area for 29 credits. The focus area can be an area of study that you completed in your master's program and are continuing to work on in your doctoral program, or it can be a new area of public health knowledge and skills that you would like to develop. If you are choosing a new area of study, you must consider which courses are available online. A good method is looking at the courses listed on the program of study for our online programs, which can be found here: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/onlineprograms/ The focus area courses can be either transferred in from your master's degree, taken at USF while admitted to the DrPH, or taken from another university and transferred into this program (if approved by your advisor). |
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| There are no required elective courses in the DrPH. However, if you transfer or waive a significant number of courses, you may have to add credit hours to achieve the 90 credits required. If so, you can enter those courses here. |
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| There are three culminating requirements for the DrPH degree. More information on each of these can be found here: Complete the DrPH requirements - Written qualifying exam
- Practice-based field study (9 credit hours of PHC 7908 Specialized Study)
- Practice‐based dissertation (9 credit hours of PHC 7980 Dissertation)
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| You will first complete the POS form with just your Faculty Advisor. Once you and your advisor agree on this plan, please submit a copy to the program director. After you form a dissertation committee, your committee members will need to also approve this plan and sign the form. |
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| The syllabi for all COPH courses can be found at this link: Course Listing. You can look to see what content, competencies, learning objectives, and assessments are offered in each course. |
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| We will provide you with updated course availability schedules. Please check your USF health email account regularly, particularly when we are approaching the registration period each semester. Here are the current recommendations by cohort. Expand |
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| 2016-2017 DrPH Course Recommendations: 2016 Cohort - You should register for 3-7 credits per semester (it's fine if this varies based on your work and life schedule).
- Plan out your course sequence with your Faculty Advisor. If there is a chance you can waive or transfer a required course, then choose an elective or other course until that is documented and approved.
FALL 2016 | SPRING 2017 | SUMMER 2017 | DrPH FALL INSTITUTE* (4 credits): •PHC 7103: Transforming Public Health Practice (3cr) (CRN 92799) •PHC 7149 Practical Applications II: Public Health Leadership (1cr) (CRN 95158) DATES: All semester plus Oct. 21-24, 2016 (F-M) on-campus 9:00-3:30pm each day | MANDATORY COURSE: •PHC 7154: Evidence-Informed Public Health I (3cr) •Choose an option (see below) | MANDATORY COURSE: •PHC 7935: Organizational Behavior in PH Systems (3 cr) •Choose an option (see below) | ADDITONAL/OTHER OPTIONS: •PHC 6411: Introduction to Social Marketing for Public Health (3cr) (CRN 88472) •Choose an option (see below) |
*If you cannot attend the DrPH Fall Institute Oct. 21-24, you should choose the other options and wait for Fall 2017 to attend the Institute and take these classes. OPTIONS (any semester)* | •PHC 7908: Specialized Study* (utilized for Field Study requirement)** •PHC 7910: Directed Research* •Elective Course (any 6000 or higher course)–these can be utilized in the Focus Area |
*The courses with an asterisk are contract courses offered for variable credit that require you to fill out a form and get your advisor’s approval. **The field study forms require preceptor signatures and other documentation, so please plan well in advance. Contact Somer Burke for information on the forms. |
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The USF College of Public Health DrPH degree is completed through distance‐learning (fall, spring, and summer semesters) in addition to on‐campus learning via the 1‐week DrPH Institute. The combination of program delivery formats allows working professionals to broaden their grasp of public health management, practice, and research without interrupting their careers. We have been offering the DrPH Institute in the Summer semester, but we are going to move it to the Fall semesters. For current students, there will be a transition period from Summer to Fall. Please look for our communications on this subject. Information on the upcoming Institutes will be provided here as we obtain it. Expand |
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| DrPH FALL 2016 INSTITUTE: - For incoming 2016 cohort only
- Dates: Oct. 21-24, 2016
- Public Health Leadership: 11am-1pm daily
- Transforming Public Health Practice: 2pm-5pm daily
DrPH SUMMER 2017 INSTITUTE: - For 2014 and 2015 cohorts only
- Dates: June 2017 (specific dates to be announced)
- Evidence-Informed Public Health 2
- Practical Applications 1: Policy and Advocacy
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| The closest hotels to the College of Public Health are those bordering the university (approximately 1.5 miles to the college). The hotels near I-75 are approximately 5 miles from the College. Courtyard by Marriott (Near I-75) 13575 Cypress Glen Lane Tampa, FL 33637 Local Number: 1-813-978-9898 Local Hotel Website Residence Inn by Marriott (Near I-75) 13420 North Telecom Parkway Tampa , FL 33637 Local Number: 1-813-972-4400 Local Hotel Website Hyatt Place (Near Busch Gardens) 11408 North 30th Street Tampa, FL 33612 Local Number: (813) 979-1922 Local Hotel Website Baymont Inns & Suites (Near Busch Gardens) 9202 N 30th St Tampa, FL 33612 Local Number: 1-813-930-6900 National Hotel Website Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites (Near Busch Gardens) 11310 North 30th Street Tampa, FL, 33612 Local Number: 1-813-971-7690 Local Hotel Website La Quinta Inn & Suites (Near USF) 3701 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33612 Local Number (813) 910-7500 Local Hotel Website Embassy Suites (On USF campus with shuttle to the College) 3705 Spectrum Boulevard Tampa, Fl 33612 Local Number: (813) 977-7066 Local Hotel Website Clarion Hotel & Conf Center (Near USF) 2701 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33612 Local Phone: 1-813-971-4710 National Hotel Website Wingate Inn (Bordering USF) 3751 E Fowler Ave Tampa, FL 33612 Local Phone: 813-979-2828 Local Hotel Website | Hilton Garden Inn (Near I-75) 600 Tampa Oaks Blvd Temple Terrace, FL 33637 Local Number: (813) 342-5000 Local Hotel Website Fairfield Inn & Suites Tampa (Near I-75) 12260 Morris Bridge Road Temple Terrace, FL 33637 Local Number: 813-989-0007 Local Hotel Website Extended Stay America Hotel (Near I-75) 12242 Morris Bridge Road Temple Terrace, FL 33637 Local Number: 813-989-2264 Local Hotel Website Sleep Inn (Near I-75) 12282 Morris Bridge Road Temple Terrace, FL 33637 Local Number: 813-988-4048 Local Hotel Website |
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DrPH Competencies and Prior Learning
Each student must present a portfolio of documentation and evidence for any course substitutions, transfers, or waivers requested. This is the supporting evidence to the Program of Study form that the student must complete by the end of the first year. The documentation needs to make the case for achievement of DrPH competencies and course learning objectives, as appropriate to the request.
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| Advocacy Domain: The ability to influence decision-making regarding policies and practices that advance public health using scientific knowledge, analysis, communication, and consensus-building. - Present positions on health issues, law, and policy in multiple sectors.
- Analyze the impact of legislation, judicial opinions, regulations, and policies on population health.
- Influence health policy and program decision-making based on scientific evidence, stakeholder input, and public opinion data.
Leadership Domain: The ability to create and communicate a shared vision for a positive future; inspire trust and motivate others; and use evidence-based contextually and culturally appropriate strategies to enhance essential public health services - Demonstrate a commitment to public health professional values.
- Influence others to achieve high standards of performance and accountability.
- Promote effective strategies to address the challenges presented to public health leadership
- Collaborate with multi-disciplinary researchers and practitioners.
Communication Domain: The ability to assess and use communication strategies across diverse audiences to inform and influence individual, organization, community, and policy actions. - Discuss the inter-relationships between health communication and marketing.
- Prepare oral and written communications from briefs, position papers, scientific articles, community pieces
- Guide an organization in setting communication goals, objectives, priorities, and strategies.
- Integrate health literacy concepts in all communication and marketing initiatives.
Community/Cultural Orientation Domain: The ability to communicate, interact, engage and work with people across diverse communities and cultures for development of programs, policies, and research. - Develop collaborative partnerships with communities, policy makers, and other relevant groups.
- Conduct community-based participatory intervention and research projects.
- Engage communities in creating evidence-informed, culturally competent programs.
- Implement culturally and linguistically appropriate programs, services, and research.
Management Domain: The ability to provide fiscally responsible strategic and operational guidance within both public and private health organizations for achieving individual and community health and wellness. - Develop capacity-building strategies at the individual, organizational, and community level.
- Apply principles of human resource management.
- Organize the work environment with defined lines of responsibility, authority, communication, and governance.
- Implement strategic planning processes.
- Guide organizational decision-making and planning based on internal and external environmental research.
- Evaluate organizational performance in relation to strategic and defined goals.
Professionalism and Ethics Domain: The ability to identify and analyze an ethical issue; balance the claims of personal liberty with the responsibility to protect and improve the health of the population; and act on the ethical concepts of social justice and human rights in public health research and practice. - Demonstrate cultural sensitivity in ethical discourse and analysis.
- Design strategies for resolving ethical concerns in research, law, and regulations.
- Develop tools that protect the privacy of individuals and communities involved in health programs, policies, and research.
Critical Analysis Domain: The ability to synthesize and apply evidence-informed research and theory from a broad range of disciplines and health-related data sources to advance programs, policies, and systems promoting population health. - Interpret quantitative and qualitative data following current scientific standards.
- Synthesize information and derive pertinent implications from multiple sources for research and practice.
- Apply theoretical and evidence-informed perspectives from multiple disciplines in the design and implementation of programs, policies, and systems.
- Design needs and resource assessments for communities and populations.
- Translate research-informed approaches to public health practice
- Evaluate the performance and impact of health programs, policies, and systems
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| This form shows all of the DrPH competencies along with the courses that meet these competencies. This table can be downloaded here: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/pdf/DrPH-Table-of-Competencies-&-Courses.docx Cluster 1: Advocacy, Leadership, and Community Engagement Domains | Definitions | Benchmark Competency Knowledge/Comprehension | Milestone Competency Apply/Analyze | Capstone Competency Evaluate/Create | Advocacy | The ability to influence decision-making regarding policies, and practices that advance health using scientific knowledge, analysis, communication, and consensus building | Present positions on health issues, law, and policy in multiple sectors | Analyze the impact of legislation, judicial opinions, regulations, and policies on population health | Influence health policy and program decision making based on scientific evidence, stakeholder input, and public opinion data | Courses | PHC 6120 Community Partnerships and Advocacy (3cr) | PHC 7932 Practical Applications 1: Policy, Advocacy, and Public Health (1cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | Leadership | The ability to create and communicate a shared vision for a positive future; inspire trust and motivate others; and use evidence-informed contextually and culturally appropriate strategies to enhance essential public health services | Demonstrate a commitment to public health professional values | Influence others to achieve high standards of performance and accountability | Promote effective strategies to address the challenges presented to public health leadership Collaborate with multi-disciplinary researchers and practitioners | Courses | PHC 7103 Transforming Public Health Practice (3cr) | PHC 7149 Practical Applications II: Public Health Leadership (1cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | Communication | The ability to assess and use communication strategies across diverse audiences to inform and influence individual, organization, community, and policy actions | Discuss the inter-relationship between health communication and marketing | Prepare oral and written communications from briefs, position papers, scientific articles, community pieces Guide an organization in setting communication goals, objectives, priorities, and strategies | Integrate health literacy concepts in all communication and marketing initiatives | Courses | PHC 6411 Introduction to Social Marketing in Public Health (3cr) | PHC 7935 Risk Communication in Public Health (3cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | PHC 7934 Writing for Scholarly Publication in the Health Sciences (3cr) | PHC 7937 Advanced Seminar in Grant Writing (3cr) | Community/ Cultural Orientation | The ability to communicate, interact, engage and work with people across diverse communities and cultures for development of programs, policies, and research | Develop collaborative partnerships with communities, policy makers, and other relevant groups | Conduct community-based participatory intervention and research projects Engage communities in creating evidence-informed, culturally competent programs | Implement culturally and linguistically appropriate programs, services, and research | Courses | PHC 7103 Transforming Public Health Practice (3cr) | PHC 6412 Health Disparities & Social Determinants (3cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | PHC 6462 Cultural Competency in Public Health Practice (2cr) | PHC 6462 Cultural Competency in Public Health Practice (2cr) |
Cluster 2: Management and Ethics Domains | Definitions | Benchmark Competency Knowledge/Comprehension | Milestone Competency Apply/Analyze | Capstone Competency Evaluate/Create | Management | The ability to provide fiscally responsible strategic and operational guidance within both public and private health organizations for achieving individual and community health and wellness | Develop capacity-building strategies at the individual, organizational, and community level | Apply principles of human resource management Organize the work environment with defined lines of responsibility, authority, communication, and governance Implement strategic planning process Guide organizational decision making and planning based on internal and external environmental research | Evaluate organizational performance in relation to strategic and defined goals | Courses | PHC 7103 Transforming Public Health Practice (3cr) | PHC 6181 Organizational Behavior in Health Services (3cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | PHC 6104 Management of Public Health Programs (3cr) OR PHC 6146 Health Services Planning and Evaluation (3cr) | Professionalism and Ethics | The ability to identify and analyze an ethical issue; balance the claims of personal liberty with the responsibility to protect and improve the health of the population; and act on the ethical concepts of social justice and human rights in public health research and practice | Demonstrate cultural sensitivity in ethical discourse and analysis | Design strategies for resolving ethical concerns in research, law, and regulations | Develop tools that protect the privacy of individuals and communities involved in health programs, policies, and research | Courses | PHC 6412 Health Disparities & Social Determinants (3cr) OR PHC 6442 Global Health Applications in the Field (3cr) | PHC 6421 Public Health Law & Ethics (3cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) |
Cluster 3: Evidence-informed Public Health Domains | Definitions | Benchmark Competency Knowledge/Comprehension | Milestone Competency Apply/Analyze | Capstone Competency Evaluate/Create | Critical Analysis | The ability to synthesize and apply evidence-informed research and theory from a broad range of disciplines and health-related data sources to advance programs, policies, and systems promoting population health | Interpret quantitative and qualitative data following current scientific standards Synthesize information and derive pertinent implications from multiple sources for research and practice | Apply theoretical and evidence-informed perspectives from multiple disciplines in the design and implementation of programs, policies, and systems Translate research-informed approaches to public health practice | Design needs and resource assessments for communities and populations Evaluate the performance and impact of health programs, policies, and systems | Courses | PHC 6063 Public Health Data, Information and Decision-Making (3cr) OR PHC 6442 Global Health Applications in the Field (3cr) | PHC 7154 Evidence-Informed Public Health: Part I (3cr) | Practice-Based Mentorship Practice-Based Field Study (9cr) Practice-Based Dissertation (9cr) | PHC 7610 Transforming Public Health Practice (3cr) | PHC 7156 Evidence-Informed Public Health: Part II (3cr) | PHC 7154 Evidence-Informed Public Health: Part I (3cr) |
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Marcia Conner: "In what is known as the 70/20/10 learning concept, 70% of learning and development takes place from real-life and on-the-job experiences, tasks, and problem solving, 20% of the time development comes from other people through informal or formal feedback, mentoring, or coaching, and10% of learning and development comes from formal training.” Our philosophy in the DrPH program is consistent with this quote. We know that you bring a myriad of knowledge, skills, and experience with you to our program. If you are fully prepared in an area, there is no need for you to take a course covering what you already know and do. However, you must establish this by providing convincing documentation substantiating your knowledge, skills, and experience. Any transfers, substitutions, or waivers must be approved by your Faculty Advisor. Expand |
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| The process for getting your transfer courses approved is explained on the DrPH Course Transfer form: http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/pdf/DrPH-Course-Transfer-Form.docx. If your advisor approves, you can transfer courses to meet the core requirements, or you can transfer courses into the focus area. You have to fill out this form for each course you desire to transfer, and attach supporting documentation if required: - If you are transferring in the focus area, they will be approved if your Faculty Advisor agrees, but no justification of competencies or learning outcomes is required.
- If you are transferring into the core requirements, you must follow the process for showing that the courses you took included similar competencies and learning objectives as the required course.
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| All courses approved for transfer to USF must be submitted to USF on the following form: http://www.grad.usf.edu/inc/linked-files/transfer_course.pdf. You have to submit official transcripts to USF in order to have transfer courses processed by them, unless the courses were taken at USF. |
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