Doctoral FAQs

Students should discuss any change to their program with their faculty mentor before requesting a change. Change of Faculty Mentor requests may be made through the Archivum system and is an online process. 

For change of concentration, students need to complete the USF Change of Graduate Concentration form and submit to cophdoctoral@usf.edu. Students should schedule a meeting and speak with their graduate advisor before starting the process. 

For USF policy on Dropping a Course please refer to the USF Catalog. See USF Academic Standards and Grades Policy for more information.

You can drop a course in the OASIS system up to the final add/drop date. After the final drop date the form required for this action is a USF Graduate Petition. Form should be completed and sent to the COPH Doctoral Training Office cophdoctoral@usf.edu for final signature and processing.  Petitions submitted will take 2-3 weeks to process before a change in the OASIS system is noted.

1. Complete Application to Degree and USF Graduation Survey on Oasis

   1. Application to Degree (Completed on Oasis via MyUSF)

2. Complete the remaining forms and submit to the COPH Academic and Student Affairs Office

   1. Completed Program of Study;

   2. COPH Graduation Information Online Survey

   3. After the application deadline, you will be sent a College of Public Health exit survey which must be completed.

3. Check USF Health email for any updates. We will not correspond through other email addresses.

4. Submit your application on time! Any application received after the deadline will not be accepted. See Important Deadlines.

To change a grade in a course, the student will need to contact the course instructor for review. If the instructor wishes to change the student’s grade he or she can do so using the e-grades submission function in Canvas. E-Grades are only available at specific points during the semester, specifically, when grades are due. The window for midterm and final grade submission, and consequently e-Grades tool availability, is determined by the Registrar's Office.