College of Public Health Guidebooks
DrPH Guidebook
Welcome to the DrPH Program at the College of Public Health!
The mission of the DrPH degree is to prepare practitioners for leadership, management, and advocacy in public health practice, through a scientific, interdisciplinary approach to understanding and solving public health problems in the public and private sectors, the United States, and worldwide.
This mission relates directly to the University of South Florida mission, which includes creating a community of learners with significant and sustainable university‐community partnerships and collaborations, as well as designing, building, and strengthening healthy communities and improving quality of life.
All DrPH students are required to successfully complete a minimum of 43 post masters credit hours, (students admitted after 2022 are required to successfully complete a minimum of 46 post masters credit hours).
Students will be expected to graduate with not only excellent methodological skills, but also a wider and deeper understanding of public health and their individual area of focus.
Admission information can be found on our Graduate Admissions page.
DrPH Guidelines
These DrPH Guidelines present the USF Office of Graduate Studies policies. The College of Public Health may impose stricter guidelines, policies and procedures as determined by each concentration. It is the responsibility of the student to review and follow the specific guidelines with their concentration chairs, major professor and committee members.
Additional USF policies, not found in these guidelines, may be found at https://www.usf.edu/graduate-studies/policies-procedures/ or at https://usf.edu/gradcatalog.
Steps to Success
Know about USF Student Integrity and related content
Learn about registration and where to find course information
Know deadlines and where to find Program of Study, Forms, and /wiki/spaces/COPHHB/pages/3309624
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 ( a 3.3 GPA is required to be in doctoral progression at COPH)
Attend the DrPH Institute
Learn about Student Organizations
Meet with the Doctoral Training Office the term before you graduate and review your status
Early during the semester you plan to graduate you should register for graduation
Participate in the COPH graduation celebration, the USF Health graduation ceremony, and join our USF and COPH alumni communities
Degree and Concentration Information
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