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The base of knowledge for public health comes from a variety of disciplines, ranging from social sciences to biological sciences and business, brought together by a commitment to improve the public's health. Thus, the field of public health is broad and is open to students from diverse academic disciplines including Health Sciences, Education, Engineering, Business, Communications, Mathematics, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Graduates are prepared for interdisciplinary focused public health professional careers as administrators, managers, educators, researchers, and direct service providers. The Colleges five departments are: Community and Family Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Global Health, and Health Policy and Management. Public Health Practice is a college-wide program. Core content is directly related to addressing and meeting public health issues. The College accommodates the working professional as well as the full-time student by offering late afternoon and evening classes, online course delivery, partnerships with international schools to expand options, a variety of graduate certificate programs, and a professional M.P.H. for experienced Health Care professionals.
Accreditation Information:
Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of College and Schools. The College is fully accredited by the Council on Education in Public Health and the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.
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Admission Deadlines
There is an established University deadline for the submission of admission application materials. Programs may have earlier deadlines than the University deadline. The deadlines reflected below are the earliest of the two deadlines. Graduate Programs may continue to accept and process applications after the published deadline if space exists within the program. Check with the Program for availability.
Application Deadline (domestic application)
Fall: May 1
Spring: August 1
Summer: November 15
International Students
Foreign applicants who are outside the U.S. are required to apply for a visa. Depending on the country of origin, this may take a few months. So the deadlines for these international applicants may be earlier than the Program deadline and these applicants must apply prior to both deadlines. They are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible. Foreign applicants who are in the U.S. and are currently on a visa may use the domestic application deadline dates. In addition to meeting the published application deadline for the Program of interest, all immigration documents should be submitted as soon as possible, but must be on file at USF no later than the following processing deadlines:
Fall: May 1
Spring: August 1
Summer: November 15
Admission Requirements
You must comply with general University policies and meet general University Admission requirements in addition to those listed below.
Program Admission Requirements
All Applicants must take the Graduate Record Exam (except as noted below) or an equivalent taken within five years preceding application unless noted as exceptions and must meet the following criteria: - Shall have earned an undergraduate degree from an accredited institution;
- Shall have earned a "B" average (3.00 on a 4 point scale) or better in all work attempted while registered as an upper division student working toward a baccalaureate degree; AND
- Prefer Graduate Record Exam (GRE) minimums of 44th verbal percentile, 25th quantitative percentile.**
- In lieu of the GRE, only applicants to the Department of Health Policy and Management may submit a minimum GMAT score of 500 for the M.S.P.H.
- An MCAT score may be submitted in lieu of the GRE. A mean of 8 is required. The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Department of Health Policy and Management do not accept MCAT scores for M.S.P.H. degrees.
Meeting of these criteria per se shall not be the only basis for admission.
** NOTE: Some Concentrations may prefer higher GRE subscores.
Admissions Status: Apply
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Pre-requisites and Admissions Information
In addition to meeting the Program admission requirements for the Master of Science in Public Health in Public Health, applicants should also meet these concentration prerequisites: - Public health course prerequisites: None.
- Suggested/preferred undergraduate majors: science, engineering, technology and management, and psychology.
- Prerequisite undergraduate courses: None
- Work experience: None required; however occupational work experience is beneficial.
- Minimum undergrad GPA: Upper division GPA 3.0.
- Other criteria: Two Letters of recommendation.
Total Program Requirements with this concentration - 46 credit hours minimum In addition to the 15 hours minimum required for the Program Core Requirements and the thesis hours, this Concentration requires: Concentration Course Requirements 20 credit hours
Research Courses 6 credit hours
Elective courses 5 credit hours Concentration Course Requirements 20 credit hours
PHC 6360 (2) Safety Management Principles and Practices
PHC 6354 (2) Safety and Health Administration
EIN 6216 (3) Occupational Safety Engineering
EIN 6215 (3) Engineering System Safety
PHC 6423 (2) Occupational Health Law
PHC 6361 (2) Industrial Ergonomics
PHC 6356 (2) Industrial Hygiene
PHC 6310 (3) Environmental Occupational Toxicology
PHC 6930 (1) Public Health Seminar Research Courses 6 credit hours
PHC 6051 (3) Biostatistics II
One research course (3 credits) as approved by the program Elective Courses 5 credit hours
Electives: Two required from the following or other approved electives:
PHC 7934 (2) Work and Environmental Physiology
INP 6935 (3) Topics in Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Personnel or Organizational Psychology
INP 7937 (3) Graduate Seminar in Industrial-Organizational Psychology: Occupational Health Psychology Comprehensive Exam Additional Culminating Experience
Safety Concentration Examination or ASP Exam (no credit)
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First, contact your graduate program advisor for guidance courses to register for. Obtain any electronic course permit if necessary. Register for the new student orientation online at http://www.grad.usf.edu/orientation.php. Then go to http://oasis.usf.edu/ the link to OASIS, USF's on-line registration system to register for your classes. Follow the directions given on-line.
To access online course materials, students must have a USF NetID (e-mail account). Please visit: https://netid.usf.edu/una/ to obtain your NetID.
New students, including those studying online, may obtain a USFCard. Please visit: http://www.usf.edu/it/class-prep/usf-card.aspx to obtain your USFCard.
Tuition and fees: Fees are determined by the level of the course. Please visit Cash Accounting, Controller's Office, for information on tuition and fees.
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