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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 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. 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. Major Research Areas:
Faculty major research areas are listed at: http://publichealth.usf.edu/facultyaffairs/facultyprofile.html
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: February 15
Spring: July 15
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: February 15
Spring: July 15
Summer: November 15
Admission Requirements
You must comply with general University policies and meet general University Admission requirements in addition to those listed below.
Must meet University requirements (see Graduate Admissions) as well as requirements listed below. Program Admission Requirements Applicants to the doctoral program in Public Health must meet the following minimum criteria in order to be considered for admission. However, the meeting of these criteria per se, shall not be the only basis for admission. - A preferred minimum verbal Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test percentile rank of 53 and quantitative GRE test percentile rank of 39 taken within 5 years preceding the application and a grade point average of 3.0 are needed to be considered. Note: some concentration may prefer higher GRE scores (e.g. Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Health Services Research)
- A score of 600 or higher on the GMAT for applicants to only the Health Policy and Management Department will be considered.
- Each applicant must submit evidence of written/analytical skills to the College of Public Health which will take two-forms:
- A graduate level term paper, thesis, or research paper of which the student is the sole author, publication on which the student is the first author; and
- A detailed personal statement of less than five pages that describes why the applicant wishes to obtain a Ph.D. degree in Public Health.
- Applicants seeking consideration to the doctoral program must possess the M.P.H., M.S.P.H., or equivalent. Those who hold other graduate degrees will be considered, but as a prerequisite, they may be required to complete courses as required and approved by their advisory committee.
- Each applicant must submit at least two formal Letters of Recommendation. The Department of Community and Family Health requires three Letters of Recommendation.
- In order to be considered for admission to the Ph.D. Program in Public Health, applicants must be fully prepared to register as full-time students for at least one full academic year (consecutive Fall and Spring semesters).
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Admissions Status: Apply
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Offered from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Total Program Requirements with this concentration - 90 hours minimum post-bachelors In addition to the 12 hours minimum required for the Program Core Courses and Seminar Course Requirements, this Concentration requires: Concentration Courses 24 hours
Epidemiology Methods and Writing 15 hours
Focus Area Courses 9 hours
Biostatistics 6 hours
Electives 6 hours
Dissertation 18 hours Concentration Course Requirements (Domain B) 24 hours
PHC 6051 (3) Biostatistics II or equivalent
PHC 6053 (3) Categorical Data Analysis or equivalent
PHC 6701 (3) Computer Applications for Public Health or equivalent
In addition students take:
6 graduate level credits focusing on epidemiology methods
3 graduate level credits in data analysis or computer applications
6 level credits in topic areas focusing on chronic or infectious disease Epidemiology Methods and Writing (Domain C) 15 hours
PHC 7703 (3) Adv. Research Methods in Epidemiology
PHC 7001 (3) Practical Issues in Epidemiology
PHC 7015 (3) Epidemiology Study Design and Protocol Develop
And two of the following:
PHC 6017 (3) Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
PHC 6720 (3) Intermediate SAS
PHC 7720 (3) Secondary Data Analysis Substantive Knowledge and/or Focus Area (Domain D) 9 hours
9 Graduate Level Credits in Topic Area Biostatistics (Domain E) 6 hours
PHC 6055 (3) Survival Analyses Electives/Support Courses (Domain F) 6 hours
6 Graduate level elective credits decided by student and program committee Other Program Requirements (Domain G)
Teaching Experience
Qualifying Examination
Dissertation Research
Dissertation
Dissertation Defense
*Primary data collection experience is strongly encouraged, but not required Dissertation 18 hours minimum
PHC 7980 (2-18) Dissertation
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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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