DrPH IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
The Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program in Health Administration is structured to prepare individuals for the advancement to senior policy and management positions in public health agencies and other health care settings. Plans of study are designed to meet individual requirements in achieving a sound academic, yet professionally oriented education.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
- Applicants are required to have a Master's degree in Health Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Public Administration, or a medical degree (doctor of medicine). Persons holding a different master's degree and wish to be considered for the program must petition the faculty. Approval is dependent upon a majority vote of the faculty. All successful applicants must have worked in a health-related, mid-level management or policy position for a minimum of four years. Previous graduate-level course work must include health finance, statistics, organizational behavior, health economics, and epidemiology or the applicant will have to make up deficiencies. Applicants with three or more deficiency areas will be given conditional admission, contingent upon making up the deficiencies. Courses taken to make up deficiencies do not count towards the degree program.
- Applicants are expected to have taken graduate level courses in health care finance, statistics, organizational behavior, health economics, and epidemiology. An admitted student with deficiencies in any of these areas must take courses to make them up. A student with three or more deficiency areas will be given a conditional admission, contingent upon making up the deficiencies. Courses taken to make up deficiencies do not count towards the degree program.
- Applicants must have worked in a health-related mid-level management or policy position for a minimum of four years.
- The applicant must have earned a 3.0 grade point average (based on a 4.0 scale) in previous graduate course work.
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or GMAT scores must be submitted.
- Foreign applicants whose native language is not English must submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores. If prior academic experience in the U.S. illustrates that the student is proficient in English, this requirement may be waived.
- Three letters of recommendations must be submitted, from persons who can reflect upon the applicant's prior academic and professional performance.
- The applicant must provide a career goal statement and a current curriculum vita with the application.
- An interview with the departmental faculty is highly recommended.
ADMISSIONS:
Apply to the DrPH in Health Administration program online through the Schools of Public Health Application Service (SOPHAS). Please also send Mitchell Taylor an e-mail with your contact information.
SAMPLE CURRICULUM:
Students in the DrPH program must complete 61 semester credit hours in four categories: DrPH core, HSPM doctoral core, concentration coursework, and a research dissertation. The DrPH core represent competencies deemed essential for all doctoral students and are consistent across departments in the Arnold School of Public Health. In addition to coursework, completion of the DrPH core involves a Public Health Practicum.
Degree Requirements
Students in the DrPH program must complete 61 semester credit hours in four categories: DrPH core, HSPM doctoral core, concentration coursework, and a research dissertation. The DrPH core represent competencies deemed essential for all doctoral students and are consistent across departments in the Arnold School of Public Health. In addition to coursework, completion of the DrPH core involves a Public Health Practicum, which is described later in this section. The hours must be completed in the following areas:
Doctor of Public Health Core (18 hours): |
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| HPEB 820 Advocacy and Policy for Public Health | 3 hours |
| HSPM 820 Public Health Leadership | 3 hours |
| HSPM 818 Advanced Evaluation | 3 hours |
| HSPM 719 Research Methods | 3 hours |
| HSPM 898 Public Health Practicum | 6 hours |
HSPM doctoral core (16 hours): |
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| HSPM 845 Advanced Topics in Health Policy & Management I | 3 hours |
| HSPM 846 Advanced Topics in Health Policy & Management II | 3 hours |
| HSPM 711 Public Health History and Politics | 3 hours |
| HSPM 800 Doctoral Seminar | 4 hours |
| Statistics and Research Methods (in addition to HSPM 719) | 3 hours |
| Additional courses & requirements (27 hours): | |
| Concentration (designed by student) | 15 hours |
| Dissertation | 12 hours |
CONTACT:
For further information about this program, please contact Mitchell Taylor, phone: (803)777-1627.