Prospective Students
Admissions Requirements
In addition to the Graduate Center admissions requirements, the Doctor of Public Health program requirements include:
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Completion of a Masters of Public Health degree. Applicants with a Masters or higher level degree in another discipline will need to take five core Masters level public health courses. If accepted to the DPH program, three courses must be completed prior to enrollment and the remaining two within the first year of matriculation:
1) Biostatistics
2) Epidemiology
3) Environmental Health
4) Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Health
5) Health Policy and Management
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At least three years of prior relevant teaching, research or programmatic work experience.
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Track-specific additional requirements:
Community, Society and Health (CSH): At least three Masters-level courses in social dimensions of health and two quantitative research courses (e.g., Biostatistics and Epidemiology).
Epidemiology (EPI): At least three Masters' level quantitative research courses (e.g. biostatistics, epidemiology and research methods), preferably with grades of A- or better.
Environmental and Occupational Health (EOH): One course in toxicology; at least two courses in either occupational safety and health or environmental sciences; plus one course in public, environmental or occupational health law or policy.
Health Policy and Management (HPM): One course in health care systems, management, or administration; one course in health policy; one social science course in a cognate-related field, such as economics, sociology or political science.
Those in the Concentration in Public Health Nutrition must be a Registered Dietician (RD) or have completed the didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE).