Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.) - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Howard Kipen, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Chair
Derek Shendell, DEnv., M.P.H., Doctoral Coordinator
For more
information about the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, please
visit: http://sph.rutgers.edu/departments/ENOH/degrees/drph.html.
At the School of Public Health in New Brunswick
The
Dr.P.H. degree requires a minimum of 72 credit hours for completion. Candidates for the degree will be required to
pass comprehensive written and oral examinations as well as complete a practicum and defend original dissertation research.Through
doctoral-level research, the students will develop expertise on a single topic,
design and implement a research project, integrate and interpret complex data,
and complete a comprehensive dissertation. Students must plan this carefully. Although the students will work
closely with faculty advisers, students bear responsibility for developing research
of publishable quality. The curriculum
and academic progress of all doctoral students is monitored by a single
doctoral committee. The program
is designed to be flexible and responsive to the needs of individual
students. A specific course of study
will be selected by the student in consultation with his or her major faculty
adviser and then must be approved by the doctoral committee. Typical programs are detailed within the
departments offering doctoral degrees, although individual students may make
substitutions with the written approval of the doctoral committee.
