Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Howard Kipen, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Chair
Derek Shendell, D.Env., 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/phd.html.
At the School of Public Health in New Brunswick
The Ph.D.
degree requires a minimum of 72 credits for completion. Candidates for the degree will be
required to pass comprehensive written and oral examinations as well as complete 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. The final 24 credits are doctoral dissertation research with laboratory basic science work and/or field applied research components. This research can be based on or off campus.
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