College of Health Sciences and Public Policy:

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

Track 1 (For students who hold a Master of Public Health degree)

Minimum Degree Requirements

For students who hold a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, Track 1 allows them to forgo foundational public health courses and complete the program in a shorter amount of time.

• Doctoral Writing Assessment
• Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
• Foundation courses (5 credits)
  • • Students must receive a B or better in PUBH 8004 in order to continue with the DrPH program.
• Core courses (55 credits)
• Research courses (5 credits)
• Field Experience Preparation Course (0 credit)
• DrPH Applied Practice Experience (APE) (2credits) – (complete a minimum ​of 80 hours of applied practice work)
• Completion of Doctoral Capstone
  • Capstone writing courses (continuous enrollment in 5 credits per term for a minimum of 3 terms until completion)
  • Quarter Plans
• Two residencies

Curriculum

Foundation Courses (5 credits)

Core Courses (55 credits)

Research courses (5 credits)

Applied Practice Experience (2 credits)

Learn more about the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) Applied Practice at: https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/doctor-public-health/applied-practice

Completion of the Doctoral Capstone

Course Sequence

Students undertake courses in the following sequence.

* Students take this course for a minimum of three terms and are continuously enrolled until completion of their doctoral study with final chief academic officer (CAO) approval. In general, students are continuously registered in the doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the doctoral study course shell.

To complete a doctoral study, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the chief academic officer. Students must also publish their doctoral study on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the doctoral study process in the Doctoral Study Guidebook.

Field Experience Preparation

Walden is committed to providing students with resources and support in preparation of field experience(s). To help ease anxiety in the field experience process, Walden offers a 0-credit Field Experience Preparation course, a structured experience that guides students through the application process and currently available readiness resources. The course is designed to complement other pre-requisite courses needed in preparation for field experience(s). The goal is that students submit their field experience application by the end of the course. Of course, there may be reasons why a field experience needs to be postponed, or the readiness course may not be needed if a field experience opportunity has already been secured. In this instance, students may opt-out of the course. By opting out of the Field Experience Preparation course without having submitted a complete field experience application you are notifying Walden that you have chosen to delay the beginning of your field experience indefinitely, it is your responsibility to notify Walden when you plan to begin the field experience component of your program. In some instances, opting out of the Field Experience Preparation course indicates the foundational components of the field experience process have been satisfied and submission of the field experience application is pending. While the course is not yet available for Tempo students, the same readiness resources are available to Tempo students seeking field experience.