Are there alternative paths to fulfilling the DrPH program requirements?
Students have some flexibility in when they will undertake their professional residency, and in the courses taken to meet the core knowledge requirements. Although the latter change with faculty availability etc., the DrPH Handbook, along with the advisor and more advanced DrPH students are good sources of information on possible alternative courses. Students with prior course work in some of the core areas also may test out of these areas or be exempted from additional course work by their advisor and Academic Head, in consultation with instructors in the particular area (e.g., ethics or health politics and policy analysis). In general, however, students are encouraged to attain additional depth in such areas through new courses, rather than simply being waived out. Finally, and although the DrPH is a professional degree, students who intend to pursue academic teaching and research positions should work with their advisors to ensure that their elective courses and dissertation work in
