Environmental Health (PhD)
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Date Posted: Jan. 11, 2019
Submitted by: Claire Pope
Sustainability Topic:
Curriculum
Content Type:
Academic Programs
Discipline:
Health Sciences & Medicine
Tags:
environmental health
Program Type: Doctoral Degree
Description
The PhD Program in the Department of Environmental Health prepares a student with highly specialized and applied research skills that seek to better understand the links between environmental exposures and human health outcomes.
Briefly, the degree requires the following: * Completion of 42 credit hours of coursework * Completion of Qualifying Exam (typically by end of year 2/beginning of year 3) * Completion of a Proposal Defense (typically in year 3) * Admission to candidacy (following completion of coursework, qualifying exam, and successful proposal defense) * Completion of 18 Dissertation Research credits * Successful Dissertation Defense (typically in year 5)