Dissertation Proposal in Environmental Health

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Pre -requisites: Have approved comprehensive exams. This course is an Integrative Learning Experience for doctoral students of Environmental Health specialty. In this course, the student will demonstrate mastery in foundational and specialty competencies in the design of a research proposal that represents a theoretical and methodological contribution to public health practice in the environmental health area. The student presents the problem, research questions, and study methods as a proposal for approval of Dissertation Committee. Dissertation may take a variety of forms, and must generate a high quality written product consistent with advanced practice designed to influence programs, policies or systems addressing environmental public health. At the end of the course, students are expected to present in writing and orally a proposal for research project applying theoretical and methodological principles of environmental public health.