What type of undergraduate degree do I need to apply?
There is no requirement that applicants have a degree in a particular field; however, having a background in psychology, epidemiology, heath education or other social or behavioral sciences is useful.
What about GRE's or other standardized test scores? What test scores do you accept and can I waive test scores?
We accept the university minimum of 1000 (V/Q combined) but a combined total of 1200 is preferred. We do not waive the test, even if the applicant has a master’s degree from a program which did not require the test for admission.
How long does it take to complete the doctoral program?
Completing the program takes approximately 4-5 years, depending on a student’s dissertation study as well as their pace of work.
Why apply to this program (rather than a traditional psychology or public health program)?
This program trains students to serve as health professionals in diverse settings and to target individual, community, and global health problems through diverse strategies. As such, the program offers students an opportunity to impact the most critical health problems confronting communities and the world; and to do this in collaboration with other health professionals from medicine, public health, business, communications, epidemiology, and psychology.
With this understanding, we at the SCGH view global health to include the health status and well being of diverse populations, and all factors cellular, genetic, individual, economic, political, social, cultural, societal and environmental, that contribute to health outcomes and their uneven distribution within and between populations. We include in our sphere of focus not only the health and contributing factors of native peoples in targeted regions, but also those people in transition within and across national boundaries.
The focus on health-related behaviors of individuals and communities, the ability to incorporate knowledge from multiple fields to solve health problems, and the ability to attack health threats in diverse settings set this program apart from other traditional training programs in the behavioral and social sciences.
