DrPH Degree
Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) Course Catalog
Appalachian College of Pharmacy (ACP) offers a sequence of online courses designed to lead to a Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) degree. Requirements for the DrPH degree consists of 46 semester credit hours spanning four academic terms and including foundational, specialized, and elective courses, as well as experiential courses in research, writing, and applied practice. All courses are offered in distance education format with some courses requiring clinic or community work.
Student will be eligible for graduation if foundational, specialized, and elective courses, as well as experiential courses in research, writing, and applied practice are successfully completed with no more than two grades of “C” and none lower.
DrPH Grading Policy
ACP has adopted a numerical scoring system with a 10-point grading scale whereby all grades are rounded to the nearest whole number using standard rounding rules. Unless noted separately in the course syllabi, the following is ACP’s grading scale and the quality points assigned to each letter grade:
A (4.0 quality points) = 89.50 or above
B (3.0 quality points) = 79.50 to 89.49
C (2.0 quality points) = 69.50 to 79.49
D (1.0 quality points) = 59.50 to 69.49
F (0.0 quality points) = 59.49 or below
Other possible grades Include:
I Incomplete (all incompletes must be cleared by the end of the following semester in which the incomplete was recorded)
IP In Progress (grade has not been reported)
P Pass (Pass/Fail scale)
F Fail (Pass/Fail scale)
W Withdraw
Students will receive their semester grade report at the end of each academic term.
Interprofessional Doctorate in Public Health Leadership (DrPH) Course of Study:
Foundational Courses:
- DRPH 710 (3 Credits) Public Health Research Methods
- DRPH 730 (3 Credits) Public Health & Healthcare Leadership
- DRPH 735 (3 Credits) Public Health Policy & Administration
- DRPH 741 (3 Credits) Community Health Assessment & Planning
- DRPH 742 (3 Credits) Program Implementation & Evaluation
- DRPH 760 (2 Credits) Health Communication
- DRPH 770 (3 Credits) Critical Issues in Global Health
- Total Credits: 20 hours
Specialization Courses:
Students select one of three specialization areas and take its five related courses.
| Specialization | Required Courses (2 credits each) |
| Preventive & Integrative Care | DRPH 861 Maternal & Child Health in Policy & Practice DRPH 863 Aging & Health: A Public Health Perspective DRPH 880 Preventive & Integrative Care for Populations & Practice DRPH 885 Nutrition & Disease Prevention DRPH 887 Substance Abuse & Addiction |
| Rural Health | DRPH 861 Maternal & Child Health in Policy & Practice DRPH 863 Aging & Health: A Public Health Perspective DRPH 865 Rural Populations & Health DRPH 887 Substance Abuse & Addiction DRPH 889 Digital Health Transformations & Healthcare Innovations |
| Global Health | DRPH 861 Maternal & Child Health in Policy & Practice DRPH 863 Aging & Health: A Public Health Perspective DRPH 865 Rural Populations & Health DRPH 870 Implementing Health Programs in International Settings DRPH 877 Tropical Disease Prevention & Control |
- Total Credits: 10 hours
Elective Courses:
To fulfill their electives, students may select additional specialization courses and/or seek approval for relevant courses from their current or former health professions program of study.
- Total Credits: 4 hours
Health Research & Writing Courses:
- DRPH 910 (4 Credit) Doctoral Research Project
- DRPH 930 (4 Credit) Capstone Paper
- Total Credits: 8 hours
Applied Practice Experience:
- DRPH 950 (4 Credits) Applied Practice Experience
- Total Credits: 4 hours
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