UNC School of Public Health - Program guidelines

Program guidelines

Welcome to one of the world's leading Health Policy and Management departments. Consistently ranked by the U.S. News & World Report as one of the top Health Policy and Management programs in the U.S., we have distinguished ourselves with our collaborative learning environment, first-rate research and outstanding faculty.

This page contains the student manuals/program guidelines for both our residential and distance programs, along with other helpful documents. For more information on each program, select the link for the one you wish to see from the menu on the right.

BSPH Student Handbook:

BSPH Academic Worksheet:

2010-2011

Master's Student Guide:

Guidelines and Procedures for the HPM Doctoral Program (PhD):

Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate Student Manual:

2010

Executive Master's Student Manual:

2011

Guidelines and Procedures for the HPM Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH):

Graduate School Handbook

Graduate School Form Finder (residency, leave of absence, graduation, etc.)

HPM Degree Worksheets:

2010 Degree Worksheets:

2009 Degree Worksheets:

HPM Degree Programs Course Sequence

2010 Course Sequence

2009 Course Sequence

Student Services Forms
All forms should be submitted to the HPM Student Services Office (1106 McGavran Greenberg Hall)

Permission to take Online Courses
Credit Overload Form - Word format (Graduate Students only)
HPM Core Course Exemption Application - Word format
SPH Core Course Exemption Application - Word format
SPH Core Curriculum Checklist (includes approved substitutions) - effective for students entering the School of Public Health Fall 2009 and later.
As of April 2010, students who wish to audit any HPM course must acquire written permission from the course instructor and HPM department chair.

Current UNC students must fill out a drop/add form. The drop/add form will need to be initialed by the instructor and will be signed by the HPM Registrar on behalf of the department chair.
Non-UNC students need to fill out both the drop/add form and an Audit Approval Form.

After the documents are received by University Registrar's office, the student will be entered in the course record as an auditor and be given access to the course Blackboard or Sakai space automatically at the next database update.

Financial Aid Information

Master's Financial Aid Memo (Word format)
Master's Financial Aid Form (Word format)

NOTE: Please read the memo before completing the form.

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Last updated October 27, 2011