Student Information

Policies on Course Work

Credits and Grades
Advancement to Candidacy
Thesis and dissertation Requirements

Student Life on Campus

Bookstores
Campus Security
Computers
Computer Accounts
Health Insurance
ID Badges/Keys
Leaning Opportunities
Libraries
Mailboxes
Organizations
Parking
Sports and Exercise
Travel Awards

Please refer to the Department of Environmental Health Graduate Student Guidelines Handbook for more detailed information on Master's and Doctoral Degree credit requirements.

The Master's student must complete 45 graduate credits excluding thesis research. Thirty credits should be regular course work. The doctoral student needs to complete 135 graduate credits, and 45 of these credits need to be completed while in residence at the University. The student must receive at least a grade of B on required coursework and also must maintain a B average of all courses (at least 2/3 of the graduate credits need to be graded as a B or better). In order to graduate, the student can not have an I, IP, or an N on their record.

Courses taken at other Universities can be substituted for some of the course requirements (e.g. Mathematical statistics taken elsewhere can be used for the Mathematical Statistics requirement.). The substitution, however, does not change the requirements for the total hours of course work.

The student may be considered to have achieved up to 36 credit hours of the required 90 hours of non-dissertation work. The acceptance of credit hours depends on courses taken and how recently these were taken and will be reviewed by the Director.

credit hours:

The student may be able to credit some of the extra hours to their degree with a minimum requirement being 55 credit hours while enrolled in the Division.

The student may receive credit up to 15 hours of relevant non-degree credited courses for the degree.

For information on the Qualifying Examination (QE) process for doctoral students, refer to the Department of Environmental Health Graduate Student Handbook Guidelines.

The three preliminary proposals should have different study designs and address different exposure/health outcome relationships. For Biostatistics students, one of the proposals may include an Epidemiologic study, and the other two should address different types of methodological statistical contributions in the field.

Please refer to the Department of Environmental Health Graduate Student Handbook Guidelines for detailed information on thesis and dissertation requirements.

Because of the complexity of most human health studies, students in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Division, must include an appendix that notes aspects of the dissertation or thesis performed by the student and who was responsible for each of the major parts of the study. This is needed because often the dissertation or thesis work requires the efforts of others. Topics needing to be addressed in the Appendix are, for example:

The U.C. Medical Center Bookstore, the source for all your text purchases, is on the first floor of MSB near the cafeteria. Books not in stock may be ordered and are usually received in less than 10 days. The bookstore also offers school supplies, stationary, cards, diagnostic instruments and spare parts. A 10% discount is given to graduate assistants who present their ID badges. Its hours are M-W, F- 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Th - 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Sat - 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Special hours (summer, inventory) will be posted.

The West Campus bookstore is located on 123 West University Avenue between Lawrence Hall, Armory Field House and the Service Building. The campus bookstore carries books for all university courses other than those offered by the College of Medicine. Its hours are M-F - 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sat - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Sun - 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Check the bookstore's Web page at http://www.uc.edu/www/bookstore/index.html.

Security at the University of Cincinnati is provided by the Department of Public Safety, which includes the Clifton Campus Division and the Medical Center Division. Each division employs full-time, trained, state commissioned officers who carry full arrest powers. Their jurisdiction extends to all state-owned University property, which includes all University facilities and parking areas. They and the city police work together in providing service to the University and surrounding communities.

In the Medical Center Complex, reports of all emergencies and crimes should be phoned to the dispatcher at 558-1111 or 558-4968 (Non-emergency) or 911 (Emergency only). On the West campus, call the dispatcher at 556-1111 (Non-emergency) or 911 (Emergency only).

The Department of Public Safety also provides a Crime Prevention Information Center which disseminates information on methods of resisting threats of crime in the home and on the street. For information on Crime Prevention Programs offered by the Center, call 558-4900 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays.

In addition to the above services, the police will also provide free walking escort service to anyone who needs an escort from a building to their automobile in a parking lot or on the street. They will escort you up to three blocks off campus from dusk to 2:00 am. Do not hesitate to call 556-6110, as there have been several past incidents.

There are five computers in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Occupational Medicine student room (117). Three computers have internet connection and have SAS, Office 97 installed. There is a student computer laboratory on the third floor of Kettering in room 322. The Computer Lab on the Health Sciences Library's E-level offers 35 Windows 95 workstations and 30 PowerPC/68040 Mac workstations. They are available for use when the library is open. For more information about the Computer Lab, call Birsen Kaya (558-0345)

The Electronic Classroom on G-level in the Health Sciences Library features 25 Pentium III 500 Mhz computers with Windows >98, Microsoft Office >97 (available until teaching programs are in place for Office 2000), and full Internet access. The computers have zip and DVD drives. Courses and workshops are offered for Internet training, the Web, electronic mail and office tools (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook). Check their Calendar of Classes, mailed monthly to students and available at the Information Desk in the Health Sciences Library. The calendar is also available on the Medical Center Library Web site (http://mcl.uc.edu). To reserve a place call 558-0186.

The University provides all students computer accounts free of charge. The Bearcat⁷ Online system is a client-server system that allows you to exchange electronic mail (e-mail) with other computer users on campus and around the World, and access the diverse resources of the Internet, including the World Wide Web. You may access your Bearcat⁷ Online account from your home, office or a campus computer lab.

To request an account, go to the Computers and Multimedia Help Desk on the E-level of the Health Sciences Library. They also provide help with many software applications, dial-access (when connecting from your personal computer), e-mail accounts and similar questions. The Help Desk is staffed M-Th - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., F - 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Sun noon - 9:00 p.m. Call them at 558-4173.

A mainframe is available at this institution which students can use free of charge. To open an account, call Dr. Paul Succop at 558-0525.

Full time students are required to have adequate health insurance. Students who register for 12 credit hours or more will automatically be charged the UC Student Health Insurance cost if the waiver requirements are not satisfied by the deadlines specified. The University requires all international students to be insured under the Student Health Insurance Plan; they are not eligible to waive coverage. Part-time students may purchase coverage. The program includes the cost for health care services available at the two University Health Services facilities on campus. This means students will not be billed for office visits and most ancillary services (e.g., lab work and X-rays).

The cost per quarter of the Health Insurance Plan is $207 for a single student, $517 for a student and spouse, $515 for student and child(ren), and $684 for student, spouse and child(ren), to be paid fall, winter and spring. For more information stop by the Student Health Insurance Office in Room 112, Scioto Hall, or call 556-6868.

Students are required to wear photo ID badges. A photo ID request card will be issued by the Department and must be submitted to the Key Control Center and ID Badge Office (located on the E-level in the passage way between the MSB and the hospital). The photo will be taken and the ID issued there. Key request cards for the Kettering Building Complex and other rooms authorized by your advisor will be issued and must be submitted to this office too. Their hours are M-Th - 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, F - 7:30 am -4:00 pm, closed 1:00 - 2:00 pm for lunch.

"Learning Opportunities" is your complete guide to registering; it includes course listings, registration instructions, and fee information. It is a quarterly publication, printed two to three months prior to every quarter, and is available to students for free. To obtain a copy visit the Graduate Students Office (Kettering 328) during regular business hours.

The Health Sciences Library is located on the AE@ level of the Medical Sciences Building. It serves as the library and information center for the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy and University Hospital. This high tech facility houses over 250,000 volumes and subscribes to more than 2,500 medical and health related journals. Recently, the Kettering Laboratory Library was merged into the Health Sciences Library, making a premier collection of journals, books and documents in environmental and occupational health available to the Medical Center. Their regular hours are: M-Th - 8:00 a.m. - midnight, F - 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sat - 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sun - noon - midnight. For more information call 558-5628 or visit their Web page at http://mcl.uc.edu.

The Cincinnati Medical Heritage Center is located on the 2^nd floor of the Health Professions Building. It contains archives, books, journals, artifacts and other materials related to the history of the health sciences in the Greater Cincinnati area.

The University of Cincinnati Libraries hold over 1.9 million books, bound serials and government publications; over 19,300 serial subscriptions; more than 2.3 million microform units and a rapidly growing number of electronic resources. University Libraries has 9 locations across the West Campus and one library on the OMI-College of Applied Science campus.

UCLID, the University of Cincinnati Libraries Information Database, is the primary source of information about all of UC's library collections. UCLID responds to basic inquiries such as author, title, keyword, subject and call number. The easy-to-use menu system also provides the opportunity to create complex search strategies when necessary. In addition to information about UC's collections, UCLID is the local gateway to OhioLINK--a union database of university library and community college collections across the state of Ohio. OhioLINK also provides access to a growing number of electronic databases, such as: ABI/Inform; General Periodicals Abstracts; Dissertation Abstracts; UnCover, an article delivery service; and the Internet.

Mail boxes for all students are located on the First Floor of the Kettering Laboratory (Room 125).

There are many organizations that may interest you. A complete listing of organizations and people to contact can be acquired at the University=s home page on the WWW (http://www.uc.edu), at the Student Activities and Programming Office on the third floor of Tangeman University Center, or by calling 556-2831.

The Organization of Health Sciences Graduate Students (OHSGS) serves Graduate students in the College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, and College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati. OHSGS is a part of the GSGA (Graduate Student Governance Association) at the University. OHSGS activities and services are free to all graduate students, and any student is encouraged to get involved.

The OHSGS Office is in the Medical Sciences Bldg. Room E452B. The phone number is (513) 558 - 5655. There are currently no office hours available. Check their Web page at http://www.med.uc.edu/ohsgs/ohsgs.htm. Our Departmental student representative at OHSGS is Jessica Gordon (gordonji@email.uc.edu).

Parking permits or decals can be obtained from the Medical Center Parking Office, located on level 2 of the Eden Avenue Garage. Parking is sold on a quarterly or academic year basis for surface lots and garages. Lot parking and garage parking is in high demand and sold on a first come, first served basis. The cost of parking in Eden Garage Levels 1-7 is $147 per quarter. The lowest cost option is the parking atop the Eden Garage, and is available via lottery (deadline for Fall quarter is in mid-July), at $81 per quarter. Please contact the Medical Center Parking Office at 558-2929 for further information.

All University sports facilities are available to students. The Shoemaker Center is the centerpiece of Cincinnati's athletic facilities. The north wall of the Shoe borders Armory Fieldhouse, which is the site of Bearcat indoor football practice. Also to the north of the Shoe is Laurence Hall Pool. Adjacent to the west of the Shoe is Nippert Stadium. Immediately south of the Shoemaker Center are Johnny Bench Field, home of the baseball Bearcats, the Meyers Field track and soccer complex, which includes a natural grass and artificial turf practice field. The Boyd Chambers tennis courts are a volley away to the east of the Shoe.

The immediate proximity of U.C.'s athletic facilities provides ultimate convenience for student-athletes, while fostering a closeness within the Bearcat sports teams. For information and entry dates call 556-5706 or visit the U.C. Athletic Department Web page at http://www.uc.edu/www/bearcats/facilities.htmlx.

The University Fitness and Health Promotion Program is located at the 5^th floor on Holmes Hospital. It offers a state-of-the-art facility with cardiovascular and Nautilus equipment and specialty classes such as Aerobics and Karate. Different membership options are available, including a full-time student option for $50 per calendar quarter. Facilities are open M-F - 6:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Sat - 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 584-5918.

Experience the art of Karate, as taught by the Japan Karate Association for health, piece of mind, and self defense. The Kettering Shotokan Karate Club meets every Monday and Thursday, 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. at the Atrium, Kettering Laboratory. Classes are taught by a third degree black belt instructor with more than 10 years of experience. Department graduate students may enroll in the club for a nominal fee of $15 per month. For more information, call Dr. Stuart Baxter at 558-1704.

Travel awards are given to full-time graduate students who are attending or presenting papers at Conferences. Non-presenters will be eligible for an award if they can demonstrate that they must attend a conference which is vital for their professional development. These students will be eligible for such an award once during their academic period at U.C. Presenters will be eligible for an award once each academic year.