VCU Bulletin

The VCU Bulletin contains information about university policies, course descriptions and academic requirements. The School of Public Health Bulletin site includes administration, school, and program-specific details for students.

Canvas

VCU students and faculty use Canvas, a web-based learning management system, to access and manage course materials.

Degree Works

Degree Works is an online tool students, faculty, staff, and advisors can use to help students track degree progress.

GradTrack 2.0

GradTrak is an online system for reporting and record-keeping. Students and faculty utilize GradTrak to propose advisory committees, schedule committee meetings and comprehensive exams, and report exam results.

Writing Resources

The VCU Office of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success offers services and resources for undergraduate and graduate students, including in-person appointments, online consultations and workshops through their writing center.

Health Sciences Library

The Health Sciences Library, located on the MCV Campus near the medical center, holds one of the world's most extensive collections of health sciences literature in North America. The library offers study and collaboration rooms by reservation, research support services, classes and workshops, and technology for loan.

Student/Advisor Compact

The VCU Compact Between Graduate Students and their Thesis/Dissertation Advisors presents guiding principles intended to support positive mentoring relationships between graduate students and their ffaculty advisors. This document should be reviewed and signed annually.

Individual Development Plans

All School of Public Health doctoral students are required to formulate an IDP prior to their third year of training or by the semester after they pass their oral qualifying exams, whichever comes first. Students in Master’s programs are strongly encouraged to formulate IDPs, but there is no formal IDP requirement for Master’s students.

Advisory Committee Proposal Form

Students in degree programs requiring a thesis or dissertation form a graduate advisory committee. 

Degree Candidacy Form

Successful completion of comprehensive examinations (composed of written and oral candidacy components) and successful defenses of dissertations are required for all Ph.D. degrees. Students who are eligible complete the degree candidacy DocuSign form.

EDT Approval Form

Upon successful completion of their dissertation defense, the student submits an electronic thesis or dissertation form using DocuSign.

SOPH Graduate Student Travel Request

SOPH students can request support for travel to conferences or events. Students are eligible for $250 for professional development and $600 for poster presentations and oral presentations.

VCU Graduate School Travel Grant Application

The Graduate Student Travel Grant program provides financial support of up to $500 for eligible graduate students to support students presenting their research or academic work at conferences, summits, or other events.

VCU Graduate School Funding Opportunities

Student Code of Conduct

VCU Libraries Research Guides

Office of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success

VCU Preparing Future Faculty Program