Our curriculum has a strong base of coursework, including courses in the five core areas of public health (environmental health, social and behavioral health, health services research, epidemiology, and statistics) in three emphasis areas; prevention sciences, environmental health, health services/health policy. A sample course of study is:
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Prevention Sciences and Population Health |
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Spring Semester |
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First Year |
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PH 201: Foundations of Public Health |
Soc 210: Statistics 1: Regression Analysis |
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PH 203: Research methods in Public Health |
PH 204: Environmental Health |
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PH 202: Epidemiology |
Elective Course |
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PH 208: Professional seminar |
PH 208: Professional Seminar |
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Second Year - Elective Courses |
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PH 207: Health Behavior |
PH 205: Health Services Research and Policy |
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Soc 211: Statistics 2: Categorical Regression |
PH 222 Program Design & Evaluation |
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PH 221: Social Epidemiology & Health Disparities |
PH 233: Prevention of chronic and infectious diseases |
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PH 208: Professional seminar |
PH 206: Health Communication |
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Milestones
Students will be actively engaged in research from the start of their graduate training through the end of their doctoral work. This research emphasizes close work with a faculty mentor, with increasing independence over the years of training. The major milestones students achieve through their course of study include:
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Second Year Research Thesis |
Research skills in Public Health are best acquired through classroom instruction and participation in research. The Second Year Research Thesis will be conducted with your major advisor. |
End of second year of study |
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Qualifying exam |
The Qualifying Exam in Public Health consists of proposing, completing, and orally defending a substantial research paper. |
End of third year of study |
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Dissertation proposal |
The Dissertation Proposal reviews the relevant literature and defines the area of inquiry of the proposed Dissertation, provides a clear statement of actionable research aims, questions, and/or hypotheses that will be addressed in the Dissertation, and outlines the methodological and analytic approach that will enable the proposed research to address these aims, questions, and/or hypotheses. |
During fourth year of study |
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Dissertation |
The Doctoral Dissertation is the culmination of the Ph.D., in which the Doctoral Candidate demonstrates the capability to conduct research independently that makes an original contribution to knowledge of a quality that can be published in a reputable scientific journal. |
Fourth or fifth year of study |