Degree Requirements
The program requires a minimum of 96 semester hours of credit, including up to 32 credits transferred from a masters degree, and 32 credits for dissertation research. Students who waive courses must still accumulate 96 credits to graduate, but the total may be reached with additional research hours or methods courses.
With consent of the advisor, a student may replace a required course with a relevant substitute.
Masters Level Courses (16 - 18 semester hours)
- IPHS 594 – Public Health Frameworks for Researchers (required for students without an MPH)
- BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)
- EPID 406 – Epidemiologic Computing (prerequisite for EPID 404) (3 semester hours)
- EPID 404 – Intermediate Epidemiologic Methods (4 semester hours)
Select one of the following courses:
- CHSC 511 – Maternal and Child Health Delivery Systems (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 543 – Maternal and Child Health Policy and Advocacy (3 semester hours)
Select one of the following courses:
- EPID 409 – The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS (2 semester hours)
- EPID 410 – Introduction to Infectious Disease Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- EPID 411 – Introduction to Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3 semester hours)
- EPID 594 – Surveillance (3 semester hours)
Theory Courses (6 semester hours)
- CHSC 550 – Advanced Theories and Topics in Community Health Sciences (3 semester hours)
- CHSC 551 – Advanced Research Methods for Community Health Sciences (3 semester hours)
Advanced Research Method Courses (6 semester hours)
- EPID / CHSC 518 – Epidemiology of Pediatric Diseases (3 semester hours)
- EPID / CHSC 548 – Readings in Reproductive and Perinatal Epidemiology (3 semester hours)
Advanced Analytic Methods Courses
- BSTT 505 – Logistic Regression & Survival Analysis (prerequisite for EPID 501) (2 semester hours)
- EPID 501 – Advanced Quantitative Methods in Epidemiology (4 semester hours)
- EPID / CHSC 549 – Advanced Applied Methods in Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (3 semester hours)
- PA 588 – Survey Data Reduction and Analysis (online only) (4 semester hours)
Select one of the following courses:
- BSTT 537 – Longitudinal Data Analysis (4 semester hours)
- EPSY 512 – Hierarchical Linear Models (4 semester hours)
Dissertation (32 semester hours)
- IPHS 599 – PhD Dissertation Research (32 semester hours)
Electives
At least one biological science class (4 semester hours) relevant to student’s research area is required if a student has no prior biological sciences background.
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Courses
- CHSC 434 – Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Public Health (3 semester hours)
- CHSC 534 – Management and Analysis of Qualitative Data (3 semester hours)
- EPID / CHSC 545 – Reproductive and Perinatal Health (3 semester hours)
- CHSC 577 – Survey Questionnaire Design (3 semester hours)
- EPID / EOHS 571 – Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (3 semester hours)
- EPID 594 – Sexually Transmitted Infections (3 semester hours)
- EPID 594 – Social Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- HPA 557 – Measurement in Health Services Research (3 semester hours)
- HPA 564 – Geographic Information System Application in Public Health (3 semester hours)
- PA 582 – Survey Data Collection Methods (3 semester hours)
- PSCH 538 – Seminar in Community and Prevention Research (1 – 4 semester hours)
- UPP 461 – Geographic Information Systems for Planners (4 semester hours)
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Courses
- CLJ 560 – Quantitative Methods and Design (4 semester hours)
- ED 502 – Essentials of Qualitative Inquiry in Education (4 semester hours)
- EPID 510 – Advanced Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases (2 semester hours)
- EPID 520 – Genetics in Epidemiology (2 semester hours)
- HPA 465 – Health Information and Decision Support Systems I (4 semester hours)
- BHIS 509 – Informatics for the Clinical Investigation (3 semester hours)
- NUEL 563 – Neighborhoods and Health (2 semester hours)
- PA 578 – Surveys, Public Opinion, and Public Policy (4 semester hours)
- PA 581 – Cross-Cultural Survey Research Methods (2 semester hours)
- PSCH 538 – Thinking and Acting Ecologically in Community Research and Intervention (3 semester hours)
- UPP 508 – Geographic Information Systems for Planning (4 semester hours)
- UPP 543 – Planning for Healthy Cities (4 semester hours)