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Plan of Study
General Track
| Year 1 - Fall | ||
| PHS 700 | Essentials of Population Health Science | 3 |
| PHS 702 | Statistical Methods in Research | 3 |
| PHS 703 | Epidemiology I | 3 |
| PHS 731 | Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| PHS 794 | Journal Club in Population Health | 1 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Year 1 - Spring | ||
| PHS 704 | Epidemiology II | 3 |
| PHS 711 | Healthcare Quality and Safety | 3 |
| PHS 742 | Multivariate Regression | 3 |
| PHS 750 | Population Health Research Methods | 3 |
| PHS 794 | Journal Club in Population Health | 1 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Year 2 - Summer | ||
| PHS 718 | Proseminar | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 6 | |
| Year 2 - Fall | ||
| PHS 701 | Applied Demography | 3 |
| PHS 713 | Implementation Science | 3 |
| PHS 714 | U.S. Healthcare Organizations and Delivery | 3 |
| PHS 717 | Health Behavior Theory | 3 |
| PHS 794 | Journal Club in Population Health | 1 |
| Total | 13 | |
| Year 2 - Spring | ||
| PHS 740 | Grant Writing | 3 |
| PHS 744 | Bioethics and Society | 1 |
| PHS 749 | Advanced Statistics in Population Health | 3 |
| PHS 794 | Journal Club in Population Health | 1 |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Total | 14 | |
| Year 3 - Summer | ||
| Q-Exam | Qualifying Exam | 0 |
| PHS 791 | Independent Study | 3 |
| Total | 3 | |
| Year 3 - Fall | ||
| PHS 799 | Doctoral Proposal Development | 6 |
| Total | 6 | |
| Year 3 - Spring | ||
| PHS 799 | Doctoral Proposal Development | 6 |
| Total | 6 | |
| Year 4 - Summer | ||
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
| Year 4 - Fall | ||
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
| Year 4 - Spring + | ||
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
*Electives: With the approval of the advisor and program director, students can choose from the following elective options: PHS 735 - Educational Internship (1 credit hour) *Prior Approval from the Program Director is required. PHS 743 - Program Evaluation for Pop-level Intervention (3 credit hours) Offered in the spring semester. PHS 747 - Survey Development, Qualitative Methods and Analysis (3 credit hours) Offered in the summer semester. PHS 753 - Systems Science and Population Health (3 credit hours) Offered in the spring semester. PHS 760 - Health Economics (3 credit hours) Offered in the spring semester. PHS 791 - Independent Study (1 - 3 credit hours) ID 709 - Responsible Conduct in Research (2 credit hours) Offered in the spring semester. Other departmental/school and university-wide electives may be taken with the approval of the faculty advisor and program director. | ||
MD/PhD Program Track
| M0 or M1 - Summer | ||
| PHS 740 | Writing and Reviewing Scientific Papers | 2 |
| PHS 747 | Qualitative Methods and Analysis | 3 |
| Total | 5 | |
| P 1 - Fall | ||
| PHS 700 | Essentials of Population Health Science | 3 |
| PHS 702 | Statistical Methods in Research | 3 |
| PHS 703 | Epidemiology I | 3 |
| PHS 750 | Population Health Research Methods I | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| P1 - Spring | ||
| PHS 704 | Epidemiology II | 3 |
| PHS 717 | Principles of Classic, Modern, and Emerging Health Behavior Theory | 3 |
| PHS 731 | Social Determinants of Health | 3 |
| PHS 742 | Multivariate Regression | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| P2 - Summer | ||
| PHS 744 | Bioethics and Society | 1 |
| Total | 1 | |
| P2 - Fall | ||
| PHS 701 | Applied Demography | 3 |
| PHS 714 | U.S. Healthcare Organizations and Delivery | 3 |
| PHS 743 | Program Evaluation for Population-Level Interventions | 3 |
| PHS 749 | Longitudinal and Multilevel Models | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| P2 - Spring | ||
| PHS 712 | Science Communication and Dissemination I | 3 |
| PHS 713 | Implementation Science | 3 |
| PHS 753 | Systems Science and Population Health | 3 |
| PHS 799 | Doctoral Proposal Development | 3 |
| Total | 12 | |
| P3 - Summer | ||
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1+ |
| Total | 1+ | |
| P3 - Fall | ||
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1+ |
| Total | 1+ | |
| P3 - Spring | ||
| PHS 718 | Proseminar | 1 |
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1+ |
| Total | 2+ | |
*MD-PhD students in their third year must take at least three elective hours from any of the courses offered by the Department of Population Health Science, with the approval of the graduate program director.
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