PhD - Population Health Science

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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 712	Science Communication and Dissemination	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 744	Bioethics and Society	1
PHS 749	Advanced Statistics in Population Health	3
PHS 794	Journal Club in Population Health	1
	Elective	3
Total		8
Year 3 - Summer
PHS 740	Grant Writing	3
Q-Exam	Qualifying Exam	0
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. Other departmental/school and university-wide electives, including PHS 791 Independent Study, 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.