PhD - Population Health Science
Main ContentPlan of Study
| Year 1 - Fall |
| PHS 700 | Essentials of Population Health Science | 3 |
| PHS 750 | Population Health Research Methods I | 3 |
| PHS 714 | U.S. Health Care Organizations and Delivery | 3 |
| Total | | 9 |
| Year 1 - Spring |
| PHS 717 | Principles of Classic, Modern, and Emerging Health Behavior Theory | 3 |
| PHS 752 | Population Health Research Methods II | 3 |
| PHS 713 | Introduction to Implementation Science and Disseminations | 3 |
| Total | | 9 |
| Year 2 - Summer |
| PHS 712 | Introduction to Knowledge Translation and Science Communication | 3 |
| PHS 701 | Applied Demography | 3 |
| Total | | 6 |
| Year 2 - Fall |
| PHS 742 | Advanced Statistical Analysis: Multivariate Regression | 3 |
| PHS 743 | Program Evaluation for Population-Level Interventions | 3 |
| PHS 716 | Designing Interventions to Change Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| Total | | 9 |
| Year 2 - Spring |
| PHS 749 | Advanced Statistical Analysis: Longitudinal and Multilevel Models | 3 |
| PHS 709 | Population Health Management | 3 |
| PHS 731 | Introduction to Disease Distribution and Health Inequalities | 3 |
| Total | | 9 |
| Year 3 - Summer |
| PHS 744 | Bioethics and Society | 1 |
| Total | | 1 |
| Year 3 - Fall* |
| PHS 739 | Advanced Science Translation and Communication | 3 |
| PHS 745 | Community Engagement and Community-Based Participatory Research | 3 |
| PHS 799 | Doctoral Proposal Development | 3 |
| Total | | 9 |
| Year 3 - Spring* |
| PHS 7xx | Elective 1* | 3 |
| PHS 7xx | Elective 2* | 3 |
| PHS 7xx | Elective 3* | 3 |
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Seminar | 1 |
| Total | | 10 |
| Year 4 - Summer** |
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Seminar | 1 |
| Total | | 1 |
| Year 4 - Fall** |
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Seminar | 1 |
| Total | | 1 |
| Year 4 - Spring +** |
| PHS 798 | Doctoral Dissertation Seminar | 1 |
| Total | | 1 |
* Depending on previous course work and interests, students will choose at least three courses from the following two groups of courses. At least one course must be taken from each group:
Group 1
1. Health Care Quality and Safety
2. Population Health Informatics
3. Digital Healthcare
4. Population Health and Consumerism
Group 2
1. Health Care Finance
2. Principles of Advanced Payment Models for Population Health Management
3. Health Economics
4. Methods for Economic Evaluation of Health Programs
**From year 4 onwards, students will be at liberty to take additional elective and independent study courses as they wish.