The One Health concentration is a research-oriented health degree that emphasizes working across public health, veterinary health, and environmental health disciplines to tackle difficult health problems. This program is designed to bridge the gap between various areas of animal, plant, and human health to improve the well being of all species.
The PhD in Public Health, One Health concentration requires a minimum of 90 post-baccalaureate credit hours. These credits will include core public health coursework (15 credits); quantitative methods and statistics (12 credits); professional issues (7 credits); concentration area (35 credits); supervised research (3 credits); supervised teaching (3 credits); and dissertation research (15 credits). Recommended undergraduate prerequisite training for One Health degrees include basic biology, chemistry, physiology, and college algebra.
Course Requirements
I. Public Health Core: 15 credits |
Credits |
*Semester |
|
PHC 6052 | Introduction to Biostatistical Methods |
3 |
F |
PHC 6001 | Principles of Epidemiology |
3 |
F |
PHC 6313 | Environmental Health Concepts in Public Health |
3 |
F,S online |
HSA 6114 | Introduction to the US Health Care System |
3 |
F |
PHC 6410 | Psychological, Behavioral, and Social Issues in Public Health |
3 |
F |
II. Quantitative Methods and Statistics: 12 credits |
Credits |
*Semester |
|
PHC 6053 | Regression Methods for the Life Sciences |
3 |
S |
PHC 6000 | Epidemiology Methods |
3 |
S |
Elective |
3 |
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Elective |
3 |
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III. Concentration Core: 36-38 credits |
Credits |
*Semester |
|
PHC 6301 or PHC 6312 | Aquatic Systems and Environmental Health or Water Quality & Human Health |
3 |
F,S |
PHC 6515 | An Introduction to Entomology, Zoonotic Diseases, and Food Safety |
3 |
ss |
PHC 6346 | Occupational & Environmental Health among Agriculture Workers |
3 |
F |
PHC 6036 | Environmental Infectious Diseases: A Molecular Approach |
3 |
F |
PHC 6762 orPHC 6764 | International Public Healthor Global Health and Development I |
3 |
S, F |
PHC 6XXX | Environmental and Global Health Journal Club |
1 |
S |
PHC 6XXX | Research Methods Rotation, setting based on student focus |
4 |
|
General Elective* |
3 |
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General Elective* |
3 |
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General Elective* |
3 |
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General Elective* |
3 |
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Elective Different Area* |
3 |
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IV. Professional Issues: 5-7 credits |
Credits |
*Semester |
|
PHC 6937 | Public Health Journal Club |
1 |
F |
PHC 6937 | Public Health Ethics |
1-2 |
S |
PHC 6937 | Public Health Grant Writing |
2 |
S, ss |
PHC 6937 | Environmental and Global Health Seminar |
1 |
S |
V. Advanced Research |
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PHC 7979 | Advanced Research |
3 |
|
VI. Supervised Teaching |
|||
PHC 6937 | Supervised Teaching in Public Health |
2 |
F-Even |
VII. Dissertation Hours |
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PHC 7980 | Research for Doctoral Dissertation |
15 |
|
Total Hours |
90 |
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