The course content covered in our plan of study consists of the basic competencies regarding the healthcare system that are expected of Ph.D. graduates.
90 credits are required for completion of the Ph.D. in Public Health, Health Services Research concentration.
More information regarding program curricula and plans of study can be found in the HSR Ph.D. Handbook.
All courses are three credits unless otherwise indicated
Public Health Core
- HSA 6114 US Health Care Systems
- PHC 6001 Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health
- PHC 6326 Environmental and One Health
- PHC 6410 Psychological, Behavioral & Social Issues in Public Health
- PHC 6052 Biostatistics – SAS
Quantitative Methods and Statistics Core
- PHC 6053 Regression Methods of the Life Sciences
- HSA 7706 Health Services Research Methods I
- Choose two quantitative electives approved by Program Director
Health Services Research Core
- HSA 6152 Health Policy
- HSA 6436 Health Economics
- HSA 7106 Health Care Access & Utilization
- HSA 7708 Health Services Research Methods II
- PHC 6641 Social Stratification
- HSA 7759 Quality & Outcomes in HSR
- HSA 6716 Survey Research Methods
- Research Focus Course 1
- Research Focus Course 2
- Research Focus Course 3
- Research Focus Course 4
- Research Focus Course 5
Professional Issues Core
- HSA 6911 Research Seminar and Journal Club in HSR (0 credits Summer 1, 1 credit Summer 2)
- PHC 6707 Finding Health Research Information & Communicating (1 credit)
- PHC 7427 Ethics in Population Science (2 credits)
- APK 6715 Grant Writing in Health & Human Performance or PHC 7727 Grant Writing for Population Health Research
Teaching & Research Core
- RSD 6900 College Classroom Teaching
- PHC 7979 Supervised Research for Dissertation Proposal
- PHC 7980 Research for Doctoral Dissertation
- 18 credits minimum of 7979 and 7980 in total