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PhD in Public Health with a specialization in Health Promotion

 The program requires a minimum of 75 credit hours beyond the baccalaureate or 60 hours beyond the master’s degree (minimum of 36 hours of coursework and a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation credits).
Students enrolling in the Ph.D. program without a Master’s in Public Health may be required to complete additional coursework.

If not taken previously students will need to take:

 PREREQUISITES
MPH or other degree (12 Credit Hours)

Course #

Course Title

PHC 6000

Introduction to Public Health Epidemiology

IHS 6508

Public Health Statistics

IHS6501

Research Methods in Health and Social Sciences

PHC 6410

Health Behavior and Public Health

REQUIRED DOCTORAL PROGRAM COURSES
Shared Core Courses: (12 Credit Hours)

Course/Offered

Course Title

PHC6931

Emerging Issues in Public Health (Pathak)

IHS6510/Fall

Quantitative Research Analysis in Health and Urban Affairs – II (Prado)

IHS75xx/Sum

Research Concept and Proposal Development
(Baum )

PHC7xxx/Sp

Evidence Based Methods in Public Health
(Ahmed)

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Track (27 Credit Hours)
Methods Courses (9 credit hours)

Course/Offered

Course Title

 IHS6501/MPH

 Research Methods in Health and Social Services (Sanchez)

 IHS 6507

 Qualitative Research Methods in Health and Urban Affairs  (TBA)

 IHS6508/6509

 Quantitative Research Analysis in Health and Urban Affairs-I (Niyonsenga)

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Track
Content Courses (18 hours; at least 6 credits at 7000 level)

Course/Offered

Course Title

 PHC7xxx/Fall

Specialized Issues in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention– I (Sanchez)

PHC7xxx/Fall

Specialized Issues in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention– II (Application) (Darrow)

PHC7583

Policy and Practice in Health Promotion (McCoy)

 PHC7xxx/Sp

Grant Writing, Funding, and Dissertation Proposal (Malow)

PHC6907/Sum

Independent Study: Pubic Health (Literature Review for Dissertation) All

Secondary Field: Twelve credit hours are required in a secondary field of public health, such as dietetics and nutrition, health policy and management, environmental and occupational health, or  epidemiology and biostatistics. The courses must carry graduate credits and be approved by the advisor/Chair.

Dissertation
PHC 7980 or DIE 7980 Dissertation