Community Health Sciences, PhD Curriculum

Requirements

• CHSP 7202 - COMMUNITIES, BEHAVIOR & HEALTH: THEORIES IN ACTION [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7203 - ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS & ETHICS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCES [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7207 - ADVANCED COMMUNITY ANALYSIS, ECOLOGY, AND HEALTH DISPARITIES [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7247 - DEVELOPING RESEARCH PROPOSALS [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7410 - PhD APPLIED TEACHING EXPERIENCE [1 Credit]
• CHSP 7700 - COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCE SEMINAR I [1 Credit]
• CHSP 7900 - DISSERTATION RESEARCH [1-9 Credits] 15 credits minimum
• PUBH 6200 - ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC HEALTH [3 Credits]
• PUBH 7410 - DOCTORAL TEACHING PRACTICUM [1 Credit]

Behavioral Track

• BSDS 6102 - INTERMEDIATE BIOSTATISTICAL METHODS [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7353 - FUNDAMENTALS OF MULTI-LEVEL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6211 - INTERMEDIATE EPIDEMIOLOGY [3 Credits]

Environmental Track

• EHCS 6253 - GEOSPATIAL HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT [3 Credits]
• EHCS 7202 - ANALYSIS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES [3 Credits]
• EHCS 7203 - HUMAN BIOMONITORING AND HEALTH [3 Credits]

Content Electives

9 credits minimum

• CHSP 6220 - POLICIES AND PROGRAMS IN MATERNAL, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7351 - RACE/ETHNICITY GENDER AND HEALTH DISPARITIES [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7352 - MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION IN COMMUNITY HEALTH SCIENCE [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6235 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6238 - PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6239 - PRINCIPLES OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6246 - WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6250 - EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO DISASTERS & TERRIORISM [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6252 - INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6301 - EPPHEMIOLOGY OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS AND DISEASES [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6352 - SOCIAL EPPHEMIOLOGY [3 Credits]

Methods Electives

9 credits minimum

• BSDS 6150 - STATISTICAL PROGRAMMING [2 Credits]
• BSDS 6210 - CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• BSDS 6300 - STATISTICAL COMPUTING [3 Credits]
• BSDS 6301 - DATA VISUALIZATION [3 Credits]
• BSDS 6302 - LONGITUDINAL DATA ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• BSDS 6314 - CLINICAL TRIALS METHODOLOGY [3 Credits]
• CHSP 6233 - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7221 - STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING AND PSYCHOMETRICS [3 Credits]
• CHSP 7350 - TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH [3 Credits]
• EHCS 6235 - CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS [3 Credits]
• EHCS 7202 - ANALYSIS OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES [3 Credits]
• EHCS 7203 - HUMAN BIOMONITORING AND HEALTH [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6217 - DATABASE MANAGEMENT [3 Credits]
• EPPH 6226 - EPIDEMIOLOGIC DESIGN AND ANALYSIS [3 Credits]
• EPPH 7214 - MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES [3 Credits]