Credits: 33
Required (minimum). No more than 3 credits of 699 may be
applied toward the degree.
Thesis: Required;
Number of credits varies (no more than 5 PHS 990 credits may be applied
toward the degree)
Seminar: 1
credit PHS 820, Graduate Seminar
• Full-time students are expected to attend and to participate in the Mon.
and
Weds. Departmental and Graduate Seminars each semester.
• Part-time students are expected to participate during one semester each
year.
• All students are expected to enroll (for credit) in Seminar during the semester
in which they will present their research.
Required
Courses
Core
Courses, 6-8 cr.
PHS
794, Biological Basis of Population Health (2 cr),
Fall
[required for students without a bio- medical science background; self-test]
PHS 795, Principles of Population Health Science, (3 cr), Fall
PHS 797, Introduction to Epidemiology, (3 cr), Fall
Methods, 6 cr.
(Required) Either:
PHS 796, Intro. to Health Services Research, (3 cr), Spring; or
PHS 798, Epidemiologic Methodology, (3 cr), Spring
(Optional)
PHS 703, Quality of Health Care, (3 cr.), Spring
PHS 802, Advanced Epidemiology: Etiology and Prevention, (3 cr),
Fall
PHS 803, Monitoring Population Health, (3 cr), Spring
PHS 875, Assessment of Medical Technologies, (3 cr), Fall
Statistics, 6 cr.
STAT
551, Introduction to Biostatistics, or equivalent (3 cr.) Fall
PHS 800, Quantitative Methods in Population Health I, (3 cr)
Spring
Medical
Ethics (one of the following courses is required in
the second year):
HIST MED 545, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Clinical Investigation
(1 cr) Fall
HIST MED 734, Graduate Studies in Medical Ethics (1 cr) Taught
periodically
NURSING
802, Ethics and Conduct of Research (1 cr) Spring
Electives: 9-14 credits depending on number of thesis credits
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