Program of Instruction
Courses may be exchanged between semesters or terms without any published notice.
Applied Epidemiology
Requirements
First Year
Fall
Spring
| EPID 9200 | Digital Media for Health Outcomes | 2 |
| EPID 9302 | Advance Epidemiology Methods II and Casual Inference | 3 |
| HDS 9302 | Regression Models | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9102 | Introduction to Programming and Software Packages | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Summer
| EPID 9300 | Applied Research Assistantship | 3 |
| HPSA 5301 | Social Determination of Health | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Foundational Public Health Knowledge
Second Year
Fall
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| EPID or PUBH elective | |
| EPID or PUBH elective | |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Spring
| EPID 9307 | Strategic Leadership and Decision Making | 3 |
| HEAP 9307 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9302 | Research Capstone-Grant Writing for Dissertation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Summer
| EPID 9300 | Applied Research Assistantship | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Research Design
Third Year
Fall
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| PUBH 9100 | Scientists as Professionals | 1 |
| PUBH 9301 | AI & Big Data for Public Health Topics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PUBH 5106 | AI in Health: Applications in Public Health and Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Year
Fall
Spring
Clinical Investigation
Requirements
First Year
Fall
| CLIN 9303 | Principles of Clinical Epidemiology | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9000 | Seminar in Public Health Topics | 0-1 |
| PUBH 9101W | Responsible Conduct of Research | 1 |
| PUBH 9300 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Spring
| CLIN 9301 | Clinical Trials: Design & Analysis | 3 |
| EPID 9302 | Advance Epidemiology Methods II and Casual Inference | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9102 | Introduction to Programming and Software Packages | 1 |
| QDS 5303 | Intermediate Biostatistics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Summer
| CLIN 9300 | Clinical/Translational Research Assistantship | 3 |
| HPSA 5301 | Social Determination of Health | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Foundational Public Health Knowledge
Second Year
Fall
| HDS 9301 | Statistical Inference | 3 |
| Public Health Elective- 3 credit hours | 3 |
| Public Health Elective- 3 credit hours | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Spring
| CLIN 9304 | Regulatory Issues in Clinical Research | 3 |
| HDS 9302 | Regression Models | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9302 | Research Capstone-Grant Writing for Dissertation | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Summer
| CLIN 9300 | Clinical/Translational Research Assistantship | 3 |
| Public Health Elective- 3 credit hours | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Research Design
Third Year
Fall
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| PUBH 9100 | Scientists as Professionals | 1 |
| PUBH 9301 | AI & Big Data for Public Health Topics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PUBH 5106 | AI in Health: Applications in Public Health and Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Year
Fall
Spring
Health Economics, Systems, and Policy
Requirements
First Year
Fall
Spring
Summer
| HPSA 5301 | Social Determination of Health | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Foundational Public Health Knowledge
Second Year
Fall
Spring
Summer
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Research Design
Third Year
Fall
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| PUBH 9100 | Scientists as Professionals | 1 |
| PUBH 9301 | AI & Big Data for Public Health Topics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PUBH 5106 | AI in Health: Applications in Public Health and Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Year
Fall
Spring
Health Data Science
Requirements
First Year
Fall
Spring
| HDS 9302 | Regression Models | 3 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Summer
| HPSA 5301W | Social Determination of Health (Online) | 3 |
| PUBH Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Foundational Public Health Knowledge
Second Year
Fall
| HDS 9304 | Advanced Data Analysis Methods | 3 |
| HDS 9305 | Machine Learning and Deep Learning | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9302 | Research Capstone-Grant Writing for Dissertation | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Summer
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Research Design
Third Year
Fall
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| PUBH 9100 | Scientists as Professionals | 1 |
| PUBH 9301 | AI & Big Data for Public Health Topics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PUBH 5106 | AI in Health: Applications in Public Health and Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Year
Fall
Spring
Social and Behavioral Sciences
First Year
Fall
| PUBH 9000 | Seminar in Public Health Topics | 0-1 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9101W | Responsible Conduct of Research | 1 |
| PUBH 9300 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| SBS 9301 | Community-Engaged and Community Based Partipitatory Action Research (CENR & CBPAR) | 3 |
| SBS 9302 | Advanced Social and Behavioral Theory in Public Health | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9102 | Introduction to Programming and Software Packages | 1 |
| SBS 9303 | Applied Team Science, Mixed Methods & Innovation in Public Health Research & Practice | 3 |
| SBS 9304 | Advanced Methods for Designing and Evaluating Social and Behavioral Health Interventions | 3 |
| SBS Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Summer
| HPSA 5301W | Social Determination of Health (Online) | 3 |
| SBS 9300 | SBS PhD Internship (Practical or Research) | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Foundational Public Health Knowledge
Second Year
Fall
| SBS Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Spring
| EPID 9200 | Digital Media for Health Outcomes | 2 |
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9302 | Research Capstone-Grant Writing for Dissertation | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 10 |
Summer
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Preliminary Exam: Research Design
Third Year
Fall
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| SBS 9305 | Advanced Proposal Writing for Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Spring
| PUBH 9001 | Journal Club | 0 |
| PUBH 9090 | Directed Readings | 0-6 |
| PUBH 9099 | Dissertation | 3-9 |
| PUBH 9100 | Scientists as Professionals | 1 |
| PUBH 9301 | AI & Big Data for Public Health Topics | 3 |
| Or | |
| PUBH 5106 | AI in Health: Applications in Public Health and Clinical Practice | 1 |
| Content Area Elective | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 9 |
Fourth Year
Fall
Spring