Public Health PhD students must complete a minimum requirement of 56 units of graduate coursework for the PhD degree, as well as specific program milestones such as the Qualifying Exam, Dissertation Proposal, and Dissertation Defense. While time to completion of the degree will vary, our expectation is that our students will complete the majority of their course work by the end of their second year, pass their Qualifying Exam by the middle of the third year, pass their Dissertation Proposal Defense by the middle of the fourth year, and defend their dissertation at the end of their fifth year of study.
Normative Plan of Study for a Public Health Graduate Student |
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Spring Semester |
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Year One |
PH 201: Foundations in Public Health PH 203: Research Methods in Public Health PH 211: Biostatistics I PH 208a: Professionalization Seminar |
PH 212: Biostatistics II PH 202: Epidemiology PH 2XX: Elective or Topical Area Requirement PH 208b: Professionalization Seminar |
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Year Two |
PH 204: Environmental Health PH 210a: Grant writing seminar PH 2XX: Elective or Topical Area Requirement PH 2XX: Advanced Research Methods Course |
PH 210b: Grant writing seminar PH 2XX: Elective or Topical Area Requirement PH 2XX: Elective or Topical Area Requirement PH 295: Research Units |
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Year Three |
PH 2XX: Elective or Advanced Methods PH 295: Research Units Qualifying Exam/Advance to Candidacy |
PH 297: Dissertation Research | ||
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Year Four |
PH 297: Dissertation Research Dissertation Proposal Defense |
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Year Five |
PH 297: Dissertation Research |
PH 297: Dissertation Research Defend dissertation and graduate. |
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Updated September 2023
