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Academic Programs Overview The curriculum is designed to provide students with a knowledge base and fundamental skills in each of the three academic areas listed below. PhD students may take some of the courses but will follow a curriculum set by their advisors and the PhD Chair. Requirements and Options For the MPH and MS, core content is covered in the summer and fall courses. The winter and spring terms offer a series of elective courses (some of which are required for MPH students) from which students may design a curriculum to meet their professional and academic goals. All Master’s degree students must take the following core courses: Critical Issues in Health and Health Care (ECS 111) Inferential Methods and Systematic Review (Parts 1 and 2) (ECS 100 and 102) Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health (ECS 154) Continual Improvement of Health Care (ECS 117) Epidemiology/Biostatistics I (ECS 140)
PhD students do not declare a concentration per se. They are expected to demonstrate mastery and integration across the areas of health policy, quality improvement, shared decision-making, and epidemiology/biostatistics in the Ph.D. written exams. Thesis work will be allied with one area, but PhD level work is also expected to address the integration across areas. PhD students are required to take four written exams at the end of the first year, are required to do two dissertation defenses (1 proposal defense and 1 dissertation defense), and are required to have a PhD advisor at all times (including a faculty member who agrees to serve in this role prior to admission to the PhD program). Master of Science students have the option to select concentrations in the areas of Clinical/Health Services Research and Health Care Leadership. The MS Tutorial Series is required for all MS students. Master of Public Health students must complete the three required core courses, a Strategic and Financial Management of Health Care Institutions course, an Environmental/ Occupational Health course, the MPH seminar series, a public health internship and a public health culminating project to demonstrate their ability to integrate the skills and knowledge they have acquired. Course Listings
Clinical/Health Services Research (MS) Public Health (MPH) Additionally, full course listings are available (Acrobat, 48k). |
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A Multidisciplinary Approach “The way the faculty integrates and interconnects all the disciplines gives you an excellent base for understanding what improving patient care is all about.” Jeremiah Brown, MS, PhD
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