Curriculum

Epidemiology, Ph.D.

The two tracks, with a minimum of 63 credits, emphasize advanced epidemiologic design, methodology and analytic skills.

The social/behavioral track focuses on origins and development of human behavior patterns and how they are influenced and formed by personality, family, culture, and environment. 

The clinical/biological track focuses on the etiology of diseases, particularly cardiovascular, cancer, genetic and infectious diseases.

Core Curriculum — 17 credits + 24 thesis credits

Advanced Epidemiology Methods: Concepts (3 credits)
Advanced Epidemiology Methods: Applications (3 credits)
Biostatistics (recommend PubH 7401, Fundamentals of Biostatistical Inference, 4 credits)
Writing Research Grants (PubH 6348, 2 credits)
Ethics in Public Health: Research and Policy (PubH 6742, 1 credit)
Seminar in Chronic Disease and Behavioral Epidemiology (PubH 8377, 1 credit)
Teaching in Higher Education (Grad 8101, 3 credits)
Thesis Credits (PubH 8888, 24 credits)

Clinical/Biological Track (22 credits minimum)

Biological Methods/Statistics (6 credits minimum)           
Required: Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis (PubH 7420, 3 credits)  

Choose additional credits from the following courses:
Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials in Epidemiology (PubH 6363)
Biostatistical Modeling and Methods (PubH 7402)
Statistical Methods for Correlated Data (PubH 7430)
Latent Variable Measurement Models and Path Analysis (PubH 7435)
Analysis of Categorical Data (PubH 7407)
Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research (EPSY 8268)
Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data (EPSY 8282)
Validity Concepts in Epidemiologic Research (PubH 8140)
Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915)
Statistics for Human Genetics and Molecular Biology (PubH 7445)
Doctoral Seminar in Observational Inference (PubH 8141)
Pathophysiology of Human Disease (PubH 6355)

Content area courses (4 credits minimum)
Public Health Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease (PubH 6386)
Cancer Epidemiology (PubH 6387)
Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases (PubH 6385)
Genetics in Public Health (PubH 6381)
Nutritional Epidemiology (PubH 6389)
Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology (PubH 6140)

Supporting Program/Minor (12 credits minimum)
Supporting program credits to be chosen with consultation with advisor.

Social/Behavorial Track (22 credits minimum)

Behavioral Methods/Statistics (6 credits minimum)
Required: Design and Analysis of Group-Randomized Trials in Epidemiology (PubH 6363, 3 credits)

Choose additional credits from the following courses:
Biostatistical Modeling and Methods (PubH 7402)
Clinical Trials: Design, Implementation, and Analysis (PubH 7420)
Statistical Methods for Correlated Data (PubH 7430)
Latent Variable Measurement Models and Path Analysis (PubH 7435)
Analysis of Categorical Data (PubH 7407)
Hierarchical Linear Modeling in Educational Research (EPSY 8268)
Statistical Analysis of Longitudinal Data (EPSY 8282)
Validity Concepts in Epidemiologic Research (PubH 8140)
Nutrition Assessment (PubH 6915)
Advanced Multiple Regression Analysis (EPSY 8264)
Applied Multivariate Analysis (EPSY 8267)
Psychological Scaling (EPSY 8221)

Content area courses (4 credits minimum)
Human Behavior I (PubH 6333)
Human Behavior II (PubH 6334)

Supporting Program/Minor (12 credits minimum)
Supporting program credits to be chosen with consultation with advisor.