PhD in Public Health

Behavioral Health Focus*

Public Health Core Courses	15 hrs.
(All five courses are required if the student does not possess a MPH or MSPH degree) PHC 6000 Epidemiology PHC 6050 Biostatistics I PHC 6102 Principles of Health Policy and Management PHC 6357 Environmental and Occupational Health PHC 6410 Social and Behavioral Sciences Applied to Health	3 3 3 3 3
Required Departmental Courses (at least 15 hours must be at the 7000 level)	18 hrs.
PHC 7152 Policy and Practice in CFH PHC 7509 Theoretical Foundations of CFH PHC 7709 Case Studies in Quantitative Analysis of Public Health Data PHC 7708 Applied Research Methods in CFH Selected topics relating to Community Selected topics relating to Family	3 3 3 3 3 3
Professional Skills At least one of the following skill courses:	3 hrs.
PHC 7934 Writing for Scholarly Publication in Health Sciences Grant Preparation Teaching Methods	3 3 3
Behavioral Health Focus Courses (partial course listing)	18 hrs.
MHS 7740 Survey of Mental Health Planning, Evaluation, & Accountability PHC 6534 Cultural Competency in Children’s Mental Health (Distance Learning) PHC 6542 Epidemiology of Mental Disorders PHC 6543 Foundations in Behavioral Health Systems (Distance Learning) PHC 6544 Children’s Mental Health Services (Distance Learning) PHC 6545 Evaluation in Mental Health PHC 6547 Case Management in Community Mental Health PHC 6550 Community-Based Prevention in Behavioral Health (Distance Learning) PHC 6934 Women’s Mental Health MHS 6640 Mental Health Informatics (Distance Learning)	3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
College-Wide Required Doctoral Seminar Course All doctoral students are required to take a one semester-hour college-wide interdisciplinary seminar during three semesters (PHC 7931 Advanced Interdisciplinary Seminar in PH)	3 hrs.
Dissertation	18 hrs.
Qualitative Research Methods Course	3 hrs.
Minimum Tools of Research
1) Statistics 2) Computer Competence 3) Data Analysis
Additional Requirements
Qualifying Examination Teaching Requirements & Additional Coursework
MINIMUM CREDIT HOURS	90 hrs.

^*Prerequisite Courses: HSC 4203 Introduction to Public Health & HSC 4554 Survey of Human Diseases.