The curriculum for the doctoral program requires that the student complete 72 semester hours of course work past the baccalaureate degree.
Core Courses
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| CPH:6100 | Essentials of Public Health (2 hours) |
| EPID:4400 | Epidemiology I Principles (3 hours) |
| HMP:5450 | Health Insurance and Managed Care (3 hours) |
Foundation Courses by Research Interest Area
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| HMP:5410 | (HE) Health Economics I (3 hours) |
| HMP:7550 | (HE) Cost Effectiveness and Decision Analysis (3 hours) |
| HMP:5005 | (HMO) Intro to Health Care Organization & Policy (3 hours) |
| HMP:7250 | (HMO) Organizational Behavior and Theory in Health Care |
| HMP:5750 | (HP) Medicare and Medicaid Policy (3 hours) |
| HMP:5610 | (HP) Health Policy (3 hours) |
| HMP:7930 | PhD Independent Research (3 hours) |
Design and Analysis Courses
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| BIOS:4120 | Introduction to Biostatistics (3 hours) |
| BIOS:5120 | Regression Modeling and ANOVA in the Health Sciences (3 hours) |
| HMP:7940 | Primary Data and Mixed Methods (3 hours) |
| HMP: 7920 | PhD Guided Research (2 & 2 hours) |
| HMP:7950 | Design Issues in Health Services Research (3 hours) |
| HMP:7960 | Analytic Issues in Health Services Research I (3 hours) |
| HMP:7965 | Analytic Issues in Health Services Research II (3 hours) |
| CPH:7270 | Principles of Scholarly Integrity: Public Health (must be taken twice; in the first semester for 0 s.h., in the second semester for 1 s.h.) |
| HMP:7990 | Thesis/Dissertation (8-15 hours) |
Health Economics Research Interest Area
| At least three of these: | |
|---|
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| ECON:1100 | Microeconomics I (3 hours) |
| ECON:3300 | Labor Economics (3 hours) |
| ECON:3310 | Industrial Organization (3 hours) |
| ECON:6900 | Contemporary Topics in Economics (3 hours) |
Health Management & Organization Research Interest Area
| At least three of these: | |
|---|
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| MGMT:7330 | Staffing Organizations (Ph.D.) (3 hours) |
| MGMT:7340 | Group Processes (Ph.D.) (3 hours) |
| MGMT:7350 | Leadership (Ph.D.) (3 hours) |
| MGMT:7360 | Motivation and Attitudes (Ph.D.) (3 hours) |
| SOC:6610 | Complex Organizations (3 hours) |
| BIOS:7410 | Analysis of Categorical Data (3 hours) |
| BIOS:7310 | Longitudinal Data Analysis (3 hours) |
Health Policy Research Interest Area
| Number | Title (hours) |
|---|
| Both of these: | |
| HMP:5650 | Health Policy Analysis (3 hours) |
| HMP:6750 | Seminar in Health Policy (3 hours) |
| At least one of these: | |
| HMP:6710 | Federalism and Health Policy (3 hours) |
| POLI:5100 | American Politics (4 hours) |
| POLI:7202 | Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior (4 hours) |
| SOC:6810 | Social Stratification (3 hours) |
Electives
Students take electives to be exposed to other areas or to gain greater depth within their research interest area.
Transfer Credit
Students entering with a master’s degree may apply for transfer credit of previously completed graduate-level courses.