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EPIPHD - Epidemiology

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Public Health, Col ofGraduate Degree SeekingPHD - Doctor of Philosophy

Overview

Program Requirements

Requirements

Completion requirement

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Completion requirement

Required Major Courses (32 units)

  • EPID 573A Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 573B Epidemiologic Methods (3)

  • EPID 573C Advanced Epidemiology (3)

  • BIOS 576A Biostatistics in Public Health (3)

  • BIOS 576B Biostatistics for Research (3)

  • EPID 585 Public Health Fundamentals for Researchers (3)

  • PHCL 595B Scientific Writing, Presentation and Bioethics (2)

  • HPS 609 Evaluating Public Health Literature (1 unit; fall semester of first year)

  • EPID 660 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 670 Chronic Disease Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 696A Epidemiology Seminar (1 unit - 3 times) (or equivalent approved by Faculty Advisor)

  • EPID 796A Epidemiology Doctoral Seminar (1 unit - 2 times)

Dissertation (EPID 920, minimum 18 units)
Students will be required to defend their dissertation through a public presentation and oral examination with their committee.

Completion requirement

Electives (minimum of 14 units; 9 of which must be in Epidemiology/Biostatistics with at least (3) BIOS units in a Biostastics course beyond BIOS 576B)
Note: maximum of 10 units of Independent Study/Research Credit (EPID 599, 699, 799, 900).

Some examples of electives include: 

  • BIOS 576C Applied Biostatistic Analysis (3)

  • BIOS 576D Data Management and the SAS Programming Language (3)

  • EPID 630 Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 645 Nutritional Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 646 Measurement Issues in Epidemiology (3)

  • EPID 675 Clinical Trials and Intervention Studies (3)

  • EPID 676 Spatial Epidemiology (3)

Completion requirement

Qualifying Exam (QE)


All PhD Epidemiology students are required to take and pass the Qualifying Exam (commonly referred to as the “QE”) before they can proceed to work on the PhD Comprehensive Exam.

This exam is a closed-book, two-day, written examination, typically taken at the end of the first year in residence or completion of the basic epidemiology/biostatistics courses (EPID 573A, EPID 573B, BIOS 576A, BIOS 576B).

Completion requirement

Minor Courses - minimum 9 units (required minor units and examinations is dependent on the minor department requirements)

Epidemiology doctorate students must choose a minor other than Epidemiology. Some common examples of doctoral minors chosen include Biostatistics, Cancer Biology and Pharmaceutical Economics.

Completion requirement