Prospective Graduate Student Information

• Master of Public Health
  

• Doctor of Public Health

The primary objective of this program is to prepare researchers and leaders in the field by fostering research and development in Health Promotion and Behavior. Programs of study are interdisciplinary, recognizing that the sophisticated study of health behavior requires theories, information, and expertise from many fields. In addition to the core courses in Health Promotion and Behavior, candidates for the Ph.D. are required to complete one of the following cognates: Health Communication, Behavioral Foundations, and Instructional Design

All applicants must have a master's degree from an accredited institution.

Curriculum (PRINT)

The individual program of study is determined by the Major Professor, the student's Advisory Committee, and the student. Each program of study must meet the requirements of the Graduate School and the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior.

Doctoral students must demonstrate competency in the core master level health promotion courses and basic research methods, by taking the courses at UGA or by demonstrating prior equivalent coursework.

Master Level Competencies: up to 12 credit hours

HPRB 7070	Program planning in health promotion and disease prevention
EPID 7010	Epidemiology
HPRB 7920	Health Behavior
HPRB 7420	Program evaluation in health promotion and health education

Basic Research Competencies: 6 credit hours

BIOS 7010	Biostatistics I
BIOS 7020	Biostatistics II
OR
ERSH 8310	Applied analysis of variance
ERSH 8320	Applied correlation and regression

All doctoral students will take the doctoral level Health Promotion core courses, cognate courses, advance research methods, research seminar, and doctoral dissertaion.

Health Promotion Requirements: 12-15 credit hours

HPRB 8410	Human ecology of health and illness
HPRB 8420	Theory and research in health promotion
HPRB 8430	Intervention and evaluation in health promotion
HPRB 9630	Critique of the literature

Cognate Are Requirements: 12-15 credit hours
Students select courses from one of the three cognate areas:

• Instructional Design
• Health Communications
• Behavioral Foundations

Advanced Research Methods and Research Seminar (minimum 13 credits)
Students select a minimum of three advance research courses in quantitative or qualitative research, plus four 1-hour research seminars (one per semester).

Doctoral Dissertaion (HPRB 9000 and HPRB 9300): 3 to 30 credit hours