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Coordinated Master of Science in Public Health /Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)
The department offers coordinated Master of Science in Public Health and PhD degrees in cooperation with the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham or at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa).
Coordinated MSPH/PhD (Psychology) Learning Objectives
- describe the economic, legal, organizational, and political underpinnings of the US health system;
- apply theoretical principles of health economics;
- apply analytic skills necessary to assess the outcomes of medical interventions and population -based public health programs;
- critically evaluate health policy research and outcomes research studies and resulting recommendations; and
- design and implement health policy and outcomes research studies and draw appropriate conclusions.
Admission: To be considered for this program, students must first be admitted to the PhD program in clinical psychology at UAB or in the PhD in psychology at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Students must meet the admission criteria for the School of Public Health and remain in good standing in their PhD program.
Curriculum: The MSPH degree requires a minimum of 43 hours. Students in this coordinated program will be waived from the biostatistics requirement upon documentation of successful completion of Advanced Statistics I and II in the PhD program. This is a coordinated dual degree track, and, as such, graduation from one program is contingent on completion of all requirements for graduation from the other program. Students may emphasize health policy issues or outcomes research issues through six hours of approved electives. In addition, all students must complete a nine credit hour research project.
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Coursework |
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Credit Hours |
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MSPH Core |
9 |
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BST 611 |
Statistical Analysis I |
3 |
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BST 612 |
Statistical Analysis II |
3 |
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EPI 600 |
Introduction to Epidemiology |
3 |
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Required Courses |
21 |
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BST 619 |
Data Collection and Management |
3 |
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HCO 601 |
Health Economics |
3 |
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HCO 670 |
Social and Ethical Issues in Public Health |
3 |
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HCO 677 |
Patient-Based Outcomes Measurement |
3 |
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HCO 693 |
Modeling and Simulation |
3 |
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HCO 721 |
Clinical Decision Making and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
3 |
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HCO 722 |
Cost-Effectiveness Research Methods |
3 |
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Electives * |
3 |
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BST 625 |
Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials |
3 |
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BST 655 |
Categorical Data Analysis |
3 |
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HB 714 |
Survey Research Methods |
3 |
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HCO 675 |
Improving Quality and Outcomes |
3 |
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HCO 680 |
Aging Policy |
3 |
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HCO 694 |
Special Problems in Policy Analysis |
3 |
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Research |
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9 |
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HCO 699 |
Master's Project Research |
9 |
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Total 42 |
* Other courses may be selected with written approval from advisor.
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