Curriculum: Ph.D. Health Policy

Health Outcomes and Policy Research - Curriculum - PhD Health Policy
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy

Ph.D. in Health Policy

Semester		Course Title		Course #		Credits
1 FALL	Research in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 801			3
	Data Analysis Methods in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 829			3
	Fundamentals of Epidemiology			BIOE 812			3
	Fundamentals of Health Care Systems and Policy			HOPR 810			3
	Health Care Economics			HOPR 877			3
	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Total Semester Hours						16
2 SPRING	Methods in Health Services Research			BIOE 851			3
	Advanced Health Economics			HOPR 878			3
	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Integrity in the Conduct of Scientific Research			IP 801			1
	Health Policy and Politics			HOPR 892			3
	Electives			TBA			3-6
	Total Semester Hours						14-6
3 FALL	Research Methods IV: Qualitative Methods			HOPR 80**			3
	Fundamentals of SAS for Epidemiology			BIOE 813			2
	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Special Topics			HOPR 840			1-3
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			0-3
	Health Law and Ethics			TBA			3
	Electives			TBA			3
	Total Semester Hours						13-6
4 SPRING	Strategies for Health Policy Formulation and Planning			HOPR 825			3
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			0-3
	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Electives			TBA			3-9
	Total Semester Hours						7-12
5 FALL	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			3-6
	Electives			TBA			3-6
	Total Semester Hours						7-12
6 SPRING	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			3-6
	Electives			TBA			3-6
	Total Semester Hours						7-12
7 FALL	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			3-6
	Electives			TBA			3-6
	Total Semester Hours						7-12
8 SPRING	Seminar in Health Outcomes and Policy Research			HOPR 919			1
	Doctoral Dissertation and Research			HOPR 900			9
	Electives			TBA			0-4
	Total Semester Hours						10-4
			Required Course Hours		34*
			Required Elective Course Hours		15**
			Seminar Hours		8***
			Dissertation Hours		20
			Total Hours		77 (minimum required)
Full-time students and students receiving stipends must take a minimum of nine (9) hours each semester to maintain their full-time status. In addition to courses listed in the curriculum, some students may be required to take prerequisite and/or remedial courses based on educational background and scores on screening examinations. Other courses may be identified by the students and/or Committee. Students entering the program with a Master's degree may have required and/or elective courses waived by the graduate faculty based on their curriculum. Electives may be chosen from electives offered at the University of Memphis and by other graduate programs at the UTHSC with the approval of the student's advisor or committee chair. One elective must be on health services research methods and one must be in economics. In the final two semesters, students must take a minimum of 9 hours (any combination of credit hours from seminar, dissertation or electives that equal 9 or more is acceptable). Students must enroll in the Seminar (HOPR 919) for 8 semesters or until they achieve candidacy. HOPR 80 is a proposed course, in preparation for Fall 2008 and pending review by the Graduate School Curriculum Committee.

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