Department
of Health Behavior
UAB
School of Public Health
The Coordinated Master of Public Health/Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology or Sociology)
Description
The Coordinated Master of Public Health/Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology or Sociology) dual degree program is offered in cooperation with the UAB Departments of Psychology and Sociology and the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Department of Psychology. This program enables students to obtain a M.P.H. degree in Health Behavior simultaneously with a Ph.D. in Psychology or Sociology. Neither an internship nor a thesis/research project is required.
The learning objectives of the Coordinated Master of Public Health/Doctor
of Philosophy (Psychology or Sociology) program are to enable the student
to:
- explain and apply social and behavioral science theories as they relate
to public health;
- critically examine health behavior literature;
- develop and implement health promotion/disease prevention programs;
and
- apply evaluation principles and procedures to effectively assess health promotion and disease prevention programs.
- Admissions
Applicants to this program must first be admitted to the Ph.D. program in Psychology or Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham or Psychology at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Applicants must meet the requirements for admission to the School of Public Health and be in good standing in their Ph.D. programs.
Curriculum
Students in this track take a minimum of 39 credit hours. Selected M.P.H. required courses, such as Research Methods, will be waived in this coordinated program when students can demonstrate that they have taken an equivalent course in the Ph.D. program, although the required credit hours will not change. This is a coordinated dual degree track, and, as such, graduation from the M.P.H program is contingent on completion of all requirements for graduation from the Ph.D. program.
Required Courses
M.P.H. Core - 15 hours
SPH 600 Public Health Integrated Core I (6 hours)
SPH 601 Public Health Integrated Core II (9 hours)
Health Behavior Track - 24 hours
HB 600 Introduction to Public Health Education (3 hours)
HB 611 Mental Illness as a Public Health Issue (3 hours)
HB 630 Health Communications: Theory and Practice (3 hours)
HB 641 Research Methods in Behavioral Science (3 hours)
HB 643 Health Program Evaluation (3 hours)
HB ___ Behavioral Science Elective I (3 hours)
HB ___ Behavioral Science Elective II (3 hours)
HB ___ Behavioral Science Elective III (3 hours)
Integrative Experience - 3 hours
SPH 690 Public Health Integrative Experience (3 hours)
Total 42 hours
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