Academics

Curriculum

The doctoral program in health promotion sciences is a four year course of study for students entering with a bachelor’s degree. Students enroll full-time in a 72-credit hour program. The program requires nine core courses, 16 units of research courses, a minimum of 16 units of elective coursework and four units of doctoral dissertation studies.  The following courses fulfill the core requirements:

• Theoretical Foundations of Health Promotion & Education        
• Advanced Theoretical Foundation of Health Promotion & Education    
• Biostatistics                                
• Advanced Statistical Methods                        
• Epidemiology                                
• Research Methods
• Advanced Research Methods                        
• Manuscript Development                        
• Capstone in Health Promotion Sciences    

Students can specialize in the following established concentrations or devise one of their choosing with direction from the program director:

• Public Health
• Behavioral & Nutritional Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Neurocognitive Sciences
• Health Policy & Economics
• Health Communication
• Health Ecology & Environmental Studies
• Biobehavioral Science
• Global Health
• Health Informatics

In addition to required and elective coursework, students complete a qualifying examination, the dissertation and the dissertation defense.

For specific questions please contact:
Maggie Hawkins at 909.607.7292 or margaret.hawkins@cgu.edu