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Student Learning Goals and Outcomes
Learning Goal 1 -- Research Design
To develop an understanding and demonstrate application of research design methodology in health
promotion sciences
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Identify the ethical issues involved with studies of human populations |
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Demonstrate an ability to create, state and discuss clear scientific questions |
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Demonstrate an ability to identify, select, develop and test measurement instruments with strong properties of reliability and validity |
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Demonstrate a sound grasp of sophisticated designs that test the effectiveness of interventions in health behavior and for the conduct of research on the determinants of health behavior |
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Demonstrate an ability to work independently in the completion of research in health promotion sciences |
Learning Goal 2 – Theoretical Foundations
To develop an understanding and demonstrate application of theories in health promotion sciences
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Demonstrate clear understanding of the major theories and models of health behavior change |
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Delineate the strengths and weaknesses of major theories and models of health behavior change |
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Demonstrate substantial insight on the application of theory in the formation of research questions and hypotheses |
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Demonstrate substantial insight on the application of theory to the design of behavioral interventions |
Learning Goal 3 – Statistical Analysis
To develop an understanding and demonstrate application of statistical methods appropriate for use in health promotion sciences
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Demonstrate substantial knowledge of statistical procedures for different applications in health promotion sciences research |
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Demonstrate substantial understanding of the results of the statistical analyses and ability to interpret their meaning in light of study hypotheses |
Learning Goal 4– Knowledge in a Specialty Area
To develop an understanding of material in a core concentration area for application in the health promotion sciences
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Demonstrate a clear ability to integrate knowledge from the core concentration into the understanding and application of research design, measurement, theory and statistical analysis |
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2011 Claremont Graduate University 
School of Community & Global Health 