Required and Elective Courses, 2023-2024
Required Courses
All students in the PhD in the Social and Behavioral Interventions Program must take the required courses listed below. All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered for pass/fail grading.
Required Courses 2023-24
Course No. |
Course Title |
Term |
Credits |
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General Degree Requirements |
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Academic and Research Ethics at BSPH |
1 |
0 |
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Doctoral Seminar in International Health I |
1 |
3 |
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Doctoral Seminar in International Health II |
2 |
3 |
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International Travel Preparation, Safety, and Wellness (taken only once) |
2, 3, 4 |
1 |
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Biologic, Genetic, and Infectious Bases of Human Disease |
1 – 4 |
0.5 |
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Biostatistics Requirement (choose one option) |
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Option 1 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health I |
1 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health II |
2 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health III |
3 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health IV |
4 |
4 |
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Option 2 |
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Methods in Biostatistics I |
1 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics II |
2 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics III |
3 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics IV |
4 |
4 |
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Epidemiology Requirement (choose one option) |
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Option 1 |
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Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health I |
1 |
5 |
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Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health II |
2 |
5 |
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Public Health Surveillance |
2 |
3 |
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Professional Epidemiology Methods |
3 |
4 |
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Option 2 |
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Epidemiologic Methods I |
1 |
5 |
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Epidemiologic Methods II |
2 |
5 |
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Epidemiologic Methods III |
3 |
5 |
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Option 3 Student selects a combination of Epidemiology courses with advance permission from the SBI PhD Concentration Director. Note that any courses selected for this option cannot count toward the requirements in the “Research Design and Methods” section. An example list for this option is provided below: |
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Foundations of Social Epidemiology Health Survey Research Methods Advanced Seminar in Social Epidemiology |
2 2 3 |
3 4 4 |
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SBI Program Core Requirements |
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SBI Program Seminar I |
1 |
1 |
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Doctoral Seminar on Research Methods in Applied Medical Anthropology I |
1 |
4 |
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Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement |
1 |
4 |
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Doctoral Seminar on Research Methods in Applied Medical Anthropology II |
2 |
4 |
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Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels |
2 |
4 |
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Qualitative Research Practicum I |
2 |
2 |
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Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Structural Methods |
2 |
4 |
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Qualitative Data Analysis* |
2, 4 |
3 |
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SBI Doctoral Proposal Development Seminar |
3 |
2 |
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Qualitative Research Practicum II |
3 |
2 |
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Qualitative Research Theory and Methods* |
3 |
3 |
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Methods in Formative Research and Human Centered Design for Intervention Development |
3, 4 |
4 |
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Qualitative Research Practicum III |
4 |
2 |
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*Required to be taken in-person if student is in residence and taking it in combination with the Qualitative Research Practicum (except if special permission is granted by the instructors of both 224.690 and 224.691). |
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Ethics Requirement (choose one of the following) |
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Living Science Ethics Responsible Conduct of Research |
1, 4 |
2 |
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Research Ethics and Integrity: US and International Issues |
3 |
3 |
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Additionally, students are required to complete the CITI Training Module |
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Research Design and Methods (Choose at least 7 credits from the choices below) |
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Survival Analysis |
1 |
3 |
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Analysis of Longitudinal Data |
1 |
4 |
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Fundamentals of Program Evaluation |
1, 3 |
4 |
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Research Design in the Social and Behavioral Sciences |
2 |
3 |
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Multilevel Statistical Models in Public Health |
2 |
4 |
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Health Survey Research Methods |
2 |
4 |
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Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Health Programs |
2, 4 |
4 |
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Methods in Implementation Science |
3 |
3 |
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Advanced Seminar in Social Epidemiology |
3 |
3 |
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Issues in Survey Research Design |
3 |
3 |
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Demographic Methods for Public Health |
3 |
4 |
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Design and Conduct of Community Trials |
3 |
4 |
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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation I |
3 |
2 |
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Statistical Methods for Sample Surveys |
3 |
3 |
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Advanced Demographic Methods in Public Health |
4 |
4 |
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Applications in Program Monitoring and Evaluation |
4 |
4 |
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Methods in Analysis of Large Population Surveys |
4 |
3 |
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Advanced Quantitative Methods in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: A Practical Introduction |
4 |
4 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Mixed Methods for Public Health Research |
4 |
3 |
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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation II |
4 |
2 |
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Foundations of Social Epidemiology |
4 |
3 |
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Social and Behavioral Sciences (Choose 9-12 credits from the choices below) |
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Fundamentals of Health, Behavior, and Society |
1 |
4 |
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Sociological Perspectives on Health |
1 |
3 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Social and Behavioral Research and Practice |
1 – 4 |
1 |
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Health Economics |
2 |
3 |
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Health Literacy: Challenges and Strategies for Effective Communication |
2 |
3 |
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Introduction to Persuasive Communications: Theories and Practice |
2 |
4 |
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Introduction to Health Economics |
3 |
3 |
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Health Communication Programs I |
3 |
4 |
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Sociological, Psychological, and Developmental Processes in the Etiology of Mental Disorders |
3 |
3 |
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Advanced Seminar in Social Epidemiology |
3 |
3 |
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Psychosocial Factors in Health and Illness |
3 |
3 |
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Indigenous Health |
3, 4 |
2 |
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Prevention of Mental Disorders: Public Health Intervention |
3, 4 |
3 |
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History of International Health and Development |
4 |
2 |
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Urban Health in Developing Countries |
4 |
3 |
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The Political Economy of Social Inequalities and Consequences on Health and Quality of Life |
4 |
3 |
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Global Communication and Social Change |
4 |
3 |
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Health Communication Programs II |
4 |
4 |
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Food, Culture, and Nutrition |
4 |
4 |
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History, Geography, Culture, and Linguistics (Choose one of the following option) |
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Option 1 Combination of selected direct study courses for history, geography, culture, or language related to the student’s dissertation country, region, or neighborhood of choice at BSPH, Homewood Campus, SAIS, etc. (6 credits minimum). |
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Option 2 |
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Special Studies and Research SBI |
1 – 4 |
6 |
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Public Health Problem Area (Choose 6 credits from the choices below) |
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Epidemiology and Public Health Impact of HIV and AIDS |
1, 2 |
4 |
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Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in LMICs |
2 |
4 |
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Critiquing the Research Literature in Maternal, Neonatal, and Reproductive Health |
2 |
4 |
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Mental Health Intervention Programming in LMICs |
3 |
3 |
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Issues for Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health |
3 |
2 |
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Clinical Aspects of Maternal and Newborn Health |
3 |
3 |
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Family Planning Policies and Programs |
3 |
4 |
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Clinical Aspects of Reproductive Health |
3 |
3 |
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Sexually Transmitted Infections in Public Health Practice |
4 |
4 |
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HIV Infection in Women, Children, and Adolescents |
4 |
4 |
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International Nutrition |
4 |
3 |