Ph.D. and Dr.P.H. DEGREES

SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH CORE COURSES (Required of all Doctoral students unless student has taken the course or its equivalent.  Must be taken for a letter grade.  These courses do not count toward the minimum course requirements for the doctoral degree.)

CHS 212. Advanced Social Research Methods in Health . (4)
Lecture, four hours; laboratory, two hours; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisites: courses 211A, 211B, Biostatistics 100B, 406. Problems of health survey design and data collection; measurement issues in data analysis and interpretation; use of computer for analysis of large-scale survey data using various statistical techniques. Letter grading.

Biostatistics 100A. Introduction to Biostatistics . (4)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: one biological or physical sciences course. Introduction to methods and concepts of statistical analysis. Sampling situations, with special attention to those occurring in biological sciences. Topics include distributions, tests of hypotheses, estimation, types of error, significance and confidence levels, sample size. Letter grading.

Biostatistics 100B.  Introduction to Biostatistics . (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 100A. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 110B. Introduction to analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation analysis. P/NP or letter grading.

Biostatistics 406.  Applied Multivariate Biostatistics . (4)
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: at least two upper division research courses. Requisite: course 100B. Use of multiple regression, principal components, factor analysis, discriminant function analysis, logistic regression, and canonical correlation in biomedical data analysis. S/U (optional only for nondivision majors) or letter grading.

If the student does not have a master’s degree in public health, the following courses are also required.  These courses do not count toward the minimum course requirements for the doctoral degree.

CHS 210.  Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: one social sciences course. Basic concepts, relationships, and policy issues in the field of community health, variability in definitions of health and illness, correlates of health and illness behavior, impact of social and community structure on health status, major contemporary approaches to health promotion and health education at community level. Use of comparative international perspective. Letter grading.

CHS 211A.  Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisite: course 210. Course 211A is requisite to 211B. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs. Course organized into three modules. Letter grading.

CHS 211B.  Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside assignments, eight hours. Requisites: courses 210, 211A, and Biostatistics 100A or Epidemiology 100. Development, planning, and administration of public health programs in community settings. Introduction to range of research methods and techniques used in designing and conducting health research, with particular emphasis on evaluation of community-based public health programs. Course organized into three modules. Letter grading.

Environmental Health 100.  Introduction to Environmental Health. (4)  Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: one course each in chemistry and biology.  Introduction to environmental health, including coverage of sanitary principles and chronic and acute health effects of environmental contaminants. Letter grading.

Epidemiology 100.  Principles of Epidemiology . (4)  Lecture, two hours; discussion, four hours. Preparation: one full biological sciences course. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 200. Introduction to epidemiology, including factors governing health and disease in populations. Letter grading.

Health Services 100. Health Services Organization . (4) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour. Preparation: 4 units of social sciences. Structure and function of American health care system; issues and forces shaping its future. Letter grading.

Note: Students who have received a masters degree at UCLA should note that courses required for completion of that degree may not be re-used for credit in the doctoral program.

Doctoral students tailor their program to meet their specific needs with their major advisor.  However, there are 2 required courses and 1 required seminar of incoming doctoral students.

270A. Foundations of Community Health Sciences. (4) Lecture, four hours. Requisite: course 210. Course 270A is requisite to 270B. Designed for doctoral students. In-depth analysis of theories, methods, and research on which community health sciences are based. Letter grading.  (required for Ph.D. and highly recommended for Dr.PH)

270B. Foundations of Community Health Sciences. (4)  Lecture, four hours. Requisites: courses 210, 270A. Designed for doctoral students. In-depth analysis of theories, methods, and research on which community health sciences are based. Letter grading. (required for Ph.D. and highly recommended for Dr.PH)

286. Doctoral Roundtable in Community Health Sciences. (2 to 4)  Seminar, two hours. Designed for departmental doctoral students. Interactive seminar with focus on research process and social mechanisms in science. May be repeated for credit. S/U grading.  Note: All doctoral students must enroll in the Doctoral Roundtable every quarter until they are advanced to candidacy.

For full details, consult Doctoral Program Handbook < http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/pdf/Doctoral_handbook.pdf>

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