d THE SELF-STUDY DOCUMENT SHOULD INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF SPECIFIC COURSEWORK, FOR EACH DEGREE, THAT IS AIMED AT

DOCTORAL-LEVEL EDUCATION.

DrPH program is a full-time program designed to be completed in three to four years. Preferred candidates have a master degree in public health or a related field and two years or more of professional experience in public health (post-masters). Students with deficiencies in coursework equivalent in content to the MPH at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health must take

prerequisite courses early in the program which include the School’s breadth courses PH200C, PH142, and PH250A. (See Section 2.3a for course descriptions)

 Coursework: Students must complete a minimum of 4 fulltime semesters of coursework (48 units) and a minimum of 12 units of dissertation research credits. DrPH students are expected to complete coursework in the core areas of management, research design and methods, public health ethics, and leadership. Students are also expected to acquire breadth by taking coursework in at least two of the following three areas: health politics and policy analysis, public health interventions, or environmental health sciences. In addition to courses in the core and breadth areas, DrPH students are required to attend the DrPH seminar every semester of their first two years in the program. Once students complete and pass their qualifying examination, they are required to attend a post-qualifying exam seminar. Finally, sometime during their first two years in the DrPH program, all DrPH students are required to participate in a DrPH Leadership seminar offered in the Fall and Spring of the first year.

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 Residency: All DrPH students will complete a professional and/or research residency in a public health setting during the summer after their first year. The residency gives students the opportunity to identify data for dissertation research, conduct analyses, and

participate in specific projects of interest to them. Requirements include:

 20-40 hour/week, 9-12 week residency

 development of a formal written plan (residency agreement) identifying the major goals, objectives, planned activities, and timeline for achieving those activities, and identifying a final product for the residency

 produce tangible products to demonstrate competencies developed during the placement (ex: grant applications, evaluation designs, articles for publication)

 complete required evaluations of self, site, etc.

Biostatistics PhD: A PhD degree in Biostatistics requires a program of courses selected from biostatistics, statistics, and at least one other subject area (such as biology, environmental health, and epidemiology). Courses cover traditional topics as well as recent advances in biostatistics and in statistics. Those completing the PhD will have acquired a deep knowledge and

understanding of these subject areas. Since graduates with doctorates often assume academic careers in research and teaching, a high degree of mastery in research design, theory,

methodology and execution is expected as well as the ability to communicate and present research findings and area of expertise in a clear, understandable manner.

The PhD degree program requires 4-6 semesters of course work followed by 2-4 semesters to complete examinations and prepare a dissertation (a minimum of four semesters of registration is required). Since there are no unit or course requirements for the PhD, a program of courses appropriate to a student's background and interests may be developed. The curriculum in Biostatistics involves courses from a wide variety of areas including the biological and health sciences. Website: http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/biostat/degrees/phd.htm

The core to this curriculum includes such topics as:

 Analysis of mortality and morbidity data

 Competing risks

 Survival analysis

 Design and evaluation of studies of human populations

 Biological assay and quantal response

 Statistical methods in clinical trials

 Epidemic theory

 Stochastic processes

 Mathematical modeling

 Exploratory data analysis

 Probability theory

 Statistical inference

 sampling techniques, multivariate computer methods

 Nonparametric analysis and computational biology

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All students take courses PH C240A-C and at least one of PH 240E or F. Students in the MA program will also complete Statistics 200A&B. Some students will have had course work in these subject areas before entering the program and will want to take advantage of more advanced course offerings. Courses PH C240A-C & E-F: Biostatistical Methods (4 units) are designed to introduce biostatistics students to basic concepts and to new topics.

Courses in the biological sciences, such as genetics, microbiology, and physiology are also part of the curriculum and are basic for an understanding of medical and health problems.

Environmental Health Sciences PhD: The PhD program in Environmental Health Sciences can last from two-to-five years; students normally take courses during their first or second year in preparation for the Qualifying Examination. In the first year, depending on the nature of their master program, doctoral students will work closely with their academic advisers to ensure they have mastered the material discussed in the EHS core courses. Courses taken are chosen in consultation with the student's academic adviser, and students should have an early discussion of this issue with their advisers. Students must develop expertise in their major (Environmental Health Sciences) as well as two minor fields, such as biostatistics, epidemiology, environmental law, policy, or molecular cell biology. One of the student's minor fields must be outside of EHS.

Students register for a full course load of 12 units every semester. Students who have completed the necessary coursework enroll in 12 units of independent research—PH 299. Doctoral students must complete a minimum of four semesters of academic residence at Berkeley. Website:

http://sph.berkeley.edu/areas-study/environmental-health-sciences Sample first year curriculum for the Ph.D. students:

Fall:

 PH 293 EHS Ph.D. Seminar 1 unit

 PH 299 Independent Research 3 units

 Electives/EHS core courses 8 units Spring:

 PH 293 EHS Ph.D. Seminar 1 unit

 PH 299 Independent Research 3 units

 Electives/EHS core courses 8 units

Doctoral students are expected to carry at least 3 units of directed research in each of the first two semesters and increased units in subsequent semesters. Part of this research effort will be devoted to the development of two minor fields as well as a dissertation prospectus in

preparation for the qualifying exam. Students are encouraged to take courses outside the School of Public Health to enhance their understanding of other disciplines that may be important to their research areas.

Epidemiology PhD: The Ph.D. program is administered by the Group in Epidemiology, which is appointed by the Graduate Division and includes faculty members from a number of other disciplines and departments at Berkeley, as well as faculty from the UC San Francisco campus.

In addition to the courses required for the master’s degree, Ph.D. students identify a third area of scientific knowledge in which they will develop competence. Normally, a minimum of one

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additional year of study is required following receipt of the master’s degree before taking the qualifying examination and being advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree. After

advancement to candidacy, students must conceive, conduct, and complete an original research project culminating in a dissertation. The normative time in the Ph.D. program is four years.

Before taking the qualifying examination, it is expected that doctoral students will have taken the following courses or their equivalent, either while in a master degree program (at Berkeley or prior to matriculating at Berkeley) or while in the doctoral program, or be knowledgeable about the material covered in these courses:

• PH 292 (6) Epidemiology Seminar (Fall) or PH 292 (7) Epidemiology/Biostatistics Seminar (Fall) (usually taken prior to or during the first year of doctoral study).

• PH 293 (8, 13) Epidemiology Doctoral Seminar (Fall & Spring – for at least two years)

• PH 250A Epidemiologic Methods I (Summer or Fall)

• PH 250B Epidemiologic Methods II (Fall)

• PH 250C Epidemiologic Theory (Spring)

• PH 142 Introduction to Probability and Statistics in Biology and Public Health (Fall)

• PH 145 Statistical Analysis of Continuous Outcome Data (Spring)

• PH 241 Statistical Analysis of Categorical Data (Spring)

• PH 242C Longitudinal Data Analysis (Fall or Spring)

• PH 245 Introduction to Multivariate Public Health Statistics (Fall)

• PH 248 Statistical/Computer Analysis Using R (Fall)

• PH 252 Epidemiological Analysis (Spring)

• PH 252A Applied Sampling Seminar (Fall, even-numbered years)

• PH 252C Intervention Trial Design (Fall)

• PH 252D Introduction to Marginal Structural Models (Fall)

• PH 259A History of Epidemiology (Fall)

• PH 259B Ethical Issues in Epidemiology Research (Spring)

Doctoral students are also expected to attend the divisional research seminar regularly. Through their choice of elective courses, students are also expected to develop expertise in a third area of knowledge relevant to their expected dissertation research (e.g. virology, sociology,

anthropology, demography, etc.). Students are expected to seek out and take appropriate other courses in the School of Public Health; in other departments and schools on the Berkeley campus; and at UCSF, relevant to their chosen “third area,” or of potential benefit to them in their research. Website: http://sph.berkeley.edu/areas-study/epidemiology

Health Services and Policy Analysis PhD: The doctoral program in Health Services and Policy Analysis is distinguished by its application of the social science disciplines to real world health issues. Students select a major area of concentration from among health economics,

organizations, political science/policy, or population health while receiving exposure to all these areas. They have access to all of the social science disciplines and professional schools at the University of California, Berkeley, in addition to the core resources provided by the School of Public Health. Students also receive a thorough grounding in research methods and the

application of these methods to the analysis of health policy issues. The core faculty group for

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the HSPA Program are professors in the School of Public Health; however, the larger faculty group is comprised of experts in departments and schools across the Berkeley campus.

Coursework is drawn from a variety of departments including public health, sociology, psychology, organizational behavior and industrial relations (Haas School of Business), and political science. Each specialty track within the HSPA degree program - health economics, organizations, political science/policy, or population health – has a unique set of core courses and specialty field courses from which the students choose.

Website: http://www.hspa.berkeley.edu/curriculum

 A total of 60 units composed of courses, seminars, and independent study is required of all HSPA students. Units earned from courses taken as Master students cannot count toward the PhD requirement. Core Classes: Students must take five courses from the three core disciplines: Health Economics, Health Politics/Policy, and Organizations. Of the five required core courses, two must be in the student’s specialty track, one in each of the two non-specialty tracks, and one must be chosen from either of the non-specialty tracks.

 PhD Seminars: All students are required to attend the HSPA First/Second-Year Seminar during all four semesters of their first two years. The seminars will be taught by rotating faculty and are organized in content to avoid duplication of material. After passing the specialty field exam students are strongly encouraged to attend the HSPA Dissertation Seminar or an equivalent seminar during all semesters until graduation. Students who are preparing to take their Qualifying Exam will have the opportunity to practice their

presentation with their peers. The intent of the colloquium is to provide an opportunity for HSPA students across all stages of completion to meet regularly, be presented with on-going research and participate in stimulating discussions with faculty and guest speakers.

Infectious Diseases and Immunity PhD: The Ph.D. program is administered by the Graduate Group of Infectious Diseases and Immunity, which is appointed by the Graduate Division and includes faculty members from IDV and a number of other disciplines and departments at Berkeley. The objective of this program is to provide students with research-oriented pursuits that will train them to design and implement independent investigations and advance the fundamental knowledge of infectious disease agents and their interactions with the human host and the environment. The goal of the IDI PhD five year program is to promote health by

integration of basic research and applied technologies for the development of new approaches for the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and control of infectious disease in humans. This program crosses traditional departmental boundaries to combine clinical, epidemiological and basic laboratory research strategies in modern biology and apply these to specific infections disease problems affecting human populations.

The following minimum core graduate courses, or their equivalent, are required of all students in the Graduate Group. These courses should be taken before the Qualifying Examination

Committee is appointed, and the student must receive a “B” or higher grade average in these courses, except seminars that can be taken on a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory basis (S/U).

Group I: Infectious Diseases (2 courses)

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PH 260A Principles of Infectious Disease (4 units) And one of the following:

PH 260B Principles of Infectious Disease (4 units) PH 261 Advanced Medical Virology (3 units)

PH 262 Molecular Basis of Bacterial Pathogenesis (3 units) PH 265 Molecular Parasitology (3 units)

PH 266 Viruses & Cancer (3 units) Group II: Immunology (1 course)

PH 263 Public Health Immunology

Group III: Epidemiology and Biostatistics (2 courses)

PH 145 Statistical Analysis of Continuous-Outcome Data or PH 245 Introduction to Multivariate Statistics

PH 253B Epidemiology and Control of Infectious Diseases (3 units) or PH 260E Molecular Epidemiology

Group IV: Research (2 courses)

PH 276 Conduct and Integrity in Research (2 units)

PH 293 section 4 Monday IDI Doctoral Seminar, for all IDI students PH 293 section 12 Wednesday IDI Doctoral Seminar for pre-QE students

It is suggested that, students will elect to take at least a few additional Advanced courses appropriate to the student’s area of research interest and fill in the gap of knowledge in areas such as cell biology, genetics or biochemistry with the guidance of the Graduate Advisor and other faculty.

Lab Rotations: Rotations in lab provide an opportunity for students to experience different research areas and environments. Lab rotation should be arranged by mutual agreement with the faculty and the student in consultation with the IDI Head Graduate Advisor. Each lab rotation may last 9 weeks and should begin as early as the later part of the first semester.

Teaching Requirement: At least two semesters as a Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) are required.

2.12e THE SELF-STUDY DOCUMENT SHOULD INCLUDE ASSESSMENT OF THE