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Graduate Education – Space Life Sciences
Degree Requirements |
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Course Requirements: Students
must satisfactorily complete courses including Issues in
Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Statistical
Methods, Society and Health Care, Epidemiology, Health
Behavior, Research Design and Methods, Social and
Behavioral Epidemiology, and Culture and Health. (See
Typical Course Plan).
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Electives/Externships:
Students and their Advisory Committees select a set of
elective courses on the basis of individual program
interests and goals. In addition, students participate in
research or teaching, which provides the opportunity for
exploring and clarifying career goals, and applying
acquired skills in health settings.
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Examinations
and Dissertations:
Upon completion of approximately two years of full-time
course work, the student must pass written and oral
qualifying examinations that test for substantive knowledge
of preventive medicine and community health, sociomedical
sciences, elective area specialization, and the ability to
design and conduct independent research. After fulfilling
the requirements for qualification, the student is advanced
to doctoral candidacy and is required to complete and defend
a doctoral dissertation that makes a substantial
contribution to sociomedical science.
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Contact Information:
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