Doctor of Public Health in Public Health Leadership

The Dr.PH degree program is designed to address the considerable need for the development of the public health leadership infrastructure in Arkansas. The curriculum for the Dr.PH includes coursework in public health sciences and public health practice as well as in leadership skill development. The Dr.PH program requires a minimum of sixty-four (64) semester credit hours and is offered on a part-time or full-time basis.

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
HPMT 61143	Advanced Health Policy and Management	3
HPMT 55883	Strategic Healthcare Management	3
PBHL 66203	Leadership in Public Health	3
HBHE 64363	Communication for Public Health Leaders	3
EPID 53303	Managerial Epidemiology	3
HPMT 62033	Public Health Law and Ethics	3
EPID 64003	Public Health Practice: Advanced Concepts	3

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
BIOS 52103	Biostatistics II: Advanced Linear Models	3
HBHE 60233	Advanced Health Behavior Theory	3
EPID 60001	Instructional Methods and Teaching Practicum	2
HBHE 61203	Introduction to Mixed Methods Research *	3
HPMT 64263	Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities	3
PBHL 63033	Community-Based Program Design	3
PBHL 65001	Current Issues in Public Health	3
PBHL 5200V-102	Public Health Program Evaluation	3
PBHL 64373	Grant Writing	3
PBHL 64381	Fundamentals of Research	1

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
HPMT 61033	Health Systems Theory and Research	3
HBHE 62133	Applied Behavioral Research Methods	3

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
	Select from courses offered within COPH or Graduate School	3

Course ID	Course Name	Credit Hours
PBHL 6989V	Doctoral Practicum	3 (minimum)
PBHL 6999V	Dissertation Research	7 (minimum)

From initial enrollment and throughout the degree program, each student will work with the selected faculty advisor(s) and/or Dr.PH Program Director(s). The function of the selected faculty advisor(s) and/or Dr.PH Program Director(s) is to assist the student in selecting a course of study that will best serve her/his professional and academic goals, and to provide other needed professional and career-related advice.

The capstone sequence consists of 3 inter-related courses: the Doctoral Practicum, Doctoral Dissertation Seminar, and Doctoral Dissertation Project. The Doctoral Dissertation Project should grow out of the coursework that precedes it, including the Doctoral Dissertation Seminar early in their course of study (typically the second summer after enrollment for a part-time student and the first summer for a full-time student).

*The minimum number of credit hours for a capstone project is set at 6. Historically, however, the capstone project has required 9 or more credit hours because of the scope of the project and the length of time required to complete the project. Completing a project within the minimum required hours is possible, but will require careful planning in collaboration with the academic advisor, the Dissertation Committee Chair, and the Capstone Committee and diligent execution on the part of the student.

As the Dr.PH program continues to develop, courses and course descriptions are subject to change. Students are encouraged to contact the Dr.PH Program Director(s) and/or selected faculty advisor(s) for updated information regarding current course offerings beyond those listed below.