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First Year
Course Number Course Title Credits
EPHD404 Introduction to Causal Inference Methods 2
EPHD405 Social and Behavioral Factors in Epidemiology 2
EPHD406 Epidemiology in Action 3
EPHD411 Statistics for Psychosocial Research 3
EPHD440 Doctoral Seminar
Required Epidemiology/Biostatistics Course+ 5
Elective+ 3
SHARP315 Introduction to Research Ethics 1.5
Term Credit Total 19.5

Second Year
EPHD403 Advanced Epidemiological Methods: Case Control & Cohort studies 3
EPHD410 Applied Multivariate and Longitudinal Methods in Health Sciences 3
EPHD440 Doctoral Seminar 0
EPHD445 Writing Research Grant 0
EPHD480 Qualifying Exam Part I: Comprehensive Exam 0
Elective+ 2
Term Credit Total 8

Third Year
EPHD481 Qualifying Exam Part II: Defense of thesis proposal 0
EPHD482 Thesis 3
EPHD483 Thesis 6
EPHD483A Thesis 6
Term Credit Total 15

Fourth Year
EPHD484 Thesis 9
EPHD486 Thesis 0
EPHD487 PhD final thesis defense 0
Term Credit Total 9
Total Credits 51.5
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