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Occupational Program Curriculum

The individual course of study (see table below), directed by the student's committee, will vary depending on each trainee's background and coursework prior to entering the program. Some courses may require other courses as a pre-requirement (e.g., prerequisites for Epidemiology IV include Epidemiology I, II and III). Thus, any OE trainee would be expected to follow the curriculum listed below (syllabi for a sample of the core courses are shown in Appendix 20) and have the necessary prerequisites. Trainees are also expected to have knowledge on data management.

The proposed OE Program curriculum consists of a minimum of 48 credit hours and it is structured within the PhD in Epidemiology offered at UTSPH. OE trainees take at least 45 credits of courses, this in agreement with UTSPH policies that required at least 39 credit hours other than dissertation for doctoral programs. The remainder of the required program consists of dissertation research hours. While a minimum of three dissertation research credit hours are required towards the minimum degree hour requirement, most PhD students will exceed the minimum 48 hour requirement according to their dissertation topic. In addition, depending on individual interests, UTSPH has a large number of elective courses available to students which include several courses from the different UTSPH divisions that are relevant to the OE research focus such as PH1624 Introduction to SAS, PH1745 Sampling Techniques, PH1960 Time Series Analysis, PHD2740 Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, PH2810 and , PHD2860 Advanced Design Analysis Methods in Epidemiology, PHD2970 Foundations of Public Health Genetics, PHD1128 Advanced Qualitative Methods, PHD1320 Ethics in Public Health, PHD1430 Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Evidence- Based Public Health, or PHD3926 Health Survey Research Design.

Occupational Epidemiology Program curriculum Course Credits Title CORE for Occupational Epidemiology Trainees (16 credits) PHD 2711 3 Epidemiology IV a PHD 2712 3 Experimental Methods in Epidemiology a PHWD 2760 3 Occupational Epidemiology a,b PHWD 2835 3 Injury Epidemiology a,b PH 2770 3 NIH Proposal Development PH 2990 1 Epidemiology Seminar MINOR in (at least 9 credits) PH 1830 3 Categorical Data Analysis a, b orc or PH 1831 4 Survival Analysis a,b PH 1820 3 Applied Statistical Analysis I And one of the following three: PH 1821 3 Applied Statistical Analysis II PH 1745 3 Sampling Techniques (odd years) PH 1840 3 Statistical Methods for Handling Missing Data (even years) BREADTH in Occupational Health (at least 20 credits) PHD 2101 3 Contemporary Issues in EOHS PHD 2105 1 EOHS Doctoral Seminar PH 2245 4 Fundamentals of Industrial Select up to 12 credits more from any

occupational health course PHWD 2108 3 Applied Epidemiological Analyses in EOHS PH 2175 4 Principles of Toxicology PH 2133 3 Fundamentals of Occupational Safety (odd years) PHD 2135 3 Risk Analysis – Principles and Practice (odd years) orc or PHD 2190 3 Environ. and Occupational (even years) PH 2177 3 Toxicology II: Agents and the Environment orc or PH 2250 4 Environmental and Occupational Health Controls PH 2255 4 Clinical Occupational PH 2498 3 Principles of Occupational Ergonomics (even years) DISSERTATION e PH 9999 3 Dissertation Hoursd Total 48 a Courses required for the Preliminary Exam (PE). b Within each section, Core or Minor, either one of these two will count for the PE. c These courses are provided as example of current available courses; there may be new offerings in the future. d A minimum of three credit hours of dissertation are needed to count towards the minimum of 48.

Per the program announcement, trainees who are receiving stipends must be full-time every semester in which stipends are received. Determination of funding types (stipend and tuition and fees or tuition and fees only) is discussed and determined on an individual basis. For trainees in the OE Program, full stipend and tuition and fees support will only be granted for up to six semesters for trainees to complete their coursework. Thus, for full-time OE trainees who have not yet been advanced to candidacy we expect 12 semester credit hours for fall and spring and nine semester credit hours for summer which means that full-time OE trainees could complete the 45 credits of courses listed in the OE curriculum (see table above) in about four semesters. However, we are allowing some room to cover necessary prerequisites and the event that a course is not available in a specific semester. Funding will be granted for up to three semesters during the dissertation phase. We expect nine credit hours in the fall and spring, and six in the summer.

UTSPH offers courses in a number of modalities, including the traditional in-person classroom setting, ITV courses, and online courses. ITV provides an audio and video experience for students to interact with professors and other classmates at different regional campuses in Texas. Both the ITV and online courses have broadened the reach of OE courses for students and professors at regional campuses. For example, the OE course has an online format created in 2010, which has extended its reach through all six UTSPH campuses. In 2012, a total of 33 students enrolled in the online course (22 MPH, 1 MS, and 10 doctoral), with 12 of those students, or 36%, from regional campuses. Dr. Cooper was on a summer sabbatical during summer 2013, so the course was not offered last year but it has resumed summer 2014 (7 MPH and 12 doctoral).