Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Health Systems and Policy
Michael Gusmano, Ph.D., Concentration Director
For more information about the concentration in health systems and policy, please visit: https://sph.rutgers.edu/concentrations/social-behavioral-health-sciences/hsap-degrees-phd.html.
At the School of Public Health in New
Brunswick
The Ph.D.
degree requires a minimum of 72 credits for completion. Candidates for the Ph.D. are expected to enroll full time and are required
to participate in the Doctoral Colloquium each fall and spring semester, fulfill a teaching experience, be immersed in research,
complete qualifying written and oral qualifying examinations, as
well as complete and defend original dissertation research. A specific
course of study is followed by all Ph.D. students during the first year of
full-time study with specialization courses (minimum 15 credits)
completed during the second year of full-time study. Ph.D. students then
begin their dissertation research in the third year of full-time study.
Through
doctoral-level research, Ph.D. students will develop expertise on a single
topic, design and implement a research project, integrate and interpret
complex data, and complete a comprehensive dissertation. Students must
plan this carefully. Although students will work closely with faculty
advisers, students bear responsibility for developing research of
publishable quality. The curriculum and academic progress of all
doctoral students is monitored by the Doctoral Committee.
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