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  School of Public Health 2020-2022 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Programs Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Overview  

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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Paul Duberstein, Ph.D., Department Chair

For more information about the Ph.D. in public health - social and behavioral health sciences degree, please visit: https://sph.rutgers.edu/academics/degree-programs/doctor-philosophy-public-health-phd/phd-public-health-social-and.

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 required to enroll full time, participate in Doctoral Colloquium each fall and spring semester (Year 1 and 2), attend PhD seminar each fall and spring semester (every year), fulfill a teaching requirement, be immersed in research, complete written and oral qualifying examinations, as well as complete and defend original dissertation research. Ph.D. students complete required and elective coursework during the first year of two years full-time study and then begin their dissertation research in the third year of full-time study after successfully passing the qualifying examination.

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 Research and Doctoral Studies Committee and the Academic Progression Committee.

The Ph.D. in public health - social and behavioral health sciences degree offers students rigorous training in the concepts, methods and analytic approaches used in the behavioral sciences to design and conduct research studies related to health behavior.
 
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