Program RequirementsFor the Ph.D. degree, a minimum of 72 hours of graduate credit beyond the bachelor’s degree and 36 hours beyond the master’s degree are required. The overall GPA required for graduation, computed on all graduate-level courses completed whether they are listed on the candidacy form, must be no less than 3.00.Graduate courses at the 6000-level may not be applied toward the official doctoral program of study.Additional coursework beyond the minimum may be required at the discretion of the doctoral advising committee.A minimum of 6 credit hours of dissertation (HMSE 9000) is required. No more than 6 credit hours of the dissertation may be included in the program of study. NOTE: Students should familiarize themselves with the ThesisDissertation Preparation Guide before starting to write the dissertation.Residency & Professional Scholarship Requirement:The doctoral candidate must be enrolled for a minimum of 9 credit hours on The University of Memphis main campus for each of two successive semesters.Additional minimum requirements for completion of the residency include one first-author publication in a refereed journal in the discipline, one peer-reviewed first-author presentation at a nationalinternational conference (both from research conducted while the candidate is enrolled in the doctoral program), and enrollment and successful participation in zero (0) credit hours of Seminar (HMSE 8142) each fall and spring semester until the comprehensive exams are passed.Data collection associated with the publication requirement is under the direction of the Major Professor.The official publishereditor letter of acceptance is sufficient to satisfy the publication requirement.The Thesis, Applied Project, or Dissertation does not satisfy this aspect of the Residency & Professional Scholarship Requirement.Research Core Requirements (18 credit hours)Post-Bachelor’s (12 credit hours)Research core courses required before receiving the master’s degree are listed below.HMSE 8010 - Research Methods in Health Sciences Credit Hours: 3ESMS 8020 - PubProp in Health & Biomed Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8150 - Biostatistical Methods I Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8152 - Biostatistical Methods II Credit Hours: (3)Post-Master’s (6 credit hours)Research core courses are planned with and approved by the Doctoral Advisory Committee with the courses listed below serving as suggestions.The Doctoral Advisory Committee is comprised of three (3) Graduate Faculty members including the Major Professor, another person from the concentration area, and one person from outside the concentration area. A fourth member may be added as needed.Doctoral candidates with a master’s degree who have not successfully completed the Post-Bachelor’s research core (or its equivalent) must complete the missing course(s) as prerequisites to enrolling in any of the Post-Master’s research core courses. These prerequisite courses will not be included in the student’s program of study.Those who have previously satisfied all or a portion of these requirements may substitute other research design or statistics courses to fulfill the credit-hour requirement at the discretion of the Doctoral Advisory Committee.PUBH 8152 or an equivalent is a prerequisite for the following courses(see individual courses for any additional prerequisites):EDPR 8512 - Psychomet ThryEd Appl Credit Hours: (3)EDPR 8544 - SEM in EDUBehav Research Credit Hours: (3)EDPR 8547 - Survey Research: Sampling Design and Analysis Credit Hours: (3)EDPR 8549 - Multivariate Methods Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8305 - Quant Meth Review Rsch Credit Hours: (3)PUBH 8308 - Appl Multivariate Stat Credit Hours: (3)

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