The Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences offers a minor course of study in Behavioral Sciences.
Credit Hours
9 semester credit hours
Course of Study
Students are required to complete 9 credit hours from the following list of courses and must select at least one course from the Theory category, one course from the Methods category, and one additional Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences elective couse.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Theory Course | 3 | |
| Methods Course | 3 | |
| Elective 1 | 3 | |
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Electives must be a PH or PHD course within the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences (catalog numbers 1100-1499). Students may select a second course from either Theory or Methods categories.
Theory Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHD 1113L | Advanced Methods for Planning and Implementing Health Promotion Programs (Intervention Mapping) | 3 |
| PHD 1122L | Health Promotion Theories for Individuals and Groups: Part I | 3 |
| PHD 1123L | Community Health Promotion Theory and Practice | 3 |
| PHD 1227L | Health Promotion Theories for Individuals and Groups: Part II | 3 |
Methods Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| PHD 1118L | Qualitative Methods | 3 |
| PH 1119L | Qualitative Analysis | 3 |
| PHD 1120L | Program Evaluation | 3 |
| PHD 1121L | Advanced Quantitative Analysis for Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| PHD 1130L | Applied Measurement Theory | 3 |
| PHD 1132 | Latent Variable Models and Factor Analysis | 3 |
| PH 1321L | Social Networks and Health | 3 |
| PH 1323L | Applied Methods for Longitudinal and Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Data | 3 |
| PH 1324L | Applied Discrete Data Analysis using Stata | 3 |
| PHD 1420L | Research Design for Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| PHD 1421L | Quantitative Analysis for Behavioral Sciences | 3 |
| PHD 1431 | Tools and Methods for Systematic Review | 2 |
| PHD 1451 | Dissemination & Implementation Research and Practice | 3 |
| PHD 1452L | Designing and Tailoring Implementation Strategies | 3 |