Program Overview

Community Health Sciences, Ph.D. Overview

The Ph.D. program in Community Health Sciences is designed to produce graduates with the skills and knowledge to design and execute original research, and to serve as senior researchers, policy analysts, and consultants in the health field.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies requires following the Application and Admission Procedures found in the Academic Guide. Admission requirements for Ph.D. students are outlined in the Ph.D. Degrees General Regulations section of the Guide.

Degree Requirements

The Ph.D. program consists of 12 credit hours of coursework and a dissertation. The program is designed to be completed in four years of full-time study.

• Expected Time to Graduate: 4 years full-time
• Progression Chart Plan of Study Grid:
  • Year 1:
    • GRAD 7300 Research Integrity Tutorial (0 hours)
    • GRAD 7500 Academic Integrity Tutorial (0 hours)
    • CHSC 7500 Concepts in Public Health (3 hours)
    • CHSC 7502 Core Concepts in Public Health (3 hours)
    • CHSC 7520 Principles of Epidemiology (3 hours)
    • CHSC 7530 Applied Public Health Epidemiology (3 hours)
    • CHSC 7632 Evaluation of Family, Health and Social Development Programs (3 hours)
    • CHSC 7820 or CHSC 7810 Biostatistics for Community Health Sciences or Biostatistics for the Health and Human Sciences (3 hours)
    • 3 credit hours of approved elective courses at the 7000 level offered by the College of Community and Global Health
  • Year 2-4:
    • CHSC 9990 Ph.D. Dissertation (0 hours)
    • 12 credit hours of approved elective courses at the 7000 level offered by the College of Community and Global Health

Regulations

Students must meet the requirements as outlined in both Supplementary Regulation and Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) documents as approved by Senate.

Supplementary Regulations

Individual units may require specific requirements above and beyond those of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, and students should consult unit supplementary regulations for these specific regulations.

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR)

Bona Fide Academic Requirements (BFAR) represent the core academic requirements a graduate student must acquire in order to gain, and demonstrate acquisition of, essential knowledge and skills. All students must successfully complete:

• GRAD 7300 prior to applying to any ethics boards which are appropriate to the student's research or within the student's first year, whichever comes first
• GRAD 7500 within the first term of registration
• Additional BFAR requirements that may be specified for their program

General Regulations

All students must:

• Maintain a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 with no grade below C+
• Meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum course requirements
• Meet the minimum and not exceed the maximum time requirements (in terms of time in program and lapse or expiration of credit of courses)