Table 2.
Required courses for doctor of public health (DrPH) students at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, class of 2019a
| Year and Semester | Course Number | Course Name |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | ||
| Summer | DrPH 201 | Fundamental Concepts of Public Healthb |
| DrPH 202 | Epidemiologyb | |
| DrPH 203 | Biostatisticsb | |
| DrPH 204 | Regression Methodsb | |
| DrPH 240 | Personal Mastery 1c | |
| HPM 260d | Economicsb | |
| Fall | GHP 525 | Econometrics for Health Policyb |
| SBS 506 | History, Politics, and Public Healthb | |
| GHP 210 | Concepts and Methods for Global Health and Population Studiesb | |
| DrPH 241 | Personal Mastery 2c | |
| DrPH 290 | Qualitative Researchb | |
| DrPH 250 | Enabling Teamsc | |
| Winter | Team field immersionc | — |
| Spring | HPM 247 | Political Analysis for Health Policyb or |
| GHP 269 | Political Analysisb | |
| DrPH 280 | Integrating Seminarb | |
| DrPH 251 | Enabling Large-Scale Changec | |
| HPM 252 | Negotiationc | |
| DrPH 222 | Paradigms of Social Theoryb | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Summer | Individual field immersionb | — |
| Fall and spring | Enabling Change workshopsb | — |
| DrPH 290 | DrPH DELTA Doctoral Project Seminar | |
| Open for electives | — | |
Abbreviations: —, not applicable; DELTA, Doctoral Engagement in Leadership and Translation for Action; GHP, Department of Global Health and Population; HPM, Department of Health Policy and Management; SBS, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
a Source: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.23
b Foundational knowledge courses.
c Enabling change courses.