Health Behavior Research (MS) at University of Southern California

A master's degree for students in the PhD in Health Behavior Research program who have completed comprehensive coursework but cannot or are not permitted to finish the doctorate. It prepares graduates for population and public health research careers that do not require a PhD and culminates in a publishable master's thesis. Students need a primary mentor at all times.

Faculty: Keck School of Medicine (Department of Population and Public Health Sciences)  |  Duration: 3-4 years full-time including PhD coursework years; must complete within 5 years of transfer; 24 required units  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

What you will study

24 required units: Foundations of Health Behavior, Principles of Biostatistics, Master's Thesis (two parts) and any three of Multivariate Statistics in Health Behavior Research, Biological Basis of Disease, Social and Behavioral Theories for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Behavior Research Methods, and Fellowship Grant Proposal Development. A minimum 3.0 GPA and a data-based publishable journal article thesis are required.

Career pathways

Population and public health research careers that do not require a PhD.

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