Health Policy & Management

Postgraduate

In Los Angeles (USA)

higher than £ 9000

Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Los angeles (USA)

The Department of Health Policy and Management offers the Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Health Policy and Management.

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Los Angeles (USA)
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90095

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Course programme

Major field course requirements include Health Policy and Management 200A, 225A, 225B, 226A, 226B, 227A, 237C, Biostatistics 201A, Biostatistics 201B, an additional statistics course at 200-level or above, Epidemiology 100 (or an equivalent introductory survey course or show proof of an equivalent graduate-level introductory epidemiology course that meets the requirements for an M.P.H./M.S., Ph.D., or M.D. program from an accredited institution), and four or more cognate electives (16 units) from a department that grants a Ph.D. degree. Cognate courses must be at the graduate level and should be core theory and research courses for the discipline chosen. Acceptable cognate areas would be from one of the following disciplinary areas: economics, epidemiology, health care outcomes research, history, management, pharmaceutical economics, policy studies, political science, psychology, and sociology.

Teaching Experience

Teaching experience is recommended but not required for the doctoral degree.

Written and Oral Qualifying Examinations

Academic Senate regulations require all doctoral students to complete and pass university written and oral qualifying examinations prior to doctoral advancement to candidacy. Also, under Senate regulations, the University Oral Qualifying Examination is open only to the student and appointed members of the doctoral committee. In addition to university requirements, some graduate programs have other pre-candidacy examination requirements. What follows in this section is how students are required to fulfill all of these requirements for this doctoral program.

All committee nominations and reconstitutions adhere to the Minimum Standards for Doctoral Committee Constitution.

Before advancement to candidacy, students must pass a written comprehensive exam and pass an oral qualifying examination conducted by the student's doctoral committee. The written comprehensive exam prepares and evaluates the students’ knowledge and application of health services research and its methods. The exam is administered during September of each year and students have five days to complete the take-home exam, which is comprised of four sections: literature critique, research design, statistical analysis, and cognate specific contents. Students may retake the exam only once the following year, if they fail to pass the exam. Failure to pass the exam the second time would result in discussion of a recommendation for academic disqualification from the doctoral program. If any additional reexamination is required due to special circumstance, the student may petition with the department chair and the decision will be made on a case by case basis.

The oral qualifying exam consists of the proposal of the dissertation work to the committee members approved by Graduate Division. It entails a brief presentation of the proposal and Q&A session with the committee members. After passing the university oral qualifying examination, the student may be advanced to candidacy and commence work on a dissertation in the principal field of study. The doctoral committee guides the student's progress toward completion of the dissertation.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are advanced to candidacy upon successful completion of the written and oral qualifying examinations.

Doctoral Dissertation

Every doctoral degree program requires the completion of an approved dissertation that demonstrates the student's ability to perform original, independent research and constitutes a distinct contribution to knowledge in the principal field of study.

Final Oral Examination (Defense of Dissertation)

Required for all students in the program.

Time-to-Degree

The normative time-to-degree is 18 academic quarters (and one summer term). Maximum allowable time for the attainment of the degree is 24 academic quarters (and one summer term) of enrollment. This limitation includes quarters enrolled in previous graduate study at a UC campus prior to admission to the doctoral degree program.

MAXIMUM TTD

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

Master's

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for academic disqualification for failure to complete the required course work within seven quarters of matriculation.

Doctoral

In addition to the standard reasons outlined above, a student may be recommended for academic disqualification for: failure to maintain a 3.00 grade point average for two consecutive quarters following matriculation into the doctoral program; a second failure of any written qualifying examination in the major or minor fields; a second failure of either the oral qualifying examination or the final oral examination (dissertation defense); or exceeding enrollment time limits.

A student may appeal a recommendation for academic disqualification first to the departmental chair, then to the Associate Dean of Student Affairs, then to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and finally to the dean of the school.

UCLA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and by numerous special agencies. Information regarding the University's accreditation may be obtained from the Office of Academic Planning and Budget, 2107 Murphy Hall.

Health Policy & Management

higher than £ 9000