All doctoral students are required to demonstrate competence in epidemiology, program planning and evaluation, and behavioral foundations. Courses currently offered by the Department of Health Promotion and Behavior and other related departments are listed and described later in this booklet. Cognate area courses. The cognates serve to enhance the student's content background and research competency. Health Communications - theory and research in factors that determine communication channels as they apply to health messages at the individual, community, and national levels.
Students develop methodological skills appropriate to their research interests.
Statistics will provide the core of the research methods. Students will select additional courses specific to their emerging research specialty. Choices for this second area include computer utilization, qualitative methods, or advanced statistics. Admission Procedures Prospective candidates for graduate study in Health Promotion and Behavior must first satisfy the requirements for admission to full graduate standing in the Graduate School of the University of Georgia. Information concerning this test, centers, and dates of administration may be obtained by writing to the Educational Testing Service, Graduate Record Examination, CN 6000, Princeton, New Jersey, 08541.