The Admission Committee will review all of the applications, and provide a summary report and recommendation at a faculty meeting. If there is an objection to the Admission Committee's recommendation, a vote will be taken, and the majority will make the decision. The advisor for the K30 physician-students is the K30 Program Director. There should be equitable distribution of the students among advisors. All new students should have an advisor assigned by the Master's Program Curriculum Director upon entry into the graduate program.
Students can change advisors.
A minimum of 36 credits is required for the Master of Science degree in Health Evaluation Sciences. There is a body of Core courses and all students must take 24 credits from this body. Five credits of Elective courses must be taken from courses offered by the HES Graduate Program. Other Electives may be selected from courses offered by the HES Graduate Program or alternative graduate level courses after review and approval by the student's advisor and Master's Program Curriculum Director. If the Elective is a non-PSU graduate level course, the substitution must be reviewed and approved by the student's advisor, Master's Program Curriculum Director, and the Graduate School.