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The general Mechanical Engineering Ph.D. requires a minimum of 24 semester course credits (post masters) and at least 14 credits of dissertation research. Of the 24 course credits, 18 must be in Mechanical Engineering courses, 8 of which must be at the 7000 level. The Ph.D. degree in the OIPRT program with emphasis in Occupational Safety Engineering requires a total of 41 course credits (post-master’s), 6 practicum credits and 14 dissertation credits for a total of 61 credits. (Students may enter the program without a master’s degree but will be required to take 13 additional course credits.)

The general Public Health Ph.D. requires a minimum of 47 semester course credits, 6 practicum credits and 15 dissertation credits for a total of 68 credits. The Ph.D. degree in the OIPRT program with emphasis in Occupational Injury Epidemiology mirrors the Public Health requirements exactly (47 course credits including prerequisites, 6 practicum credits, 15 dissertation credits, 68 total credits.)

Mechanical Engineering OIPRT – Occupational Safety Engineering Emphasis (OSE)

Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours	Instructor
	PhD in Mechanical Engineering Prerequisites: M.S. Degree (Engineering) including the following (or equal). (May be taken as part of PhD program.)
ME 6100	Ergonomics	3	Bloswick
ME 6110	Intorduction to Industrial Safety	3	Bloswick
FPMD 6100	Introduction to Biostatistics	3	Alder
FPMD 6300	Epidemiology I	3	Lyon
	OIP Program Prerequisite Credits:	12
	Program Requirements:
FPMD 6101	Introduction to SAS Programming	3	Kim
FPMD 6607	Injury Surveillance	3	Suruda
FPMD 6703	Occupational Injuries and Diseases	3	Hegmann
FPMD 7300	Epidemiology II	3	Kim
FPMD 7720	Occupational Epidemiology	3	Hegmann
ESS 6560	Experimental Design and Analysis	3	Schultz
ME 6040	Quality Assurance	3	Hoeppner
ME 7100	Advanced Ergonomics and Occupational Biomechanics	3	Bloswick
ME 7100	System Safety	3	Bloswick
ME 6130	Deisgn Implications for Human Machine Systems	3	Sesek
ME 6960-3	Engineering Control and Injury Prevention	3	Sesek
ME 6960-4	Work Physiology and Occupational Heat Stress	2	Bernard
ME 7960	Computer Applications & Research Methods in Occupational Injury Prevention	3	Sesek
ME 6960-6	Interdisciplinary Seminar in Occupational Injury Prevention	1	Bloswick
ME 7XXX	ME Elective	3	Staff
ME 7XXX	ME Electives if student does not start program with MS degree	(6)	Staff
	Other Electives if student does not start program with MS degree	(7)	Staff
	Total Course Credits:	41 (54)
	Research Practicum and Dissertation:
ME 6960-7	Research Practicum in OIP	6
ME 7970	Dissertation Hours	14
	Subtotal Practicum and Dissertation Credits:	17
	Total Degree Required Credits:	61 (74)

Public Health OIPRT – Occupational Injury Epidemiology Emphasis (OIE)

Course #	Course Title	Credit Hours	Instructor
	PhD in Public Health Prerequisites: Undergraduate degree including the following (or equal). (May be taken as part of PhD program.)
FPMD 6100	Introduction to Biostatistics	3	Alder
FPMD 6300	Epidemiology I	3	Lyon
FPMD 6311	Research Design	3	Alder
FPMD 6600	Social Context of Medicine	3	Byrd
	OIP Program Prerequisite Credits:	12
	Core Public Health PhD Program Requirements:
FPMD 6101	Introduction to SAS Programming	3	Kim
FPMD 6340	Infectious Disease Epidemiology	3	Alder
FPMD 7100	Biostatistics II	3	Holubkov
FPMD 7300	Epidemiology II	3	Kim
FPMD 7310	Advanced Research Design	3	Alder
FPMD 7530	Design Implementation and Evaluation of Public Health Programs	3	White
FPMD 7640	Advanced Social Context of Medicine	3	Byrd
FPMD 6501	Public Health Graduate Seminar	1
FPMD 6610	Public Health Ethics	1
	Subtotal Core Program Credits:	12
	OIP Emphasis Courses:
FPMD 6607	Injury Surveillance	2	Suruda
FPMD 6703	Occupational Injuries and Diseases	3	Hegmann
FPMD 7720	Occupational Epidemiology	3	Hegmann
ME 6100	Ergonomics	3	Bloswick
ME 6110	Introduction to Industrial Safety	3	Bloswick
ME 7960	Computer Applications & Research Methods in Occupational Injury Prevention	3	Sesek
ME 6960-6	Interdisciplinary Seminar in Occupational Injury Prevention	1	Bloswick
ME 6960-3	Engineering Control and Injury Prevention	3	Sesek
FPMD 7140	Survival Methods and Logisstic Regression	3	Holubkov
	Subtotal OIP Empahsis Credits:	24
	Total Course Credits:	47
	Research/Teaching Practicum and Dissertation:
FPMD 7965	Research Practicum in OIP	6
FPMD 7900	Dissertation Hours	15
	Subtotal Practicum and Dissertation Credits:	21
	Total Required Degree Credits:	68

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