Example Curriculum

• BBH 501 Biobehavioral Systems in Health and Development: Theory and Processes (3) — Examination of theories and basic processes for understanding individuals as dynamic biobehavioral complex systems functioning through continual interactions.
• BBH 505 Behavioral Health Research Strategies (3) — Research strategies in behavioral health investigations are examined. Designs and data analytic models relevant to biobehavioral research are included.
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6)
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

• BBH 503 Biobehavioral Systems in Health and Development: Processes and Integration (3) — Examination and integration of basic processes for understanding individuals as dynamic biobehavioral complex systems functioning through continual interactions.
• BBH 504 Behavioral Health Intervention Strategies (3) — Evaluation of intervention strategies from a biobehavioral health context. Theories of change processes as they pertain to health are analyzed.
• BBH 506/597 (3) — Continuation of data analytic models relevant to biobehavioral research.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6) 

Note: It is optional to take courses over the summer.

First-year summer semester

• BBH 597A: Social Change in Human Development (3 credits)
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• BBH 597B: Applied Methodology (3 credits)

Second-year fall semester

• BBH 502 Health: Biobehavioral Perspectives (3) — Introduction to the role of psychology in maintaining health and in treating nonpsychiatric disorders.
• ADTED 550 Qualitative Research in Adult Education (3) — Introduction to the theory, principles, and practice of qualitative research.
• HDFS 597C: Quantitative Methods in Intervention Science (3 credits)
• Pass Candidacy

Second-year spring semester

• AEE 597B: Multivariate Data Analysis (3 credits)
• EDTHP 588: Qualitative Methods II (3 credits)
• SOC 597D: Social Networks (3 credits)

Third-year fall semester

• AEE 551: Basic Applied Data (3 credits)
• BBH 551 World Health Promotion (3) — Analysis of the various health problems that affect humans throughout the world; emphasis will be placed on personal health issues.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Third-year spring semester

• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• SOC 592 Writing for Publication in the Social Sciences (3) — Systematic, collective review of unpublished student manuscripts with an eye toward revision for publication.
• Pass Comprehensive Exams

Fourth-year fall semester

• BBH 601: PhD Full-Time Dissertation Work

Fourth-year spring semester

• BBH 601: PhD Full-Time Dissertation Work
• Defend Dissertation in May

Fourth-year summer semester

• Graduate in August

Second-year fall semester

• BBH 502 Health: Biobehavioral Perspectives (3) — Introduction to the role of psychology in maintaining health and in treating nonpsychiatric disorders.
• BBH 521 Structural Equation Modeling (3) — Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL and Amos. Confirmatory factor analysis; regression and path analysis with manifest/latent variables; special applications.
• NUTR 513 Atherosclerosis and Nutrition (2) — The etiology and pathophysiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on nutritionally-related aspects.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Second-year spring semester

• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• NUTR 597C Survey Data with SAS (3)

Third-year fall semester

• NUTR 501 Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism I (4) — Integration of nutritional, biomedical, biochemical, physiological, and hormonal processes involved in carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Third-year spring semester

• NUTR 502 Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism II (3) — Complementary to NUTR 501 with an emphasis on metabolic roles of vitamin and mineral elements.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Fourth-year fall semester

• NUTR 520 Readings in Nutrition (1 per semester/maximum of 2) — Readings and reports of selected topics in nutrition.
• NUTR 600 Thesis Research (1-15)
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6)

Fourth-year spring semester

• NUTR 520 Readings in Nutrition (1 per semester/maximum of 2) — Readings and reports of selected topics in nutrition.
• NUTR 551 Seminar in Nutrition (1-6) — Selected topics and recent advances in nutrition.

First-year summer semester

• STAT 500 Applied Statistics (3) — Descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, power, estimation, confidence intervals, regression, one- and 2-way ANOVA, Chi-square tests, diagnostics.
• STAT 480 Introduction to SAS (1) — Introduction to SAS with emphasis on reading, manipulating, and summarizing data.

Second-year fall semester

• BBH 502 (PSY 502) Health: Biobehavioral Perspectives (3) — Introduction to the role of psychology in maintaining health and in treating nonpsychiatric disorders.
• STAT 501 Regression Methods (3) — Analysis of research data through simple and multiple regression and correlation; polynomial models; indicator variables; step-wise, piece-wise, and logistic regression.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6)
• Pass Candidacy

Second-year spring semester

• AEE 597B: Multivariate Data Analysis (3 credits)
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6)
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• Complete Requirements for Master's Degree in Biobehavioral Health

Third-year fall semester

• STAT 509 Design and Analysis of Clinical Trials (3) — An introduction to the design and statistical analysis of randomized and observational studies in biomedical research.
• HDFS 517 Multivariate Study of Change and Human Development (3) — Models of development and change derived from empirical research utilizing multivariate research design and procedures.
• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.

Third-year spring semester

• BBH 596 Individual Studies (1-9) — Creative projects, including non-thesis research, are supervised on an individual basis and fall outside the scope of formal courses.
• BBH 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching (1-3 per semester, maximum of 6)
• Pass Comprehensive Examination

Fourth-year fall semester

• PHS 550 Principles of Epidemiology (3) — Topics include measurements, surveillance, outbreak investigation, bias, and study design.
• BBH 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Research Full Time (no credit designation)

Fourth-year spring semester

• IBIOS 591 Ethics in the Life Sciences (1) — An examination of integrity and misconduct in life sciences research, including issues of data collection, publication, authorship, and peer review.
• BBH 601 Ph.D. Dissertation Research Full Time (no credit designation)

Fifth-year fall and spring semesters

• BBH 601: Ph.D. Dissertation Research Full Time (no credit designation)
• Defend Dissertation in Spring
• Receive Doctorate in August