VeniUniversity

Doctorate of Philosophy in Public Health

DESCRIPTION

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM

The courses offered by VCCU are 100% online, available to students in a virtual environment (synchronous classes), and can be taken from anywhere.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Professionals in the health area and related areas.

GOAL:

To deepen the knowledge about the sciences that support the understanding and investigation of the determinants of social production, diseases, epidemics, and the organization of health services, according to the model of care and support recommended by official agencies.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The students will study through an online platform where they will have access to classes, complementary content, support, and monitoring.

Faculty formed by professors with PhDs in areas related to the curricular components of the course.

Our courses are registered and recognized by the United States Government and valid in more than 100 countries that are signatories to the Hague Apostille.

AREA OF CONCENTRATION:

Health Sciences.

RESEARCH LINES:

Line 1: Public Health Policies.

Line 2: Society, Health, and Sustainability.

Line 3: Health, Life Cycles, Gender, and Society.

Line 4: Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases.

ESTIMATED DURATION: 48 MONTHS

  • 24 months of course components;
  • 24 months for the preparation of the Dissertation through direct guidance.
  • The examining board takes place in the 48th (forty-eighth) month (if the student does not complete the dissertation, they will request an extension of the course and pay the tuition fees normally).
  • The student must make 04 academic publications during the period of studies.

 

  • Epidemiology: prevention, control, and treatment actions
  • Statistical Methods Applied to Health II
  • Special Topics in Public Health
  • Health Systems
  • Educational Actions in Health and promotion of collective health
  • Health-disease process and equity
  • Teaching in Higher Education II
  • Techniques for preparing Health Research Projects II
  • Health Research Project II
  • Training in Academic Orientation I
  • Training in Academic Orientation II
  • Assessment of Health Policies and Technologies
  • Society, Culture, and Public Health
  • Health and disease prevention in the different cycles of human life
  • Ways of life and exposure to risks by different agents
  • Research and Development of the Dissertation
  • Presentation for the qualification of the research
  • Dissertation Presentation
  • Proficiency in a Foreign Language

  Total Hour Volume: 1590 hours

  Total Credits Volume: 109 credits

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