Doctor in Community Health

College of Pharmacy

Course Sequence: 15 8-Week Blocks (Cohort Model)

FIRST YEAR

First 8-Week Block Second 8-Week Block
DCH 7103 Health Cultural Competency

Total (3) | DCH 7113 Critical Thought and Informed Action   Total (3) | | Third 8-Week Block | Fourth 8-Week Block | | DCH 7123 Design Reasoning: Strategic Choice   Total (3) | DCH 7133 Innovation in Modern Healthcare   Total (3) | | Fifth 8-Week Block | | | DCH 7143 Leading Interdisciplinary Teams   Total (3) | |

SECOND YEAR

Sixth 8-Week Block Seventh 8-Week Block
DCH 7153 Operational Excellence

Total (3) | DCH 7163 Financial Planning for Community Health   Total (3) | | Eighth 8-Week Block | Ninth 8-Week Block | | Choose one course (3 hours) Area of Study   DCH 7213 Innovative Healthcare Leadership DCH 7313 Advanced Lifestyle Strategies DCH 7413 Quality by Design   Total (3) | Choose one course (3 hours) according to Area of Study:   DCH 7223 Agile Leadership: Navigating Leadership DCH 7323 Consult in Rural Community Healthcare DCH 7423 Quality Measurement   Total (3) | | Tenth 8-Week Block | | | DCH 7503 Implementation Research: Linked Evidence   Choose one course (3 hours) according to Area of Study: DCH 7233 Entrepreneurship and Consulting in Healthcare DCH 7333 Family Health Programming DCH 7433 Quality Improvement   Total (6) | |

THIRD YEAR

Eleventh 8-Week Block Twelfth 8-Week Block
DCH 7513 Qualitative Methods: Get Your Code On!

Total (3) | DCH 7523 Field Research   Total (3) | | Thirteenth 8-Week Block | Fourteenth 8-Week Block | | DCH 7523 Field Research   Total (3) | DCH 7523 Field Research   Total (3) | | Fifteenth 8-Week Block | | | DCH 7523 Field Research   Total (3) | |

Weeks 12 – 15 represent the minimum number of field research hours (12 hours) required to complete the degree. A student may take DCH 7523 up to and additional six 8-week blocks or 18 hours for a maximum total of 30 Field Research hours.