University of South Carolina, School of Public Health, Dept. of Health Administration

Doctoral Cognate in Health Administration

Doctoral candidates outside of the Department of Health Administration who wish a cognate area in Health Administration must satisfactorily complete twelve (12) semester hours in relevant course work at the 700 or 800 level (or equivalent) as described below and earn a "pass" or better in both the written and oral components of the comprehensive examination pertaining to Health Administration. All course work must be satisfactorily completed before the student is eligible to take the comprehensive examination. A Health Administration faculty member must supervise the cognate, and must be a member of the student's comprehensive examination committee, with responsibility for the cognate component of the comprehensive examination.

Up to six of the twelve required semester hours may be in previous graduate courses. The student must meet the Graduate School's time criterion: "All work applied toward the Ph.D., exclusive of the master's degree portion, should be completed within eight years prior to graduation." Students seeking cognate credit for a course must submit the course syllabus for approval to the Health Administration doctoral faculty.

The cognate requires at least six hours of 700 and 800 level courses in Health Administration. The courses must include HADM 845 and HADM 846. 


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July 23, 1998