Excerpts from the syllabus and class guidance for a course entitled: “The Research Process” which is a required first semester course in the Doctor of Public Health Program and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill submitted by Thomas C. Ricketts, PhD, MPH.
Course Description: This course is designed to introduce doctoral students to the world of scientific and policy inquiry. This course is intended to start you on the road to the development of your dissertation. In this introductory phase, the emphasis is on the place of knowledge and the development of new ideas and approached to solving problems in society. This course is intended to start you on the way toward forming a question that will be the center of your dissertation.
