PhD in Interdisciplinary Health Studies

After reading posts on this forum for a year, and completing my own research of various programs, I have thrown my hat in the ring for admission to the doctoral program at Western Michigan University in Interdisciplinary Health Studies.

While not an entirely DL program, it has some interesting features:
The major residency requirement is three weeks on campus, two separate summers.

There is typically one course each term that requires 3 weekends attendance.

The rest of the curriculum allows DL coursework, or attendance at any other Michigan university with transfer credits, or if one decides to satify specialization (cognate) courses out of state, that can be done with any RA school-DL or not.

It is a 63 hour program, RA status, actually B&M status, allows me to pay instate tuition (although I am hoping for fellowship money) and I think it is possible to be ABD in two years (starting from fall 04--beginning of next cohort).

For interested parties, here is the URL: www.wmich.edu/hhs/doc_program/index.html

Thanks to everyone who posted responses to me during this time of investigation, happy to answer questions about this program.

Tom

 

Greetings Old Hoosier from an Old Briar Jumper / half Hoosier

Just found your post and am wondering if you have found success in the program.

I am exploring PhD DL programs in Health Promotion area. Thus far I am lukewarm on the US DL programs mostly due to costs. I am looking now at Charles Sturt University, U of New England, Deakin U (all in Australia) and University of South Africa. I may wind up doing a 'health psychology' program. These are all research degrees. I'm wondering if you looked into any of these. I'm not in MI so your program probably wouldn't work for me, though it sounds like a good plan for MI residents.

 

Actually we have people in the program from Indianapolis, Atlanta, Iowa and North Carolina.

They won't accept applications again for two years, each cohort is a two year hitch.

Actually it is a terrific program.

 

thanks!

I'll have to check out the program. If there is a cohort in Atlanta, that is a 5 hour drive but a possibility. I'm closer to Savannah and to Jacksonville, FL. One never knows . . .

 

Sorry to disappoint you, but there is only one cohort and it meets in K-zoo. They will not take admissions to a new cohort until fall 2006.

 

MattR
Virginia COmmonwealth University also has a distance doc in health sciences. I think it specializes in rehabilitation leadership, but there may be other options to consider. It requires two weeks a year on campus.

 

good info- also see UMDNJ

Thanks for the information. This has sent me off on yet another Google search to see what programs I may have missed (those not yet in Bear's Guide). VCU has promise.

FYI, just found another promising 'bricks and morter' school with DL PhD in Health Science, UMDNJ http://www.umdnj.edu/clsweb/ with only 2 days residency required with an on campus presentation, in addition to defending of course.

If anyone knows of others, I'm all ears