Table of Contents Sociology ........................................................................................ 44 Medical Sociology ................................................................... 44 Sociology ................................................................................. 46 Graduate ................................................................................................. 3 Grad Biomedical Sciences (Joint Health Sciences) .............................. 48 Grad About UAB ..................................................................................... 4 Biochemistry & Structural Biology Theme ...................................... 48 General Information ......................................................................... 4 Cancer Biology Theme .................................................................. 49 Non Academic Policies .................................................................... 6 Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology Theme ...................... 50 Trustees & Administration ................................................................ 7 Genetics and Genomic Sciences Theme ....................................... 52 Grad Academic & Student Resources .................................................. 10 Immunology Theme ....................................................................... 55 Admission ....................................................................................... 10 Microbiology Theme ....................................................................... 57 New Student Orientation ................................................................ 11 Neuroscience theme ...................................................................... 58 Student Life Activities and Organizations ....................................... 11 Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Theme ............................... 60 Student Services and Facilities ...................................................... 12 Grad School of Business ...................................................................... 63 Financial Information ...................................................................... 18 Accounting and Finance ................................................................ 63 Progress Toward a Degree ............................................................ 20 Business Administration ................................................................. 65 Completion of a Degree ................................................................. 21 Management, Information systems & Quantitative Methods .......... 66 Grad College of Arts & Sciences .......................................................... 24 Management Information Systems .......................................... 67 Interdisciplinary Programs .............................................................. 24 Grad School of Dentistry ...................................................................... 69 Computer Forensics and Security Management ..................... 24 Dentistry ......................................................................................... 69 Leonardo Art & Engineering Graduate Certificate ................... 25 DMD/PhD Program ........................................................................ 70 Anthropology .................................................................................. 26 Grad School of Education .................................................................... 72 Art & Art History ............................................................................. 28 Interdisciplinary Progams ............................................................... 72 Biology ........................................................................................... 29 Curriculum and Instruction ............................................................. 72 Chemistry ....................................................................................... 30 Art Education ........................................................................... 73 Communication Studies ................................................................. 31 Early Childhood Education ...................................................... 73 Communication Management .................................................. 31 Elementary Education ............................................................. 73 Computer & Information Sciences ................................................. 31 English as a Second Language .............................................. 74 English ........................................................................................... 32 Music Education ...................................................................... 74 History ............................................................................................ 33 Reading ................................................................................... 74 Government .................................................................................... 34 Secondary Education .............................................................. 74 Public Administration ............................................................... 34 Special Education .................................................................... 75 Justice Sciences ............................................................................ 37 Teacher Leader ....................................................................... 75 Criminal Justice ....................................................................... 37 Human Studies .............................................................................. 75 Forensic Science ..................................................................... 38 Grad School of Engineering ................................................................. 85 Mathematics ................................................................................... 38 Interdisciplinary Programs .............................................................. 85 Applied Mathematics ............................................................... 39 Interdisciplinary Engineering ................................................... 85 Mathematics ............................................................................ 39 Leonardo Art & Engineering Graduate Certificate ................... 87 Physics ........................................................................................... 40 Professional Degree Programs ...................................................... 88 Psychology ..................................................................................... 41 Advanced Safety Engineering and Management ..................... 88 Behavioral Neuroscience ......................................................... 43 Construction Engineering Management .................................. 88 Developmental Psychology ..................................................... 43 Information Engineering Management ..................................... 89 Medical/Clinical Psychology .................................................... 44 Biomedical Engineering ................................................................. 90 Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering ....................... 92 Applied Epidemiology ............................................................ 142 Civil Engineering ..................................................................... 92 Epidemiology ......................................................................... 143 Electrical and Computer Engineering ............................................. 94 Pharmacoepidemiology and Comparative Effectiveness Research ............................................................................... 143 Electrical Engineering .............................................................. 95 Clinical and Translational Science ........................................ 144 Computer Engineering ............................................................. 96 Health Behavior ............................................................................ 144 Materials Science and Engineering ................................................ 96 Clinical Research .................................................................. 145 Mechanical Engineering ................................................................. 98 Health Behavior ..................................................................... 146 Grad School of Health Professions .................................................... 101 Health Education and Health Promotion ............................... 147 Interdisciplinary Programs ............................................................ 101 Health Care Organization and Policy ........................................... 148 Health Focused Patient/Client management for Physical and Occupational Therapists ........................................................ 101 Health Care Organization ...................................................... 149 Rehabilitation Sciences ......................................................... 102 General Theory and Practice ................................................ 152 Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences ................................................. 103 Health Policy Quantitative Policy Analysis ............................ 153 Biotechnology ........................................................................ 103 Public Health Preparedness Management and Policy ........... 153 Clinical Laboratory Sciences ................................................. 104 Maternal and Child Health Policy and Leadership ................. 154 Genetic Counseling ............................................................... 105 Outcomes Research .............................................................. 154 Physican Assistant Studies ................................................... 106 The Graduate School ......................................................................... 156 Health Services Administration .................................................... 108 Graduate School Professional Development ................................ 156 Administrative Health Services .............................................. 108 Course Descriptions ............................................................................ 157 Health Administration ............................................................ 110 Faculty Listing ..................................................................................... 361 Health Informatics ................................................................. 111 Index ................................................................................................... 410 Nutrition Sciences ........................................................................ 111 Occupational Therapy .................................................................. 113 Physical Therapy .......................................................................... 119 Grad School of Medicine .................................................................... 122 Interdisciplinary Programs ............................................................ 122 Gerontology ........................................................................... 122 Medical Scientist Training Program ....................................... 123 Grad School of Nursing ...................................................................... 124 Grad School of Optometry .................................................................. 130 Vision Sciences ............................................................................ 130 Grad School of Public Health ............................................................. 132 Interdisciplinary Programs ............................................................ 133 Biostatistics .................................................................................. 134 Biostatistics ............................................................................ 135 Clinical and Translational Science ........................................ 136 Environmental Health Sciences ................................................... 137 Environmental Health Sciences ............................................. 137 Environmental Health/Toxicology .......................................... 138 Occupational Health & Safety ............................................... 139 Industrial Hygiene .................................................................. 140 Epidemiology ................................................................................ 142 The University of Alabama at Birmingham 3 Graduate Welcome to the UAB Graduate School We offer doctoral, post-masters education specialist, and master’s level programs, spanning across the disciplines. The UAB Graduate School seeks to nurture skills that transcend disciplinary boundaries, preparing graduate students to participate successfully in professional and academic arenas. With coordinated and interdisciplinary degree programs available, the UAB Graduate School offers students an opportunity to tailor their educational experience to their own career objective. 4 Grad About UAB Grad About UAB other offerings. The university’s faculty, staff, and students also serve as resources to the area through activities related to professional, economic, and cultural growth and development. Over four decades, UAB has evolved from an academic extension center Cultural Opportunities into an autonomous, comprehensive urban university and academic health center within the University of Alabama System. UAB has UAB’s urban location offers students unique cultural opportunities. established wide-ranging programs in six liberal arts and professional Located within walking distance of the campus is the Five Points South schools and six health-professional schools, with graduate programs district, where ethnic-style restaurants, shops, art galleries, and music serving all major units. The University has seen record overall enrollment clubs are located. Not far from campus are the Birmingham Museum for five consecutive years, with more than 18,500 students in Fall 2013. of Art, the Civil Rights Institute, the historic Alabama Theater, and the Classes are offered seven days a week. Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Other nearby sites include Sloss Furnace, a post-Civil War iron foundry which has been converted UAB is situated near downtown Birmingham and the historic Five Points into a museum and informal music hall, and Oak Mountain Amphitheater, South district. The campus stretches across 86 square blocks and an outdoor facility that features music-industry headliners during the occupies more than 100 primary buildings. UAB is Alabama’s largest spring and summer concert season. single-site employer, with more than 23,000 employees and an economic impact exceeding $5 billion annually on the state. UAB also has a flourishing arts program. As many as 30 major music events are produced each season at UAB, in addition to numerous General Information theater productions and student and professional art exhibitions. The Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center is a state-of-the-art facility Role Statement which now houses a 1,400-seat concert hall, a 350-seat theater, and a 150-seat recital hall, and eventually will house a fine arts computer UAB’s undergraduate instructional programs are broad-based and center, a band room, electronic music laboratories, practice rooms, designed to serve the needs of a diverse student body without sacrificing and rehearsal hall. The Center regularly schedules nationally and a strong general education foundation. Programs range from the liberal internationally known artists and orchestras and features faculty and arts and sciences to professionally oriented studies, including business, student productions and concerts. education, engineering, and the health disciplines. UAB’s graduate offerings are shaped by its location in the state’s largest metropolitan Student Life area, by its mandate to serve a large and heterogeneous constituency, by its responsibility to contribute to the economic and professional Graduate students at UAB have many opportunities to become involved development of Birmingham and the state, and by its role of providing in the life of the university. Information about additional groups, both on support to a nationally recognized academic health sciences center. and off campus, can be found in the UAB Student Handbook, Direction at http://www.uab.edu/handbook. Such organizations include: Graduate At the graduate level, programs serve the career needs of educators and Student Association (GSA), Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA) business leaders, as well as those involved in advancing the frontiers of and Graduate Career Awareness and Trends (GCAT). the health sciences. Training for health professionals is available through programs at the baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral, and professional The University of Alabama System degree levels. The University of Alabama was foreseen in the Constitutional Convention UAB also has the primary responsibility for meeting the state’s health in Huntsville, Alabama Territory, on July 5, 1819. At the second session professional needs. It offers a comprehensive range of programs which of the General Assembly, December 18, 1819, an act was passed encompass both basic preparation and sophisticated graduate and establishing a seminary of learning “to be denominated the University of specialty training in medicine, dentistry, optometry, nursing, the health Alabama.” The university opened for admission of students on April 18, professions, and public health. 1831, in Tuscaloosa. All public buildings except the observatory were burned by federal cavalrymen on April 4, 1865. Erection of new buildings As one of the nation’s leading research institutions, UAB emphasizes began in January 1867 and classroom instruction resumed in April 1869. both basic and applied research. Although the majority of the university’s research effort is in the biomedical sciences and related areas, all During the first half of the twentieth century and in addition to its regular instructional programs are expected to participate in research activities. educational programs at the Tuscaloosa campus, the university began UAB’s urban setting necessitates the development of research programs to offer additional educational opportunities to residents in urban that are responsive to the city’s economic, social, and cultural needs. communities throughout Alabama. Extension centers, offering both Much of the research conducted at UAB is interdisciplinary in nature and day and evening classes, were established in Birmingham, Huntsville, is organized through centers that bring together experts in a number Montgomery, Mobile, Dothan, and Gadsden. The Birmingham and of related fields to concentrate on a particular problem or issue. UAB Huntsville centers evolved into new university campuses, which were attracted more than $454 million in external research funding in 2012 and established in addition to the Tuscaloosa campus. currently ranks 21st in funding from the National Institutes of Health. UAB also ranks in the Carnegie Foundation’s highest tier for research activity In September 1966, all university operations in Birmingham were and in the "community engagement" classification, the only university in designated as the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) by the the state to hold both designations. University of Alabama Board of Trustees. This action established the University of Alabama in Birmingham as one of the three major campuses As the senior public doctoral-level institution in the state’s major urban of the university. The University of Alabama in Huntsville had been area, UAB is also committed to providing comprehensive programs initiated as a four-year school in 1964. in continuing education consistent with the quality and diversity of its The University of Alabama at Birmingham 5 In June 1969, the campuses were given autonomy within the framework Reading of the University of Alabama System, each having its own administrative Special Education structure with a president as the chief executive officer. A chancellor was Master of Arts in Counseling appointed in June 1976 as chief administrative officer of the system. In 1984, the name of the University of Alabama in Birmingham was changed Counseling to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Educational Specialist Schools and Degrees Educational Leadership This catalog contains information about graduate programs in the College Early Childhood Education of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Dentistry, School of Elementary Education Education, School of Engineering, School of Health Professions, School English as a Second Language of Nursing, School of Optometry, School of Public Health and the Joint Secondary Education Health Sciences. Special Education: Autism Spectrum Disorder Teacher Leadership Most UAB graduate students are working toward a degree; however, some have other educational goals. Graduate level degrees are usually Doctor of Education characterized by the level of master’s, specialist or doctoral. Educational Leadership1 College of Arts & Sciences Doctor of Philosophy Master of Arts Early Childhood Education English Health Education Promotion1 Anthropology5 School of Business Art History1 Communication Management Master of Accounting History Master of Business Administration Sociology Psychology School of Engineering Master of Public Administration Master of Science Master of Science Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Biology Engineering Chemistry Electrical Engineering Computer and Information Sciences Materials Engineering Computer Forensics and Security Management Mechanical Engineering Criminal Justice Forensic Science Doctor of Philosophy Mathematics Biomedical Engineering Physics Civil Engineering3 Doctor of Philosophy Computer Engineering4 Applied Mathematics2 Interdisciplinary Engineering Biology Materials Engineering1 Chemistry Materials Science2 Computer and Information Sciences Medical Sociology School of Health Professions Physics Master of Science Psychology Biotechnology School of Education Clinical Laboratory Science Genetic Counseling Master of Arts in Education Nutrition Sciences Arts Education Occupational Therapy Early Childhood Education Educational Leadership Elementary Education English as a Second Language Health Education High School Education Kinesiology 6 Grad About UAB Master of Science in Health Administration Immunization Policy Master of Science in Health Informatics UAB requires that first-time entering students, international students Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies and scholars, and students in health-related schools provide proof of immunization against certain diseases. Doctorate of Physical Therapy Non-Resident Tuition Policy Doctorate of Science Administration Health Services This policy addresses non-resident tuition, certification of residency status by campus officials, and establishment of campus policies to administer Doctor of Philosophy an appeals process. Administration Health Services Drug-Free Campus Policy for Students Nutrition Sciences Rehabilitation Sciences Unlawful possession, use, manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of illicit School of Nursing drugs, controlled substances, or alcoholic beverages by any UAB student is prohibited. Master of Science in Nursing Drug-Free Campus Policy for Students - Doctor of Nursing Practice Attachment A Doctor of Philosophy This attachment for the Drug-free Campus Policy for Students School of Optometry outlines the Federal penalties and sanctions for the illegal Master of Science possession of a controlled substance. Vision Sciences Drug-Free Campus Policy for Students - Attachment B Doctor of Philosophy Vision Sciences This attachment to the Drug-free Campus Policy for Students outlines the health risks associated with the use of drugs and School of Public Health alcohol. Master of Public Health Drug Free Campus/Workplace Policy - Master of Science in Public Health Attachment B.1 Clinical Research This Attachment to the Drug-Free Campus and Drug-Free Environmental Health Sciences Workplace Policies outlines effects related to the consumption of Epidemiology alcohol. Outcomes Research Drug-Free Campus Policy for Students - Doctor of Public Health Attachment C Public Health Management Outcomes Research This attachment to the Drug-Free Campus Policy describes Maternal & Child Health Policy available programs through UAB offering counseling and assistance for drug and alcohol abuse. Doctor of Philosophy Copyright Policy Environmental Health Sciences Epidemiology The University of Alabama at Birmingham (the "University") is dedicated Health Behavior to instruction, research and service to benefit society and encourages its Bio-statistics faculty, staff and students to carry out scholarly endeavors in an open Non-Academic Policies and free atmosphere, and to publish the results of such work without restraint, consistent with applicable law and policy. Equal Opportunity and Discriminatory Patent Policy Harassment Policy UAB encourages the development of procurement and licensing of patents for inventions in the interest of the public, the inventor, and the UAB is committed to equal opportunity in education and employment, and university. the maintenance and promotion of nondiscrimination and prevention of discriminatory harassment in all aspects of education, recruitment and Data Protection and Security Policy employment of individuals throughout the university. Data (electronic) created at UAB must be protected and maintained in accordance with all applicable federal and state laws and university policies. The University of Alabama at Birmingham 7 Student E-Mail Address Policy the student’s responsibility to check his or her e-mail regularly for distribution of official UAB communiqués. UAB recommends that November 10, 2003 e-mail be checked at least once a day, when practicable. UAB is not responsible for lost, rejected, or delayed e-mail forwarded See also: by UAB from a student’s "@UAB.EDU" address to off campus or unsupported e-mail services or providers. Such lost, rejected, or Electronic Data Processing Security Policy delayed e-mail does not absolve the student from responsibilities Acceptable Use Policy associated with an official UAB communiqué sent to the student’s official UAB e-mail address ("@UAB.EDU"). If there is a change in a Network Usage Guidelines student’s e-mail address to which the"@UAB.EDU" alias address is re-directed, it is the student’s responsibility to make the changes in Purpose the UAB e-mail registering system. UAB provides electronic mail resources in support of its instruction, UAB Responsibilities research, and service activities. The purpose of this policy is to establish the use of electronic mail (e-mail) as one of the official UAB will ensure that all students have access to an e-mail account methods for communicating with UAB students. and will provide means for students who do not otherwise have access to e-mail-capable computers to be able to check their e-mail Official Communications Using E-Mail through such mechanisms as computer labs, the UAB libraries, and Addresses public terminals. UAB will provide mechanisms to allow students to request that their e-mail addresses not be published in a similar way In a similar manner as mail distribution of paper communiqués to a that other student directory information is not published. However, student’s "permanent" address is considered an official method for unpublished e-mail addresses will be used for sending official UAB distributions to students, so also are official e-mail messages sent communiqués to students including communications to a group of by UAB to a student’s "@UAB.EDU" e-mail address considered students such as a course e-mail list. Students also will be provided an official distribution method. For purposes of this policy, "official" mechanisms for requesting that their e-mail addresses not be used communiqués or e-mails as used here are those established as for general UAB mailings that are not official communications with "official" through other approval mechanisms in place at UAB. students. UAB is not responsible for the handling or mishandling Student Requirements and of students’ e-mail by non-UAB providers or by unofficial (non- @UAB.EDU) e-mail servers. Responsibilities Student Records Policy Every student enrolled at UAB must have an e-mail address that ends with "@UAB.EDU". Such an e-mail address is required for The University of Alabama at Birmingham student records policy a student to register for UAB credit courses. It is the student’s complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of responsibility to obtain an official UAB e-mail address in a timely 1974, as amended. All students enrolled or previously enrolled at manner from the UAB e-mail registering system (BlazerID World UAB have certain rights with regard to information included in their Wide Web site). This will require the student also to have a valid, education records. These rights are the subject of this policy. current, and reliable electronic mailbox through an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or portal or on a server administered by the student’s Request to Withhold Directory Information PDF academic department, or on the central mail service provided by the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology. It is Trustees & Administration The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees The Honorable Robert Bentley Governor of Alabama President ex officio Thomas R. Bice, Ed.D. State Superintendent of Education ex officio Trustees Paul W. Bryant, Jr., President pro tempore Karen P. Brooks John H. England, Jr. 8 Grad About UAB Joseph C. Espy III Ronald W. Gray Andria Scott Hurst John D. Johns Vanessa Leonard W. Davis Malone, III Harris V. Morrissette Finis E. St. John IV William Britt Sexton Marietta M. Urquhart Kenneth L. Vandervoort, M.D. James W. Wilson, III Trustees Emeriti Frank H. Bromberg, Jr. Angus R. Cooper II Oliver H. Delchamps, Jr. Garry Neil Drummond Jack Edwards Joseph L. Fine Sandral Hullett, M.D. John J. McMahon, Jr. Peter L. Lowe Sidney L. McDonald John T. Oliver, Jr. Joe H. Ritch Yetta G. Samford, Jr. Cleophus Thomas, Jr. John Russell Thomas The University of Alabama System Administration Chancellor Robert E. Witt, Ph.D. Secretary of the Board Michael A. Bownes The University of Alabama at Birmingham Administration Ray L. Watts, M.D., President Linda Lucas, Ph.D., Provost The University of Alabama at Birmingham 9 Louis Dale, Ph.D., Vice President, Equity and Diversity William Ferniany, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer, UAB Health System Selwyn Vickers, M.D., Senior Vice President and Dean, School of Medicine Shirley Salloway Kahn, Ph.D., Vice President, Development, Alumni and External Affairs Richard B. Marchase, Ph.D., Vice President, Research and Economic Development Richard L. Margison, Vice President, Financial Affairs and Administration Doug Rigney, Ph.D., Interim Vice President, Information Technology Suzanne Austin, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Student and Faculty Success Harlan M. Sands, J.D., Vice Provost for Administration and Quality Improvement Iwan Alexander, Ph.D., Dean, School of Engineering Doreen Harper, Ph.D., RN, Dean, School of Nursing Eric Jack, Ph.D., Dean, Collat School of Business Harold P. Jones, Ph.D., Dean, School of Health Professions Max Michael III, M.D., Dean, School of Public Health Bryan D. Noe, Ph.D., Dean, Graduate School Rodney Nowakowski , O.D., Ph.D., Dean, School of Optometry Robert E. Palazzo, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Michael Reddy, D.M.D., D.M.SC. Dean, School of Dentistry Deborah Voltz, Ed.D, Dean, School of Education Brent Gage, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Enrollment Management Gregg M. Janowski, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Assessment and Accreditation