Health Management and Policy is concerned with the administration and management of public, not-for-profit and community-based health care organizations, formulating and implementing health care policy, analyzing the distribution of and access to health care services, financing and reimbursement of health care services and evaluating quality and outcomes of health care services and programs. The Health Management and Policy track draws upon a variety of disciplines, including health administration, health policy, public administration, business, public health law, health ethics and economics.
HEALTH MANAGEMENT & POLICY CONCENTRATION, 21 credit hours
| COURSE NUMBER | COURSE TITLE | CREDIT HOURS | REQUIRED OR ELECTIVE |
| PHPB 7170 | Public Health Leadership and Policy | 3 | Required |
| PHPB 7330 | Health Care Management and Finance | 3 | Required |
| PHPB 8250 | Health Economics and Policy | 3 | Required |
| COURSE NUMBER - TITLE | CREDIT HOURS | REQUIRED OR ELECTIVE |
Select at least one (1) course from the following HMGP List A of approved elective courses:
Other appropriate research methods/statistics courses may be approved by the Division Director on the Master of Public Health Graduation Petition form Students should receive approval from the Division Director prior to enrolling in, paying for, and completing the course. |
3 | Required |
Select at least two (2) course from the following HMGP List B of approved elective courses:
Other appropriate research methods/statistics courses may be approved by the Division Director on the Master of Public Health Graduation Petition form Students should receive approval from the Division Director prior to enrolling in, paying for, and completing the course. |
6 | Electives |
Select at least one (1) course from the following HMGP List C of approved elective courses:
Other appropriate research methods/statistics courses may be approved by the Division Director on the Master of Public Health Graduation Petition form Students should receive approval from the Division Director prior to enrolling in, paying for, and completing the course. |
3 | Elective |
Health Services and Policy Research Concentration (PHD only)
| COURSE NUMBER/TITLE | TOTAL CREDIT HOURS |
Required Concentration Courses:
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9 |
| Advanced Research Methods, Statistics and Electives Courses:
Select at least 6 pre-approved courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
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12 |
- PH 7130, Leadership and Public Health, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
- PH 7170, Public Health Policy, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
- PH 8250, Health Economics and Policy, 3 credit hours, REQUIRED
Select 2 courses from the following HMGP list A of approved elective courses: 6 credit hours
- PH 7012, Health Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
- PH 7300, Urban Health
- PH 7340, Built Environment and Health
- PH 7521, Evaluation Research
- PH 7535, Dissemination and Implementation Science
- PH 7600, Global Health
Select 1 course from the following HMGP list B of approved elective courses: 3 credit hours
- PH 7325, Urban Health Seminar (1 credit course that may be taken 3 times to count as a 3-hour elective)
- PH 7522, Qualitative Research
- PH 7525, Statistical Computing
- PH 7555, Disability & Public Health
- PH 7565, Disability Policy
- PH 7570, Childhood Obesity Prevention
- PH 8290, Population Health Informatics
- HA 8190, Health Policy and Ethics
- HA 8250, Health Economics and Financing
- HA 8700, Health Services Research and Evaluation Methods
- HHS 8000, Trends Affecting Health Policies, Practices, Laws
- LAW 7244, Public Health Law
- PMAP 8010, Social Policy
- PMAP 8431, Leadership and Organizational Behavior
- PMAP 8531, Policy Analysis
- SOC 7110, Aging Policy and Services
Required Concentration Courses: 9 credit hours
- PH 9220, Principles of Health Service Research I: Thematic Background
- PH 9240, Principles of Health Service Research II: Basic Methods
- PH 8250, Health Economics and Policy
Advanced Research Methods, Statistics and Electives Courses: 18 credit hours
Select at least 6 pre-approved courses in consultation with the Faculty Advisor.
- PH 8285, Social Determinants of Health
- PH 8830, Advanced Statistical Topics
- PH 8885, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials
- PH 8890, Special Topics in Biostatistics
- PH 8290, Population Health Informatics
- ECON 8220, Human Resources and Labor Markets
- PMAP 8141, Microeconomics for Public Policy
- PMAP 8521, Evaluation Research: Design and Practice
- PMAP 9211, Applying Research to Policymaking: Examples from Health Care Policy
- SOCI 8020, Research Methodology
- SOCI 8118, Aging, Health, and Disability
- SOCI 8234, Race-Ethnicity and Health
- STAT 8090, Applied Multivariate Statistics
- STAT 8760, Sample Surveys
Other appropriate research methods/statistics courses may be approved by the Faculty Advisor on the Doctoral Program of Study form.