Policy, Health, and Administration
The
Policy, Health, and Administration sequence of courses
represent a series of skills and competences that extend among and
between the major program and discipline areas including:
- 501 Health Administration
- 652 Medical Ethics and Policy
- 762 Planning and Public Policy
- 832 Public Health
- 833 Public Policy
- 843 Public Administration and Management
- 971 Urban Planning and Design
- 975 Urban Studies
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10:775:101
Introduction to Planning, Policy, and Health (3)
Overview of public health, public policy, and urban planning with an emphasis on how these fields intersect in a U.S. context.
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10:775:205
Basic Statistical Methods (4)
Introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, data presentation, and analysis: sampling methods, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, and chi-square.
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10:775:297
Exploratory Internship (BA)
Working with a health care professional, students learn about the roles and functions within the field.
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10:775:300
Writing for Professionals (3)
Formulate ideas, use critical thinking, and analyze information to produce the types of appropriate, clear, and effective writing used by professionals.
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10:775:395
Research Methods (4)
Research concepts and skills applied to public health, public policy, and planning. Includes development of original and online data sources, coding, appropriate selection of statistical methods for analysis, and professional presentation of results.
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10:775:396
Data Visualization for Health, Administration, and Policy (3)
Learn how to design and create ways to communicate numeric information
to public health, policy, planning, and administrative audiences using
Excel and other common software. Formats include infographics, fact
sheets, and slides for budget and other presentations.
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10:775:450
Leadership Seminar (3)
Application and synthesis of skills to analyze options, set priorities, communicate goals, and demonstrate emotional intelligence. Focus on leadership, collaboration, professionalism, and project management.
Open to majors only.
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10:775:497,498
Bloustein Honors Research I,II (3,3)
Bloustein Honors Research I,II is a two-semester, six-credit course sequence for students enrolled in the Bloustein Honors Research Program. The program is a formal, supervised yearlong project that involves both a peer classroom learning environment under the guidance of the course instructor and research with an individual faculty mentor.
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10:775:499
Professional Practice Internship (6)
Completion of a 225-hour professional experience requiring completion of an outcomes-driven project under the supervision of a field preceptor and a faculty supervisor. Projects are presented in a public forum.
Prerequisites: 10:775:395, 10:775:450, and 100 credits toward graduation.
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Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy 
