Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) Curriculum (45 credits) - Department of Health Systems and Policy
Students seeking the M.P.H. in health systems and policy degree must complete 45 credits of academic work with a minimum GPA of least 3.0; earn no more than 9 credits bearing grades less than B; and complete the degree requirements within six years. Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted. CORE COURSES
(15 credits)
- PHCO 0501 - Health Systems
and Policy
- PHCO 0502 - Principles and
Methods of Epidemiology (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
- PHCO 0503 - Introduction
to Environmental Health
- PHCO 0504 - Introduction
to Biostatistics (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
- PHCO 0505 - Health
Education and Behavioral Science in Public Health
FIELDWORK (6
credits)
- FDWC 0600 - Fieldwork I (1
credit)
- FDWC 0601 - Fieldwork II
(5 credits)
REQUIRED
COURSES (15 credits)
- HSAP 0615 - Health Care Economics
- HSAP 0616 - Public Health
Ethics and Law
-also-
Choose one of the following two:
- HSAP 0614 - Health Services
and Policy Research Methods
- HSAP 0617 - Health
Services Research and Evaluation
-also-
Choose one of the following three:
- HSAP 0666 - Public Health:
Policy and Practice
- HSAP 0671 - Topics in Health
Systems and Health Care Policy
- HSAP 9568 - Health Care
Policy
-also-
Choose one of the following two:
- HSAP 0519 - Managing
Health Care Delivery
- HSAP 0665 - Public Health
Management and Practice
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (9 credits)
- HSAP 0515 - Data for Health Services Research and Policy
- HSAP 0560 - Foundations in Maternal and Child Health
- HSAP 0565 - Health Politics and Policy
- HSAP 0590 - Readings/Research
Topics in Health Care Organization and Administration
- HSAP 0614 - Health Services
and Policy Research Methods
- HSAP 0619 - Public Health
Applications in Developing Countries
- HSAP 0663 - Issues in
Private and Public Health Insurance
- HSAP 0666 - Public Health:
Policy and Practice
- HSAP 0670 - Neighborhoods, Health Systems, and Population Health
- HSAP 0671 - Topics in
Health Systems and Health Care Policy
- HSAP 0672 - Theories of
Development and Global Public Health
- HSAP 0673 - Population Health and Public Policy
- HSAP 0674 - U.S. Mental Health Policy
- EPID 0563 - Introduction to Outcomes Research
- EPID 0673 - Social Epidemiology
- ENOH 0600 - Introduction
to Global Health
- ENOH 0601 - Global Noncommunicable Disease and Environmental Risk Factors
- HEBS 0677 - Community Organization and Advocacy
Students
may select a cross-department option leading to a concentration in quantitative health care assessment. This option requires 45 credits
that include all core courses (15 credits) and credits from the Department of Health
Systems and Policy as well as the Department of Epidemiology (24 credits). Six credits of fieldwork
approved by the chairs of the Departments of Health Systems and Policy and Epidemiology
are also required. Please see Department of Epidemiology website for details.
