Students seeking the M.S. in health outcomes, policy, and economics degree must complete 40 credits of academic work with a minimum GPA of at least 3.0; earn no more than 6 credits bearing grades less than B; and complete the degree requirements within five years. Courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

• PHCO 0501 - Health Systems and Policy
  
• PHCO 0502 - Principles and Methods of Epidemiology
• PHCO 0504 - Introduction to Biostatistics (Prerequisite: Quantitative Skills Assessment)
• PHCO 0514 - Public Health Foundations for MS-HOPE (1 credit)

CONCENTRATION REQUIRED COURSES (18 credits)

• BIST 0535 - Biostatistical Computing
  
• BIST 0551 - Applied Regression Analysis for Public Health Studies
  
• EPID 0563 - Introduction to Outcomes Research
  
• EPID 0656 - Intermediate Epidemiologic Research Methods
  
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• HOPE 9511 - Economic Modeling of Pharmaceuticals and Other Interventions (2 credits)
  
• HOPE 9512 - Outcome Research Operations (1 credit)
  

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 credits)

• BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis of Medical Experiments
• EPID 0591 - Topics in Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Care
• EPID 0657 - Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research
• EPID 0672 - Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management
• 30:725:488 - Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology
• HSAP 0545 - Cost Effectiveness in Public Health and Medicine
  
• HSAP 0614 - Health Services and Policy Research Methods
• HSAP 0663 - Issues in Private and Public Health Insurance
• IDST 6400 - Evidence-Based Literature Review