Curriculum

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)
Note: Students should review the Course Descriptions in the School Catalog for specific information about prerequisites required for required courses and recommended electives.

• 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
  
• HOPE 9511 - Economic Modeling of Pharmaceuticals and Other Interventions (2 credits)
  
• HOPE 9512 - Outcome Research Operations (1 credit)
  

RECOMMENDED ELECTIVE COURSES (6 credits)

• HBSP 0600 - Health Behavior & Policy Research Design
• HBSP 0625 - Issues in Private & Public Health Insurance
  
• EPID 0591 - Topics in Comparative Effectiveness Research in Health Care
• EPID 0657 - Applied Methods in Epidemiologic Research
• EPID 0678 - Analysis Real World Pharmaceutical Data
  
• EPID 0629 - Meta-Analysis
• EPID 0601 - Cancer Epidemiology
  
• EPID 0676 - Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology
• BIST 0660 - Clinical Trials: Design & Analysis of Medical Experiments
• BIST 0610 - Advanced Regression Methods for Public Health
• BIST 0627 - Applied Survival Data Analysis
  
• PHEL 0581 - Independent Study in Health Economics