Degrees Offered, Concentrations, and Course Requirements
The Health Policy and Systems Management program offers an MPH degree concentrating in Health Systems Management. All students are required to take foundation courses in behavioral health sciences, biologic basis of health, biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, ethics and health systems management.
In additional to the required health systems management curriculum, students may take elective courses that focus on quality and cost effectiveness in the health care delivery systems and on the information systems that support them. Required and elective advanced HPSM courses, fieldwork and a capstone complete the 45- credit hour curriculum.
| School of Public Health Requirements |
| Behavioral Science Theories for Public Health Practice |
3 hours |
| Biostatistics I |
3 hours |
| Principles of Epidemiology |
3 hours |
| Environmental Health & Medicine |
3 hours |
| Managing Health Services Organizations |
3 hours |
| Responsible Conduct in Research |
1 hour |
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| Fieldwork |
3-5 hours |
| Capstone Course, Major Paper or Project |
3 hours |
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| Capstone/Thesis |
6 hours |
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Biologic Basis of Health
for non-health professional students |
3 hours |
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| HPSM 6248 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6269 |
Healthcare Economics and Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Services |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6270 |
Financial Management and Accounting in Healthcare |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6275 |
Human Resources Management |
2 hours |
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| HPSM 6258 |
Healthcare Law and Ethics |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6271 |
Introduction to Healthcare Quality |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6272 |
Methods in Healthcare Quality |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6273 |
Information Systems in Healthcare |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6274 |
Marketing in Healthcare and in Public Health |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6276 |
Organizational Leadership |
2 hours |
| HPSM 6277 |
Health Advocacy and Community-Based Activism |
2 hours |
| HPSM 6288 |
Health Care Policy |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6289 |
The Role of Government in Health and Healthcare |
3 hours |
| HPSM 6291 |
Public Health Law, Ethics and Human Rights* |
3 hours |
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Other School of Public Health electives as approved by advisor.
*Will fulfill ethics requirement as substitute for Responsible Conduct in Research
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