Core Curriculum

MHSA/MPH
M.S. in Health Services Research

MHSA and MPH

The Department of Health Management and Policy offers a core multidisciplinary and integrated curriculum for the MPH and MHSA degrees. All students working towards the MPH or MHSA degree take a set of courses designed to provide a deep education in the issues, skills and competencies necessary for leaders in the field of health management and policy. The core curriculum involves 38 credits, as described below:

Topic	Course Number	Credits
Health Services Systems	HMP 600 and 601	6
Accounting	HMP 608	2
Heath Policy	HMP 615	3
Law -or- Political Science	HMP 652 or 653 (Law), or HMP 684 or 685 (PoliSci)	3
Organizational Theory / Management	HMP 643, 620, 616 or 603	3
Economics I	HMP 660	3
Economics II	HMP 663	3
Biostatistics	BIO 503 or BIO 553 or other	4
Quantitative Methods	BIO 523 or HMP 654	3
Epidemiology	EPID 503	3
Principles of Environmental Health Sciences (Or any EHS course worth at least 2 credit hours)	EHS 500	2
Integrative Capstone Course	HMP 664 or 682	3
TOTAL		38

In addition to the core curriculum, students must take one or two additional required courses depending upon their degree choice:

MHSA students take Managerial Accounting (HMP 606) and Corporate Finance (HMP 607)
MPH students take either Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis (HMP 610) or Program Evaluation in Public Health (HMP 640)

There is some flexibility and choice for students within the required courses in the core curriculum. In addition, students can tailor their elective course choices to their interests and specific career goals. Please view the sample curricula on the right for different degrees and career paths.

M.S. in Health Services Research

Topic	Course Number	Credits
Health Services System I	HMP 600	3
Health Services System II	HMP 601	3
Research Methods/Statistics (22 credits). These courses or equivalents:
Logic and Methods of Medical Care Research	HMP 809	3
Intro to Biostatistics	BIO 503	4
Biostatistical Analysis for Health-Related Studies	BIO 523	3
Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis	HMP 610	3
Other methods/statistics courses from list		9
Epidemiology
Strategies and Uses of Epidemiology	EPID 503	3
Economics
Economics I	HMP 660	3
Economics II	HMP 663	3
Politics/Policy
Introduction to Health Policy	HMP 615	3
The Politics of Public Health Policy	HMP 685	3
Thesis (9 credits):
Readings in HMP	HMP 690	9
Additional Coursework		8
Total		60