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Health Management & Policy

Master Degree Curriculum

M.H.S.A. and M.P.H.

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 60 credit hour 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 40 credits, as described below:

Topic Course Number Credits
TOTAL 40
Health Services Systems HMP 600 and 601 5
Professional Development HMP 620 1
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 603 or 604 3
Economics I HMP 660 3
Economics II HMP 663 3
Health Information Technology HMP 605 1
Biostatistics BIO 503 or BIO 553 or other 4
Quantitative Methods BIO 513, BIO 523 or HMP 654 3
Epidemiology EPID 503 3
Principles of Environmental Health Sciences EHS 500 3
Integrative Capstone Course HMP 664 or 682 3

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 Analysis in Health (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 for different degrees and career paths.

 

M.S. in Health Services Research

The Department of Health Management and Policy is pleased to offer the Master of Science in Health Services Research (MS-HSR). Students interested in pursuing careers in health services research will find this an attractive degree option. The program, which builds on our internationally recognized MHSA and MPH programs, is designed to provide intensive coursework and applied experience in health services research methods. It permits students to take advantage of our combined strengths in cutting edge health policy and health services research.

Topic Course Number Credits
Total 60
Health Services System I HMP 600 3
Health Services System II HMP 601 2
Health Information Technology HMP 605 1
Research Methods/Statistics
Logic and Methods of Medical Care Research HMP 809 3
Intro to Biostatistics BIO 503
 4
Applied Biostatistics BIO 513 or
BIO 523		 3
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health HMP 610 3
Program Evaluation or other methods course HMP 640 3
Econometrics in Health Services Research HMP 826 3
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
Thesis Development HMP 697 3
Thesis Analysis & Presentation HMP 694 3
Capstone
Capstone Course HMP 664 3
Electives
2 other courses in research design/methods/statistical analysis   6
other electives   5