Program of Study: DrPH in Health Systems and Management
Program Requirements
The credits required for your degree are listed below. All DrPH students must complete 12 credits of DrPH Core courses, 12 credits of Health Systems and Management courses, nine (6) credits of DrPH elective courses, and twelve (12) credits of the DrPH Dissertation. Students must complete the majority of their course work before they can begin the DrPH Dissertation.
Transfer Courses
A maximum of six (15) credits may be approved for program of study transfer credit from other accredited graduate schools. Please refer to the GPPH Student Handbook for specific information and guidelines regarding the award of transfer credit.
Courses
| DrPH Core Courses |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| BIOS 7200 |
Quantitative Research Methods for Public Health Practice |
3 |
| EPID 7200 |
Observational Study Design in Public Health Practice |
3 |
| HPMG 7200 |
Public Health Management and Ethics |
3 |
| HPMG 7205 |
Interdisciplinary Leadership Seminar in Public Health |
3 |
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| Health Systems and Management Core Courses |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| HPMG 7201 |
Advanced Health Care Organization and Finance Strategic Management and Planning |
3 |
| HPMG 7202 |
Health Care Reimbursement |
3 |
| HPMG 7203 |
Health Care Workforce |
3 |
| HPMG 7204 |
Advanced Health Care Organization and Finance Strategic Management and Planning |
3 |
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| Electives |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| HPMG 7300 |
Health Care Law and Ethics |
3 |
| HPMG 7301 |
Health Care Quality |
3 |
| HPMG 7302 |
Program Evaluation |
3 |
| HPMG 7303 |
Inequalities in Health and Health Care |
3 |
| HPMG 7304 |
Outcomes Research Methods |
3 |
| HPMG 7305 |
Pharmaceuticals and the Health Care System |
3 |
| HPMG 7306 |
Issues in Global Health and Health Care |
3 |
| HPMG 7307 |
International Health/Comparative Health Systems |
3 |
| HPMG 7308 |
Health Care Disparities |
3 |
| HPMG 7309 |
Topics in Healthcare Organization and Management |
3 |
| HPMG 7310 |
Health Information Technology and Electronic Medical Records
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3 |
| HPMG 7311 |
Health Care Regulation |
3 |
| HPMG 7312 |
Planning for Health Services |
3 |
| HPMG 7313 |
Long Term Care |
3 |
| HPMG 7314 |
Mental Health Care and Services |
3 |
| HPMG 7315 |
Health Care Capital |
3 |
| HPMG 7320 |
Independent Study |
1–3 |
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| Dissertation and Independent Study |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 6500 |
Field Experience |
3 |
| PUBH 8001 |
Dissertation |
12 |
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Total Credits Required: (including
the Culminating Experience) |
42 |
