Program of Study: MPH in Health Policy and Management
Program Requirements
The credits required for your degree are listed below. All MPH students must complete 21 credits of MPH Core courses, 12 credits of Health Policy and Management courses, nine (9) credits of MPH elective courses, and three (3) credits of the Culminating Experience. Students must complete the majority of their course work before they can begin the Culminating Experience.
Transfer Courses
A maximum of six (9) 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
| MPH Core Courses |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| BIOS 5200 |
Principals of Biostatistics |
3 |
| CHSC 5200 |
Health Behavior & Risk Reduction |
3 |
| CHSC 5201 |
Introduction to Public Health Theory & Practice |
3 |
| EOHS 5200 |
Issues in Environmental Health |
3 |
| EPID 5200 |
Principles of Epidemiology |
3 |
| HPMG 5200 |
Principles of Health Systems Management |
3 |
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| Health Policy and Management Track |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| HPMG 5202 |
Health Care Advocacy and Politics |
3 |
| HPMG 5203 |
Health Management Concepts |
3 |
| HPMG 5204 |
Access, Availability, and Quality of Care |
3 |
| HPMG 5205 |
Health Economics |
3 |
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| Non-Health Professional Student Requirement * |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 5102 |
Health Care Across the Lifespan |
3 |
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| Professional Development Course (s) ** |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 5100 |
Writing with Power |
2 |
| PUBH 5101 |
Mastering Math |
1 |
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| Electives |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| HPMG 5201 |
Health Policy in the Delivery System |
3 |
| HPMG 5300 |
Health Care Finance |
3 |
| HPMG 5301 |
Tools of Government |
3 |
| HPMG 5302 |
Pharmaceuticals and the Health Care System |
3 |
| HPMG 5303 |
Managing in Complex Organization |
3 |
| HPMG 5314 |
Health Care Reform |
3 |
| HPMG 5310 |
Independent Study |
1–3 |
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| Culminating Experience and Independent Study |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Credits |
| PUBH 6000 |
Culminating Experience Planning Seminar |
1 |
| PUBH 6001 |
Culminating Experience |
2 |
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Total Credits Required: (including
the Culminating Experience) |
42 |
* MD/MPH students are waived from the non-health professional student requirements
** Final grade to be assigned is pass/fail
