Public Health Management Concentration

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This concentration is designed for M.P.A. students with career goals in health management and leadership in the public or nonprofit sectors. It introduces students to management concepts as they are applied to healthcare systems. Students learn skills in planning, financing, implementing, evaluating and maintaining health programs. Graduates may find positions in institutions that deliver health care, government and nongovernmental agencies that deliver public health services, organizations that fund health sector programs or pay for healthcare as well as entities providing goods and/or services to support the healthcare and public health delivery systems.

Required Courses (6 Credit Hours)

Choose:
HA 8160 - Introduction to the Health Care System 3 Credit Hours
or PHPB 7160 - Fundamentals of Health Systems, Leadership, and Policy 3 Credit Hours
Choose:
HA 8250 - Health Economics and Financing 3 Credit Hours
or PHPB 8250 - Health Economics and Policy 3 Credit Hours

or ECON 8210 - Health Economics and Policy 3 Credit Hours

Concentration Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Select three courses from the following:

PMAP 8171 - Public Management Systems and Strategies 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8251 - Grant Writing & Management 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8232 - Social Innovation and Enterprise 3 Credit Hours
PMAP 8900 - Capstone: Advanced Projects for Public and Nonprofit Organizations 3 Credit Hours
HA 8450 - Legal Environment of Health Care 3 Credit Hours
HA 8670 - Health Information Systems 3 Credit Hours
HA 8700 - Health Services Research and Evaluation Methods 3 Credit Hours
HA 8190 - Health Policy and Ethics 3 Credit Hours
PHPB 7140 - Health Promotion Planning, Administration and Evaluation 3 Credit Hours
PHPH 7011 - Epidemiology for Public Health 3 Credit Hours
SOCI 9230 - Sociology of Health & Illness 3 Credit Hours