University of Georgia: College of Public Health

Master of Public Health: Concentration in Health Policy and Management


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Last updated: May 28, 2009 - 8:30:00 PM

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Preferred Background:
A background in business, management, political science and/or health sciences and public health experience is preferred for applicants to the HPAM concentration.

MPH Core Requirement Courses:  15 hours
  • BIOS 7010 Intro to Biostatistics I
  • EHSC 7060 Foundations of Environmental Health
  • EPID 7010 Intro to Epidemiology I
  • HPAM 7600 Introduction to Health Policy and Management
  • HPRB 7050 Social and Behavioral Foundations


Heath Policy and Management Core Courses: 12 hours

  • HPAM 8600  Health Economics
  • HPAM 8800  Leadership in Public Health
  • HPAM 8700  Management of Public Health Organizations
  • HPAM 8400  Policy and Economic Analysis in Public Health


Electives: 12 hours

HPAM Electives

  • DMAN 7350  Basic Emergency/Disaster Training for Health Professionals
  • DMAN 7351  Adv. Emergency/Disaster Training for Health Professionals 
  • DMAN 7353  Disaster Management in the Middle East 
  • DMAN 8350  Public Health Consequences of Disasters
  • DMAN 8351  Information Management of Emergencies and Disasters
  • HPAM 7400  Public Health Law
  • HPAM 7700  Public Health Ethics
  • HPAM 8300  Research Methods
  • HPAM 8850  Cost Effectiveness in Health & Medicine
  • GRNT 6000  Seminar in Aging
  • GRNT 6010  Biogerontology
  • GRNT 6650  Aging & Society
  • GRNT 6700  Psychology of Aging
  • GRNT  7266 Death, Dying, and Bereavement
  • GRNT 8200  Public Health and Aging
  • GRNT/EPID 8300 Epidemiology of Aging


Other Electives

  • EADU 8110  Community Development
  • MGMT 7580  Management of Nonprofit Organizations
  • MGMT 9500  Strategic Management Research
  • PADP 7520  Urban Policy
  • PADP 7900  Managing Volunteers in Public & Nonprofit Sectors
  • PADP 8420  Leadership in Public Service
  • PADP 8460  Organizational Behavior

 

Other Required Courses: 7 hours

  • PBHL 7560 Internship in Public Health (6 hours) - Requires 300 clock hours in an appropriate Public Health setting. Students choose the site for their internship with the assistance of the Academic Advisor and  Internship Coordinator. 
  • PBHL 8200  Seminar in Public Health (1 hour)

 




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