Academic Programs

HPAM Academic Programs


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The Department of Health Policy and Management currently only offers emphasis areas underneath the Master of Public Health degree. The degree is granted from the College of Public Health and has concentrations within all 5 departments within the college.  Students may choose from Public Health electives taught in the Department of Health Policy and Management and across the UGA campus appropriate for their focus.


The MPH concentration in Health Policy and Management is an interdisciplinary course of study with a focus either in health systems management or health policy. A health management focus emphasizes finance, accounting and personnel management. A health policy focus emphasizes policy analysis, implementation and evaluation. Graduates will typically work in healthcare organizations such as hospitals, clinics, HMOs, insurance companies, and biotech and pharmaceutical companies.


Master of Public Health:  Concentration in Health Policy and Management
*Effective for students entering Fall 2009.

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

Heath Policy and Management Core Courses: 12 hours
  • HPAM 8400  Policy and Economic Analysis in Public Health
  • HPAM 8600  Health Economics
  • HPAM 8700  Management of Public Health Organizations
  • HPAM 8800  Leadership in Public Health

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 Internship Coordinator. 
  • PBHL 8200  Seminar in Public Health (1 hour)

Electives: 12 hours

HPAM Electives
  • HPAM 7400  Public Health Law
  • HPAM 8300  Research Methods
  • HPAM 8500  Comparative Global Health Systems
  • HPAM 8850  Cost Effectiveness in Health and Medicine
  • DMAN 7350  Basic Emergency/Disaster Training for Health Professionals
  • DMAN 7351  Advanced Emergency/Disaster Training for Health Professionals
  • DMAN 7353  Disaster Management in the Middle East
  • DMAN 8350  Public Health Consequences of Disasters
  • DMAN 8351  Information for Management of Emergencies and Disasters
  • GRNT 6000  Seminar in Aging
  • GRNT 6010  Biogerontology
  • GRNT 6650  Aging in 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
  • HPRB 7470   Program Evaluation in Health Promotion and Behavior
  • 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

 

Updated: October 13, 2009



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Ashley Wells
MPH Coordinator
N123 Paul D. Coverdell Center
Athens, GA  30602
706.583.0059
mph@uga.edu