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.
- 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