The concentration requires a minimum of 43 credit hours (attached).  All listed courses are currently offered as on-line courses, and each is offered at least once annually. 

The proposed curriculum requires the five public health core courses and five departmental courses.  The core courses are offered annually in both traditional and on-line formats.  The five departmental courses are offered annually in the on-line format.  In addition, students select three courses that are relevant to their professional goals among on-line or traditional courses offered by the HPM Department or among courses offered by other departments.  Thus, students may choose to complete the entire program on-line or can choose to complete eight of the 13 courses in a traditional format course.   

The field experience hours vary based on a student’s work experience.  Students with limited or no public health experience are required to complete six credit hours of field placement.  Those with a few years of experience are required to complete three hours.  Those with leadership experience are required to complete one credit hour. 

1. Required Public Health Core Courses                                              15 hours

PHC 6102 Principles of Health Policy and Management (3)
PHC 6000 Epidemiology (3)
PHC 6050 Biostatistics I (3)
PHC 6357 Environmental & Occupational Health (3)
PHC 6410 Social and Behavioral Science Applied to Health (3)

2. Required Concentration Courses                                         15 hours

PHC 6104 Management of Public Health Programs (3)
PHC 6146 Health Services Planning & Evaluation (3)
PHC 6147 Managing Quality in Health Care (3)
PHC 6160 Health Care Financial Management (3)
PHC 6321 Public Health Law and Ethics (3)

3.  Additional Courses (choose three)                                      9 hours

PHC 6110 International Health and Health Care Systems (3)
PHC 6111 Global Primary Care Strategies (3)
PHC 6195 Public Health Data, Information and Decision Making (3)
PHC 6411 Introduction to Social Marketing for Public Health (3)
Other approved elective(s)

4. Final Requirements                                                             4-9 hours

PHC 6945 Supervised Field Experience (1-6)
PHC 6977 Special Project (3)
Comprehensive Exam on Public Health Core Courses

TOTAL CREDITS: 42 plus field experience