Graduates apply theories and methods to understand and improve health services and health policies. Students will select a focus on either Health Policy or Health Management.
Please note that we are no longer accepting new students to this program.
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DPH in Health Policy and Management
| Core Courses (18 credits) | PUBH 810 Cities, Society, and Health |
| PUBH 812 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Health Research | |
| PUBH 811 Quantitative Research Methods with Applications to Urban Health | |
| PUBH 813 Qualitative Research Methods with Application to Urban Health | |
| PUBH 814 Leadership & Organizational Change Seminar | |
| EPID 820 Epidemiologic Methods I | |
| Concentration Courses (21 credits) | HPAM 820 Seminar in Health Policy and Management |
| HPAM 821 Quantitative Methods in Health Services Research | |
| HPAM 822 Public Health Economics | |
| HPAM 823 Health Policy Analysis Methods | |
| Three (3) advanced research methods or track-specific practice courses, one of which must be from a Graduate Center program outside of Public Health (DPH courses that are cross-listed with another program can count toward this requirement) | |
| Practice Experience (3 credits) | PUBH 896 Practicum Project |
| Examinations | Students in all cohorts and all tracks take two examinations to test their mastery of the curriculum. Students must apply in advance to take each exam and students must be in good academic standing to apply. The First Exam is given after students have completed core coursework. Students work on the Second Exam after all required coursework has been completed except PUBH 816 and the dissertation (PUBH 900 & PUBH 898). Students cannot take PUBH 816 or begin their dissertation research until they have passed this exam. |
| Seminars (6 credits) | PUBH 815 Advanced Research Seminar I |
| PUBH 816 Advanced Research Seminar II | |
| PUBH 898 Dissertation Seminar | |
| Culminating Experience (0 credits) | PUBH 900 Dissertation Supervision |
| Total Required Credits | 48 |
- Assess and analyze the impact of public policy interventions within the various domains of public health, the theoretical motivations for undertaking them, the influence of the political, bureaucratic, and social environmental in which policy decisions are made, the consequences of such decisions
- Understand and analyze the policy environment for healthcare organizations
- For healthcare and public health organizations, discuss how each of the following affect organizational behavior and service delivery: organizational structure, motivation and incentives, individual and group behavior, group decision making, quality measurement and improvement, and organizational relations with their environments. Develop interventions to change at least 3 of the above to improve health care and public health service delivery and health outcomes
- Understand organizational behavior and organization theory as frameworks for examining relationships between diversity and disparities in healthcare quality
- Understand and appropriately apply analytical strategies used in health policy research, such as costing analysis, cost effectiveness and cost benefit analysis
- Develop familiarity with and critically analyze federal, state, and municipal laws/regulations and their historical context as relevant to public health management and policy decisions
- Formulate alternative options for resolving problems in health policy or management, evaluate their economic, practical, ethical, legal, administrative, and technical feasibility and recommend preferred options based on and supported by your analysis
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Semester
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Course
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Credits
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Year 1 Fall
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PUBH 810 Cities, Society, and Health
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3
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PUBH 811 Quantitative Research Methods with Applications to Urban Health
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3
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EPID 820 Epidemiologic Methods I
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3
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Year 1 Spring
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PUBH 812 Interdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Health Research
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3
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HPAM 820 Seminar in Health Policy and Management
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3
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PUBH 813 Qualitative Research Methods with Application to Urban Health
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3
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Year 1 Summer
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The First Exam
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0
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Year 2 Fall
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HPAM 821 Quantitative Methods in Health Services Research
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3
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Track Selective I
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3
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PUBH 815 Advanced Research Seminar I
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3
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Year 2 Spring
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HPAM 822 Public Health Economics
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3
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Track Selective II
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3
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Year 3 Fall
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PUBH 896 Practicum Project (Summer optional)
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3
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HPAM 823 Health Policy Analysis Methods
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3
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PUBH 814 Leadership & Organizational Change Seminar
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3
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Year 3 Spring
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The Second Exam (Winter)
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0
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PUBH 816 Advanced Research Seminar II
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3
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Track Selective III
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3
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Year 4 Fall
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PUBH 898 Dissertation Seminar
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0
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PUBH 900 Dissertation Supervision
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0
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Year 4 Spring
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PUBH 898 Dissertation Seminar
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0
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PUBH 900 Dissertation Supervision
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0
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Year 5 Fall
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PUBH 898 Dissertation Seminar
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0
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PUBH 900 Dissertation Supervision
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0
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Year 5 Spring
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PUBH 898 Dissertation Seminar
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0
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PUBH 900 Dissertation Supervision
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0
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