Worcester Campus
Master of Public Health Program

Health Policy and Management Requirements 

Public Health Core:  15 credits

  • PH 630 Principles of Epidemiology
  • PH 540 Introductory Biostatistics
  • PH 620 Principles of Public Health
  • PH 601 Application of Social and Behavioral Theories in Public Health Interventions
  • PH 565 Environmental Health Practices

Health Policy and Management (HPM) Core:  21 credits, a minimum of two courses in each of the following:

Health Care Management*

  • PH 525 Ethical Issues in Public Health (on-line)
  • PH 621 Health Care Organization and Administration
  • PH 628 Financial Management of Health Institutions
  • PH 622 Health Program Planning (on-line)
  • PH 690 Leadership in Public Health Systems (on-line)
  • PH 750 Emergency Management

Health Policy*

  • PH 524 Introduction to Health Care Politics and Policy (on-line)
  • PH 580 Comparative Health Care Systems (on-line)
  • PH 583 Global Health in the Developing World
  • PH 780 Public Health Law

Health Services Research*

  • PH 624 Research Methods in Public Health (on-line)
  • PH 632 Applied Epidemiology
  • PH 640 Intermediate Biostatistics
  • PH 690G Designing Surveys in Public Health Research
  • PH 690 Public Health Informatics (on-line)
  • PH 691 Practical Data Management and Statistical Computation
  • PH 726 Health Economics and Reimbursement (on-line)

Practicum Experience** 3 credits  Students receiving a waiver for the practicum experience are required to complete an additional 3 credits as an epidemiology or health policy and management elective.

Culminating Experience: 3 credits for the MPH project

*   Independent study may be arranged for a maximum of 6 credits of HPM core

** Practicum Experience may be waived with permission of Co-Directors