MPH Degree Overview
The HPAP Track of the MPH Program in Health Services seeks to train students who will hold analytic and leadership positions in a variety of settings related to health policy. Graduates will be well grounded in analytic methods, including statistics, epidemiology, policy analysis and economics. They will also have a deep understanding of how and where public policy is developed, what forms it takes, who the relevant actors and institutions are, the economic and legal forces that affect and are affected by public policy, and the history of public policy as it has shaped population health and health care markets.
As a result of successfully completing the core courses and other teaching-learning experiences in the HPAP Track, students will have acquired public health sciences skills and perspectives, analytical skills, policy and organizational skills, communication skills, and cultural skills.
Curriculum
The competencies are addressed through a variety of mechanisms, alone and in combination, including subject-based courses (e.g., law, economics), skills within courses alongside other topics (e.g. oral and writing communications skills), through the seminar series (e.g., legislation writing and interpreting, budgeting), and through non-classroom experiences such as the practicum and the second year major project (e.g. networking, writing, and methods). The second year major project can take the form of either a capstone project or, if the student elects, a masters thesis.
