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Health Systems and Policy Concentration
Additional Course Requirements

Students electing to pursue the Health Systems and Policy MPH Concentration must satisfy the General MPH Requirements for the School of Public Health and Department of Health Services as well as the substitutions and additional requirements listed below.

Health Systems and Policy Concentration Additional Requirements

Course Requirements:
Health Policy Research
Health Policy Development
Health Economics

and One Health Law Course From:
Public Health Law
Health Administration and Business Law
Additional Health Law course offerings in the UW Law School
(certain courses may require background knowledge)

and Two Methods Courses From:
Qualitative Methods in Health Services Research
Health Program Evaluation
Advanced Health Services Research Methods
Qualitative Research Methods
Survey Research Methods
Social Determinants of Health Research Methods
Economic Evaluation in Health and Medicine
Assessing Outcomes in Health and Medicine
PB AF 513
Public Policy Analysis
PB AF 518
Applied Cost Benefit Analysis
PB AF 522
Public Management Budgeting
PB AF 526
Program Evaluation
PB AF 529
Advanced Multivariate Analysis
PGH 543
Social and Behavioral Research Methods in Public Health Genetics

and One Ethics Course From:
BH 523
Biomedical Ethics
PB AF 506
Ethics and Public Policy
PGH 512
Legal, Ethical and Social Issues in Public Health Genetics
PGH 522
Ethical Frameworks for Public Health Genetics
PGH 525
Public Commentary on Ethical Issues in Public Health Genetics
PGH 551
Human Genomics: Science, Ethics and Society

and Highly Recommended but not Required:
Health Systems and Policy

and the Option to Substitute a Capstone Project for the Thesis Requirement: