Core Requirements for the MS Program
General Resources:
Optional Concentration:
General Credit Requirements
Students must complete:
- 63 credits total
of which:
- At least 30 credits must be from graduate-level in-classroom courses
which must include:
- At least 18 credits from Health Systems and Population Health in-classroom courses.
in addition to:
- 9 credits of Thesis
School of Public Health and Health Services MS Course Requirements
Effective Autumn 2017Required Courses:
EPI 512
Epidemiologic Methods I
EPI 513
Epidemiologic Methods II
HSERV 511
Introduction to Health Services and Public Health
(HSERV Students must take the 4 credit section which includes a discussion session)
HSMGMT 514
Health Economics
HSERV 592
MPH Program Seminar
(2 quarters required; 3 recommended; offered AUT, WIN, & SPR)
(Clinical Fellows are required to take the seminar specifically designated for clinicians in the SPH masters degree)
HSERV 700
Thesis
(9 credits required)
And one sequence of courses in Biostatistics:
Plus at least two courses in Health Services Research Methods:
HSERV 590/517
Advanced Qualitative Research Methods
HSERV 522
Program Evaluation
HSERV 523
Advanced Health Services Research Methods I
HSERV 524
Advanced Health Services Research Methods II
HSERV 525
Advanced Health Services Research Methods III
HSERV 527
Survey Research Methods
HSERV 583
Economic Evaluation in Health and Medicine
HSERV 584
Assessing Outcomes in Health and Medicine
HSERV 586
Medical Geography