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This specialization focuses on the development and evaluation of health policies and programs. Emphasis is placed on developing policy analytic skills including evaluation design, descriptive and multivariate statistics, program implementation analysis, policy formation assessment, and cost-benefit analysis.
Policy analysts are concerned with the development and evaluation of strategies to improve the functioning of the health care delivery system. In some instances this role is played in a governmental agency responsible for regulating and financing health services. In other instances a policy analyst works for an organization that provides health care services, a nonprofit service organization, or a professional association or foundation. Responsibilities often include the development and analysis of data to support policy initiatives, an assessment of new health care initiatives using techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation, implementation analysis, and the development of formal health plans to anticipate future needs for health care resources.
NOTE: Students who plan to specialize in Policy should earn a "B" or better in P11.1011 Statistical Methods, P11.1018 Microeconomics, and P11.1022 Introduction to Public Policy. All full-time Policy students should enroll in these three courses during their first semester of study as they are prerequisites for several advanced Policy courses. Students specializing in Policy are not required to take P11.1833 - Health Services Management (effective with the incoming class in Fall 2006)
Required Specialization Courses:
Students must take one of the following courses:
Capstone:
All Capstones begin in the fall and are completed at the end of the spring semester. Full-time students who begin in the spring semester typically need 2½ years to complete their degree.
For the most current information about Capstone sections and pre-requisites, go to http://wagner.nyu.edu/capstone/students.php
