Program Requirement Checksheet

MPA-Health: Health Public Finance

I. SCHOOLWIDE CORE COURSES [15 CREDITS]

Students must complete or waive all schoolwide core courses

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
CORE-GP.1011	Statistical Methods	None	Fall, Spring, Summer	3
CORE-GP.1018	Microeconomics	None	Fall, Spring	3
CORE-GP.1020	Management and Leadership	None	Fall, Spring, Summer	3
CORE-GP.1021	Financial Management	None	Fall, Spring, Summer	3
CORE-GP.1022	Introduction to Public Policy	None	Fall, Spring	3

II. SPECIALIZATION REQUIREMENTS [13.5 total credits]

Students are required to take one of the following two courses [3 credits]:

✔	Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
	HPAM-GP.1830	Introduction to Health Policy and Management	None	Fall	3
	HPAM-GP.2836	Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power	None	Spring	3

Note: HPAM-GP 1830 is STRONGLY recommended for students with no prior health policy and management experience (undergraduate or graduate)

Students must complete the following five courses [10.5 credits]:

Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits
PADM-GP.2140	Public Economics	CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018; CORE-GP.1021 or MSPP-GP.4021 concurrently	Fall, Spring	3
PADM-GP.2902	Multiple Regression and Introduction to Econometrics	CORE-GP.1011	Fall, Spring, Summer	3
HPAM-GP.4130	Fundamentals of Accounting	CORE-GP.1021	Spring	1.5
HPAM-GP.4830	Health Economics: Principles	CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018	Spring	1.5
HPAM-GP.4831	Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy	CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018, HPAM-GP.4830	Spring	1.5

Please note the time of course offerings for certain courses listed above:

HPAM-GP.4830: Spring 1st half

HPAM-GP.4831: Spring 2nd half

III. CAPSTONE [3 credits]

To be eligible for Capstone, all students must have: earned at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA, declared a specialization, fulfilled the Professional Experience Requirement, and completed the course prerequisite listed for their choice of Capstone (see below).

Students must complete ONE of the two following pairs [3 credits]:

✔	Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	credits
	CAP-GP 3801 (Fall) AND CAP-GP 3802 (Spring)	Capstone: Advanced Projects in Policy, Management, Finance, and Advocacy I & II	CORE-GP: 1011, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022; AND HPAM-GP 1830 or HPAM-GP 2836; AND HPAM-GP 4830	1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring)
	CAP-GP 3148 (Fall) AND CAP-GP 3149 (Spring)	Capstone: Advanced Research Projects in Quantitative Analysis I & II	CORE-GP: 1011, 1018, 1020, 1021, 1022; AND HPAM-GP 1830 or HPAM-GP 2836; AND HPAM-GP 4830; AND PADM-GP 2902; AND Co-reqs: PADM-GP 2171, taken no later than fall of Capstone	1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring)

IV. ELECTIVES [13.5 credits]

✔	Course Number	Course Name	Prerequisites	Typically offered	credits

TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 45

Valid for Spring 2019 semester