Program Requirement Checksheet

MPA-Health: Health Services Management

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 [16.5 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 seven courses [13.5 credits]:

✔ Course Number Course Name Prerequisites Typically offered credits
HPAM-GP.1833 Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations CORE-GP.1020; HPAM-GP.1830 or HPAM-GP.2836 Spring 3
HPAM-GP.2825 Continuous Quality Improvement CORE-GP.1011, HPAM-GP.1833, and computer proficiency. Spring 3
HPAM-GP.4822 Healthcare Information Technology: Public Policy and Management HPAM-GP.1833 or permission of instructor Fall 1.5
HPAM-GP.4830 Health Economics: Principles CORE-GP.1011, CORE-GP.1018 Spring 1.5
HPAM-GP.4835 Principles of Human Resources Management for Healthcare Organizations HPAM-GP.1833 Spring 1.5
HPAM-GP.4840 Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - I: Financial Management and Budgeting CORE-GP.1018 and CORE-GP.1021 Fall 1.5
HPAM-GP.4841 Financial Management for Health Care Orgs - II: Capital Financing and Advanced Issues CORE-GP.1018, CORE-GP.1021, and HPAM-GP.4840 Fall 1.5

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

HPAM-GP.4822: Fall 2nd half

HPAM-GP.4830: Spring 1st half

HPAM-GP.4840: Fall 1st half

HPAM-GP.4841: Fall 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 1833;
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 the fall of Capstone year                                                                         		 1.5 credits (Fall) AND 1.5 credits (Spring)

 

 

IV. ELECTIVES [10.5 credits]

✔ Course Number  Course Name         Prerequisites          Typically offered credits
           
           
           
           

 

 

TOTAL CREDITS IN DEGREE: 45

Valid for Fall 2022 semester