Degree Requirements

MS Student Handbook

School-Wide Core Requirements (18 semester hours) Heading link

  • BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)
  • EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 520 – Foundations of Public Health (3 semester hours)
  • IPHS 598 – Research in the Public Health Sciences – MS (8 semester hours)

Required Non-Credit Training Heading link

Divisional Requirements (22 semester hours) Heading link

  • HPA 415 – Introduction to Public Health Policy (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 460 – Introduction to Economics of Health and Healthcare (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 567 – Public Health Policy and Analysis (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 521 – Empirical Methods for Health Research I (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 522 – Empirical Methods for Health Research II (3 semester hours)
  • HPA 581 – Advanced Topics in Health Economics (3 semester hours)

Electives (4 semester hours) Heading link

MS students in Health Policy and Administration must complete an additional 4 semester hours of the following course work relevant to the disciplinary area of Health Policy and Administration. This course work is chosen in consultation with the faculty advisor.