Degree Requirements
The PhD in Health Policy and Administration (HPA) program requires a minimum of 96 semester hours. This program includes the following course requirements:
PhD Student Handbook
School-Wide Core Requirements (46 semester hours) Heading link
- BSTT 400 – Biostatistics I (4 semester hours)*
- BSTT 401 – Biostatistics II (4 semester hours)*
- EPID 403 – Introduction to Epidemiology: Principles and Methods (3 semester hours)*
- IPHS 520 – Foundations of Public Health (required for all PhD students without an MPH degree) (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 599 – PhD Dissertation Research (minimum 32 semester hours)
* Only required if not previously taken at the master’s level.
Required Non-Credit Training Heading link
- Information Privacy & Security
- Human Subjects Research
- Title IX Training – Sexual Harassment
- SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial
Core Requirements (32 to 46 semester hours) Heading link
- HPA 420 – US Healthcare System for Public Health Practitioners (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 567 – Public Health Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
- HPA 573 – Principles of Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Interventions (3 semester hours)
- HPA 581 – Advanced Topics in Health Economics (3 semester hours)
- IPHS 595 – PhD Seminar (1 credit per semester, for four semesters in the first two years, if not previously taken at the masters level).
Selectives (at least 9 semester hours) Heading link
- BSTT 505 – Logistic Regression and Survival Analysis (2 semester hours)
- BSTT 537 – Longitudinal Data Analysis (2 semester hours)
- ECON 509 – Microeconomic Theory I (4 semester hours)
- ECON 534 – Econometrics I (4 semester hours)
- ECON 535 – Econometrics (4 semester hours)
- ECON 516 – Development Economics (4 semester hours)
- ECON 539 – Microeconomics (4 semester hours)
- ECON 555 – Health Economics (4 semester hours)
- ECON 531 – Labor Economics (4 semester hours)
- CHSC 534 – Management and Analysis of Qualitative Data (3 semester hours)
- CSCH 551 – Advanced Research Methods for Community Health Sciences (3 semester hours)
- EOHS 501 – Exposure Assessment Strategies (3 semester hours)
- POLS 502 – Time Series Analysis for Political Science (3 semester hours)
- POLS 544 – Regulatory Public Policies (3 semester hours)
- POLS 566 – Interest Groups (3 semester hours)
- POLS 584 – Methods of Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
- PSOP 502 – Research Methods in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy
- UPP 501 – History and Theory of Urban Planning (4 semester hours)
- UPP 501 – Urban Space, Place and Institutions (4 semester hours)
Electives Heading link
All students must complete a sufficient number of courses to bring the total program hours to 118 SH. A minimum of 9 SH must be taken at the 500-level. Note: IPHS 599 hours may not be counted toward fulfillment of this requirement
Students with a master’s degree in a relevant research area may receive 32 SH of credit towards the 118 SH total.