Courses

The Population Health Core Curriculum (M.S., Ph.D.) includes an introductory course in population health, an introductory course in health services research, a two-semester sequence in epidemiology, a three-semester sequence in biostatistics, and a course in research ethics.  Students concentrating in health services research will choose a relevant thesis/dissertation topic and select electives from:

 
The Economics of Health Care (PHS 548)
Quality of Health Care (PHS 703)
Health Economics (PHS 848)
Assessment of Medical Technologies (PHS 875)
Economic Analysis for Population
Health (PHS 877)
Politics of Health Policy (PHS 879)
Applied Risk Analysis (AAE 706)
Special Topics (AAE 875)
Introduction to Clinical Trials (BMI 542)
Introduction to Clinical Trials II (BMI 544)
Special Topics (Econ 845)
Advanced Topics: Public Finance (Econ 846)
Public Economics (Econ 968)
Applied Welfare Economics (Econ 969)
Human Performance & Accident Causation (ISyE 555)
Patient Safety & Error Reduction (ISyE 559)
Organization and Job Design (ISyE 653)
Organization Design (ISyE 854)
Human Factors Engineering (ISyE 859)
Health Law & Administration Seminar (Law 935)
Health Program Planning, Evaluation, & Quality Improvement (Nurs 761)
Microeconomic Policy Analysis (PA 880)
Cost-Benefit Analysis (PA 881)
Health Policy & Design (PA 864)
Safety & Quality in the Medication Use System (PHARM PRAC 608)
Elementary Demographic Techniques (Soc 674)
Survey Methods for Social Researchers (Soc 751)
Measurement & Questionnaires for Survey Research (Soc 752)
Statistical Methods for Clinical Trials (STAT 641)
Survival Analysis Theory & Methods (STAT 741)
Health, Aging, & Disability Policy & Services (SW 875)