Courses and schedules

Search for course names, descriptions and schedules available from the College of Public Health and university scheduling resources.

Course descriptions and schedules offered below are helpful guides to find courses and when they are offered by the College of Public Health. These tools are not meant to replace the official course catalog maintained by the University Registrar and it does represent all courses offered by the college. 

Undergraduate level courses are numbered 4000 and below, undergraduate/graduate level courses are numbered 5000, and all graduate level courses are numbered 6000 and higher. 

Public Health course catalog

Search for courses by section, title or course number. Each course includes the course number, credit hours, name, course description and if any prerequisites are required.


PUBHHMP 7671
Comparative Health Care Systems

Examination of the process of health policy formulation and
implementation from an international prospective.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for 870.01.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7672
Clinical Rotations

Individual assignments within health care organizations to observe operations.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in PUBHHMP or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 870.02.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7673
Understanding Health Care Organization Data

Application of data from various sources to inform decision making in health services settings and in health policy

Prequisite(s): PUBHBIO 6210, or permission of instructor.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7674
Ethical Cases in Health Care

Examination of ethical frameworks and their application to
health services organizations and health policy.

Prequisite(s): Grad standing in PUBHHMP, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit
for 870.04.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7675
Human Resources Management in Health Care

Overview of human resources and its strategic importance to
health care organizations.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for 870.05.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7676
Health Care Marketing

Overview of topics in marketing and communications and how
they apply to health care delivery.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for 870.06.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7678
Approaches to Health Services Research I

This course is designed to be a foundational course in the PhD specialization in Health Services Management and Policy. This course is intended to expose students to the field of health services research through an examination of classic and current research on health services delivery and health policy. Through lectures, guided discussions and reading assignments, students will gain an understanding of the salient questions and issues health services researchers have attempted to address and the quasi-experimental methods, as well as other methods they have employed to do so. This course will stress student participation in discussions.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Public Health or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7679
Quality and Patient Safety

Examination of quality management and quality measurement in health care with emphasis on patient safety.

Prequisite(s): None.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7680
Operations Management for Health Service Organizations

Concepts and techniques for managing operation in health service organizations, emphasis on management perspective and decision‐making.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in PUBHHMP or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 880.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7681
Advanced Health Services Operations Management

Selected topics in health services operations management, such as operations strategy, quality management, process design, materials management and facility location.

Prequisite(s): 7680 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 881.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7682
Information Systems for Health Services Organizations

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of issues in the management of information and information technology in health care organizations, the role of information technologies in improving organizational performance and the application of information technologies in health service organizations.

Prequisite(s): 7680 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 882.

1.5 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7683
Operations Management and System Design

This course is designed to introduce students to fundamental theories, principles and practices for designing and managing operations. The course is structured to emphasize the unique aspects of process and system design in the health care organizations and in the community health system, including processes that cross organizational boundaries and include diverse stakeholders.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7684
Health Services Strategy and Marketing

Students will learn principles, discipline and analytic tools that comprise successful strategic management in health care organizations, including: strategic assessment, strategy development, implementation planning and marketing. Emphasis will be placed on exploring strategic issues related to transitioning from volume to value‐based models of care, impacts of ACA and population and community health.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in Public Health HSMP-MHA program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 7631.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7685
Healthcare Management Consulting Practice

To develop management consulting practice skills involving strategic thinking, planning, analysis and implementation phases of consulting engagements.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in HSMP‐MHA program or permission of instructor.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7686
Qualitative Methods for Health Research

This course introduces students to the methods and uses of qualitative research applicable to both public health and to the full range of health sciences.

Prequisite(s): PUBHHMP 7605 or permission of instructor.

4 Credits PUBHHMP
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