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

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PUBHHMP 7607
Financial Management of Public Health Programs

Principles of accounting and finance applied to the management of public health agencies and programs.

Prequisite(s): An introductory accounting course and enrollment in MPH Program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 823.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7608
The Role of Science in Health Policy‐Making

This course will explore the role that science, including social science, plays in public health and health services policy‐making. It will consider the conditions under which scientific research findings do and do not influence policy‐making with reference to the nature of scientific inquiry and public policy, the intellectual, institutional and practical similarities and differences between them.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7610
Public Health Law

The course will focus on the use of legal tools to improve the public's health. The course will survey the legal framework in which the government may regulate for the public's health, addressing issues including the origins and scope of public health authority, constitutional limits on public health powers, emergency legal preparedness and public health tort litigation.

Prequisite(s): Cross listed in Law 8810.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7611
Health Care Law for Managers

Overview of the U.S. legal system as it applies to the U.S. health
care field.

Prequisite(s): Grad standing in PUBHHMP, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit
for 811.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7612
Food and Drug Law

This course will explore various FDA law and policy issues. Cross listed with LAW 8811.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7613
Tobacco Regulation and Policy

This course examines the regulation of tobacco with a focus on the role of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This course highlights the history, significant provisions and effects of the 2009 Tobacco Control Act, as well as the vital role that public health researchers and professionals play in influencing how the FDA implements the act.

Prequisite(s): None.

2 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7615
Health Services Organizational Management

This course is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in health services management focusing on human resources management and organizational behavior.

Prequisite(s): Graduate student standing in HSMP (MPH‐HSMP, MHA, or PhD) or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 815.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7617
Health Services Leadership and Organizational Change

Overview of leadership and organizational change theories as well as the application of those theories to case studies in health sector organizations.

Prequisite(s): 7615 and graduate student standing in the HSMP‐MHA program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 817.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7620
Health Services Finance I

Principles of finance and accounting applied to health service organizations.

Prequisite(s): An introductory course in financial accounting or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 820.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7621
Health Services Finance II

Continuation of 7620 emphasizing financial analysis, financial planning and capital project analysis.

Prequisite(s): 7620 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 821.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7622
Health Services Financial Decision‐Making

Principles of financial decision‐making in health service organizations with emphasis on applications of decision support systems.

Prequisite(s): 7621 or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 822.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7624
Health Economics for Experienced Professionals

Designed for public health professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge of the economic principles that drive the health care system. The course will introduce you to the use of economic analysis and economic evaluation for healthcare decision making.

Prequisite(s): Not open to students with credit for 824.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7631
Strategic Management and Program Development

Techniques and methods for strategic management and project planning in health care organizations and settings.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in MHA program or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 831.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7632
Strategic Change for Public Health and Population Health Management

This course will provide students a foundation in the theories, concepts and methods of strategic planning and the management of organizational change as applied to public health and population health management endeavors.

Prequisite(s): None.

3 Credits PUBHHMP

PUBHHMP 7650
Advanced Topics in Health Services Management and Policy

Seminar on issues and methods of inquiry in health services management and policy.

Prequisite(s): Enrollment in PhD program in Public Health or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 900.

1‐3 Credits PUBHHMP
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