Required and Elective Courses, 2023-2024

General Degree Requirements

550.860

Academic and Research Ethics 

1

0

221.840

Special Studies and Research Health Systems: Individual Goals Analysis 

1

1

220.601

Foundations of International Health (must take on-campus) 

1, 4

4

220.600

International Travel Preparation, Safety, and Wellness (take only once) 

2, 3, 4

1

Biostatistics Requirements

140.621

Statistical Methods in Public Health I 

1

4

140.622

Statistical Methods in Public Health II 

2

4

140.623

Statistical Methods in Public Health III 

3

4

Health Systems Program Core Requirements

221.801

Health Systems Seminar I

1

1

221.802

Health Systems Seminar II 

2

1

221.803

Health Systems Seminar III 

3

1

221.804

Health Systems Seminar IV

4

1

221.602

Applications in Managing Health Organizations in Low and Middle-Income Countries 

1

3

221.646

Health Systems in Low and Middle-Income Countries (must be taken on-campus) 

2

3

221.650

Health Policy Analysis in Low and Middle-Income Countries 

3

3

221.638

Health Systems Research and Evaluation in Developing Countries 

3

4

221.661

Project Development for Primary Health Care in Developing Countries 

4

4

221.620

Applying Summary Measures of Population Health to Improve Health Systems (must take on-campus) 

4

3

Qualitative Research Requirement (choose one)

550.604 or

224.690

Qualitative Reasoning in Public Health

Qualitative Research Theory and Methods 

1, 2

1,3

2

3

Capstone and Practicum Requirement (Year 2 only)

221.810

Health Systems Practicum 

1 – 4

28+

221.850

MSPH Capstone Health Systems 

2 – 4

4+

Digital Health

223.621

Design and Implementation of Global Digital Health Interventions I

3

3

223.622

Design and Implementation of Global Digital Health Interventions II

4

3

223.626

Special Topics in Global Digital Health

4

1

Food Systems and Food Security

180.620

Introduction to Food Systems and Public Health 

1

4

222.665 

Planning for Food Systems and Public Health 

3

3

Gender and Health

221.621

Gender and Health: Foundational Theories and Applications

1

3

221.701

Applications to Gender Analysis Within Health Research and Interventions 

2

2

Health Economics

221.619

Introduction to Global Health Economics

1

3

313.601

Economic Evaluation I

1

3

313.602

Economic Evaluation II

2

3

313.603

Economic Evaluation III

3

3

313.643

Health Economics 

2

3

313.644

Intermediate Health Economics 

3

3

221.662

Health, Equity, and Economic Development 

3

3

221.617

Behavioral Economics in Health Decisions 

3

2

221.651

Econometrics I 

3

4

221.663

Globalization and Health: A Framework for Analysis 

4

3

Health Policy and Politics

300.600

Introduction to Health Policy 

1

4

221.614

International Political Science for Public Health Practitioners 

2

2

300.712

Formulating Policy: Strategies and Systems of Policymaking in the 21^st Century 

2

3

301.645

Health Advocacy 

2, 4

3

308.610

The Political Economy of Social Inequalities and Consequence 

2, 4

3

223.687

Vaccine Policy Issues 

3

3

300.713

Research and Evaluation Methods for Health Policy 

3

4

380.771

Understanding and Changing International Reproductive Health Policy

4

3

Health Systems Strengthening

221.637

Health Information Systems (online only) 

2

4

221.652

Financing Health Systems for Universal Health Care

3

3

312.633

Health Management Information Systems 

3

3

Humanitarian Health

221.613

Introduction to Humanitarian Emergencies 

1

2

221.639

Health Care in Humanitarian Emergencies 

1, 2

3

221.641

Measurement Methods in Humanitarian Emergencies 

2

2

221.712

Leadership and Management in Humanitarian Health

2

2

221.623

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Humanitarian Emergencies

3

2

221.643

Armed Conflict and Health 

3

2

380.750

Migration and Health: Concepts, Rates, and Relationships 

3

3

221.611

Food Security and Nutrition in Humanitarian Emergencies 

4

2

221.642

Mental Health Aspects of Disaster: Public Health Preparedness and Response 

4

2

Management and Leadership

312.617

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting 

1

3

312.603

Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management (online only) 

1 – 4

3

312.604

Quantitative Tools for Managers 

2, 3, 4

3

410.622

Strategic Leadership Principles and Tools for Health System Transformation in Developing Countries 

2

4

312.621

Strategic Planning 

3

3

608.771

Non-Governmental Organizations and the Administration of Global Health Programs

4

3

Monitoring and Evaluation Methods

380.611

Fundamentals of Program Evaluation 

1, 3

4

221.645

Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Health Programs 

2, 4

4

223.632

Methods for Planning and Implementing Evaluations of Large-Scale Programs in LMICs 

4

4

380.612

Applications in Program Monitoring and Evaluation 

4

4

Non-Communicable Diseases and Injuries

221.612

Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective 

2

3

221.653

Hospital-Based Injury / Trauma Surveillance in LMICs 

4

3

Primary Health Care, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health Topics

221.627

Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in LMICs 

2

4

224.689

Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels 

2

4

221.635

Global Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care 

3

4

221.688

Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care 

3

4

Program Design and Implementation

221.722

Quality Assurance Management Methods for Developing Countries 

1

4

410.620

Program Planning for Health Behavior Change 

1, 4

3

221.654

Systems Thinking in Public Health: Applications of Key Methods 

2

3

Research Methods

Advanced Qualitative Methods

224.691

Qualitative Data Analysis 

2, 4

3

410.631

Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research: Principles and Methods

2

3

410.710

Concepts in Qualitative Research for Social and Behavioral Sciences 

2

3

224.692

Methods in Formative Research and Human Centered Design for Intervention Development 

3, 4

4

Advanced Statistical Methods

140.655

Analysis of Longitudinal Data 

1

4

330.657

Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement 

1

4

340.728

Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies 

1

5

140.656

Multilevel and Longitudinal Models Data Analysis Workshop

2

4

340.696

Spatial Analysis I: ArcGIS 

1

3

340.697

Spatial Analysis II: Spatial Data Technologies 

2

2

140.698

Spatial Analysis III: Spatial Statistics 

3

4

140.699

Spatial Analysis IV: Spatial Design and Applications 

4

3

140.624

Statistical Methods in Public Health IV 

4

4

Health Services Research Methods

309.716

Advanced Methods in Health Services Research: Research Design 

1

4

309.616

Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation I 

3

2

309.617

Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation II 

4

2

Health Survey Research

340.717

Health Survey Research Methods 

2

4

380.711

Issues in Survey Research 

3

3

140.664

Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health 

3, 4

4

380.712

Methods of Analysis of Large Population Surveys

4

3

Other Advanced Research Methods

340.722

Epidemiologic Inference in Public Health II 

2, 4

4

550.601

Implementation Research and Practice 

2

3

223.664

Design and Conduct of Community Trials 

3

4

340.606

Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis 

3

6

410.635

Applications of Innovative Methods in Local and Global Health Equity Research 

3

4

340.667

Health Equity Research Methods to Address Social Determinants of Health

4

4

Other Key Topics

180.611

The Global Environment, Climate Change, and Public Health

1

4

550.610

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Public Health

1

1

180.607

Climate Change and Public Health

3

3

182.626

Water and Sanitation in Low-Income Countries

3

2

224.694

Mental Health Intervention Programming in LMICs 

3

3

185.600

One Health Tools to Promote and Evaluate Healthy and Sustainable Communities 

4

3

221.605

History of International Health and Development 

4

2

221.616

Ethics of Public Health Practice in Developing Countries 

4

2

221.624

Urban Health in Developing Countries 

4

3