JD/MPH Recommended HSPH Courses by Area of Interest

U.S. Health Policy

Courses on policy analysis methods:

Fall
RDS280: Decision Analysis for Health & Medical Practice (Fall2, 2.5) 
HPM206: Economic Analysis (Fall, 5.0)*
HPM212: Program Evaluation (Spring., 2.5)

Spring
RDS282: Cost Effectiveness & Cost Benefit Analysis for Health Program Evaluation (Spr2, 2.5)
RDS285: Decision Analysis Methods (Spr1, 2.5)
SHH291: Policy Analysis Methods for Public Health (Spr2, 2.5)

Courses on U.S. health care policy:

Fall
HPM235: Managed Health Care Costs (Fall2, 2.5) 

Spring
ID242: Politics & Strategies for Change in Health Policy (Spr1, 2.5)
HPM227: Economics of Health Policy (Spring, 5.0)
HPM243: Health Economics: Economic Analysis of the Health Care System (Spr1, 2.5)
HPM255: Payment Systems in Health Care (Spr2, 2.5)
HPM208: Health Care Regulation and Planning (Spring 5.0)
HPM541: Medical Malpractice and Risk Management (Spr2, 2.5)
HPM524: Disparities in Health (Spr2, 2.5)

Courses on public health policy:

Fall
WGH211: Women, Gender & Health: Introductory Perspectives (Fall1, 2.5) 

Spring
SHH249: Approaches to International Tobacco Control (Spr1, 2.5)
ID240: Principles of Injury Control (Spr1, 2.5)
HPM213: Public Health Law (Spr1, 2.5)
ID506: Theory and Practice of Public Health in the U.S. (Fall2, 2.5)
ID292: Justice and Resource Allocation (Spr2, 2.5)
ID513: Ethics and Health Disparities (Spr1, 2.5)
WGH200: Women, Gender and Health (Spr1, 2.5)
GHP283: Pharmaceutical Policy and Global Health (Spring, 2.5)

Practicum:

Internship in a local, state, or federal health agency; internship in a state legislator’s office; work in legal or governmental affairs division of a health insurer, health care provider organization, or medical products company.

Environmental Health

Courses on risk assessment & regulation:

Fall
RDS280: Decision Analysis for Health & Medical Practice (Fall2, 2.5)
EH236: Epidemiology of Environmental & Occupational Health Regulations (Fall, 5.0)

Spring
RDS285: Decision Analysis Methods (Spr1, 2.5)
RDS500: Risk Assessment (Spr1, 2.5)
RDS282: Cost Effectiveness & Cost Benefit Analysis for Health Program Evaluation (Spr2, 2.5)
EH269: Exposure Assessment for Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology (Spring, 2.5)

Courses on the science of environmental exposures:

Fall
EH504: Principles of Toxicology (Fall, 2.5 or 5.0)

Spring
EH257: Water Pollution (Spring, 5.0)

General courses:

Fall
EH201: Introduction to Environmental Health (Fall2 or Sum2, 2.5) 
EH326: Epidemiology of Environment & Occupational Health Regulations (Fall, 5.0)

Spring
EH257: Water Pollution (Spring, 5.0)
EH202: Principles of Environmental Health (Spr2, 2.5)
ID215: Environmental & Occupational Epidemiology (Spring, 2.5)

Practicum

Internship at the Environmental Protection Agency or a nongovernmental organization concerned with environmental issues.

International Health and Human Rights

Courses with a human rights focus:

Fall
GHP218: Health and Human Rights: Concepts and Methods (Fall1, 2.5)
GHP214: Health & Human Rights & the International System (Fall2, 2.5)
WGH211: Women, Gender and Health: Introductory Perspectives (Fall1, 2.5)

Spring
WGH 200: Women, Gender and Health (Spr1, 2.5)
GHP288: Issues in Health & Human Rights (Spr2, 2.5)
WGH207: Advanced Topics in Women, Gender and Health (Spr2, 1.25)

Courses with an international health policy & practice focus:

Fall
GHP272: Foundations of Population & International Health I (Fall, 5.0)
ID262: Intro to Practice of International Health (Fall1, 2.5)
GHP267: HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries (Fall2, 2.5)

Spring
GHP283: Pharmaceutical Policy & Global Health (Spring, 2.5)
GHP269:Applied Politics and Economics I: Political Economy of International Health (Spr1, 2.5)
GHP244: Health Sector Reform: A Worldwide Perspective (Spring, 2.5)
GHP502: International Reproductive Health Issues (Spr1, 2.5)
ID272: Financing Health Care in Developing Countries (Spr1, 2.5)
ID513: Ethics and Health Disparities (Spr1, 2.5)

Courses with a focus on disasters and humanitarian crises:

Fall
GHP510Humanitarian Protection in Conflict: Legal & Policy Challenges (Fall, 2.5)

Spring
GHP513: Public Health Operations in Complex Emergencies and War (Spr1, 1.25)
ID205: Societal Response to Disaster (Spr1, 2.5)

Field experience:

Internship in an international development organization or local nongovernmental organization involved in developing-country work.

Health Technology Assessment

Courses on clinical research design:

Fall
EPI202: Elements of Epidemiologic Research (Fall2, 2.5)

Spring
EPI213: Study Design in Epidemiologic Research (Spr1, 2.5)
BIO214: Principles of Clinical Trials (Spr1, 2.5)

Courses on economics policy:

Spring
EPI298: Case-Based Seminars on Drug Safety (Spr1, 2.5)
GHP283: Pharmaceutical Policy and Global Health (Spring, 2.5)
HPM519: Health Information Technology and its Impact on Healthcare (Spr1, 2.5)

Courses on technology assessment methods:

Fall
RDS280: Decision Analysis for Health & Medical Practice (Fall2, 2.5)
EPI221: Pharmacoepidemiology (Fall2 2.5)

Spring
RDS282: Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Benefit Analysis for Health Program Evaluation (Spr2, 2.5)
RDS285: Decision Analysis Methods in Public Health and Medicine (Spr1, 2.5)

Practicum:

Internship at FDA; work in regulatory or governmental affairs division of a provider organization or medical products company.

* Not appropriate if you have already taken HPM209.

HSPH Course Catalog 2009-10