Public Health (M.P.H.) Health Policy and Management Concentration
This degree concentration prepares students for careers in public health policy and healthcare management. This concentration provides the student with core competencies in management, strategic planning, marketing, human resource management and motivation. Students evaluate the role of governmental institutions in the policy process; examine policy models; and learn how health policy in the United States is uniquely different from that of other countries. Financial aspects of health care are offered to those in the discipline that plan to be future managers. Social and legal principles impacting healthcare delivery in the United States are other core components.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| PHS 501 | PUBLIC HEALTH & BEHAVIORAL SCI | 3 |
| PHS 502 | PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY & ADMIN | 3 |
| PHS 503 | BIOSTATISTICS AND COMPUTER APP | 3 |
| PHS 504 | ENVRNMNTL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALT | 3 |
| PHS 505 | PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 3 |
| PHS 506 | RESEARCH & QUANTITATIVE MTHDS | 3 |
| Required Concentration Courses | ||
| PHS 511 | ORG DESIGN & BEHVR IN PUBLIC H | 3 |
| PHS 512 | PUB. HEALTH POLICY, LAW & ETHI | 3 |
| PHS 513 | FINANCIAL MNGT OF HEALTH SERVS | 3 |
| PHS 514 | HEALTH MNGT INFORMATION SYSTEM | 3 |
| PHS 515 | MKTG PUBLIC HEALTH & STRATE PL | 3 |
| Elective Courses | ||
| Six credits of Elective Courses 1 | 6 | |
| Capstone Course | ||
| PHS 507 | APPLIED MASTER'S PROJECT | 3 |
| PHS 508 | PUBLIC HEALTH INTERNSHIP | 3 |
| Total Hours | 45 | |
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With approval from the faculty advisor and course instructor a student may take elective courses from other academic units at Jackson State University.