NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Health Policy & Administration

Location: 777 SPHPI; Phone: (312) 996-7816. For each course in health policy & administration, first priority in enrollment will be given to public health students and other students who require the course to fulfill their graduate or professional degree requirements. Other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students who meet the prerequisites may be admitted by school approval as space permits.

HPA            400
         Principles of Management in Public Health
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Enrollment restricted to public health students; other graduate, professional and advanced undergraduate students admitted by consent as space permits. To obtain consent, see the SPH registrar. Restricted to Public Health, Public Health (DrPH), and Public Health (MPH).  

HPA            402
         Social Ethics and Public Health
       3 hours.    

HPA            403
         U.S. Health Care System
       3 hours.   Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            407
         Foundations of Emergency Management in Business Continuity Planning
       3 hours.  Taught online only. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; or consent of the instructor.  
Online

HPA            410
         Health Organizational Leadership
       3 hours.   Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            430
         Introduction to Public Health Policy Analysis
       3 hours.   Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            451
         Health Care Finance
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing and approval of the department. Departmental Approval Required 

HPA            460
         Introduction to the Economics of Health and Healthcare
       2 hours.    
Online

HPA            463
         Managerial Health Economics
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): HPA 400 or consent of the instructor.  

HPA            465
         Health Information and Decision Support Systems
       4 hours.    
Online

HPA            494
         Introductory Special Topics in Health Policy and Administration
       1 TO 4 hours.    

HPA            495
         MHA Preceptorship
       1 TO 3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing and approval of the department. Restricted to Public Health, Public Health (DrPH), Public Health (MPH), and Healthcare Administration. Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            510
         Health Care Information Systems
       4 hours.  Same as BHIS 510. Taught online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing and consent of the instructor.  
Online

HPA            512
         Ethics in Clinical Research
       1 hours.  Same as MHPE 512. Extensive computer use required. Requires completion of an online course in human subjects research, to be supplemented by classroom discussion of the topics raised in that course and others. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department. Students must be enrolled in the Master of Science in Public Health program. Departmental Approval Required 
Online

HPA            525
         Management of Population Health Risks
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): HPA 403 and HPA 410 and HPA 495. Departmental Approval Required 

HPA            531
         Health Information Systems Analysis and Design
       4 hours.  Same as BHIS 520. Taught online only. A UIC netid is required. Prerequisite(s): HPA 510 or BHIS 510; and graduate standing and consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 
Online

HPA            551
         Marketing Health Programs
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): HPA 400 or MKTG 563 or consent of the instructor. Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            557
         Measurement in Health Services Research
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 and BSTT 401; or consent of the instructor.  

HPA            563
         Web-Based Public Health Information Systems
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): HPA 465; and consent of the instructor. Unless otherwise permitted, limited to students in the public health informatics track of HPA.  
Online

HPA            564
         Geographic Information System Application in Public Health
       3 hours.  Same as EOHS 564. This is an on-line course. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400 and HPA 465 and consent of the instructor.  
Online

HPA            565
         Datamining Applications in Public Health
       3 hours.  Same as EOHS 565. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400.  
Online

HPA            573
         Principles of Economic Evaluations of Health Care Interventions
       3 hours.  Same as PMAD 573. Previously listed as PMAD 571. Prerequisite(s): HPA 460; and Graduate standing; and consent of the instructor.