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.    

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

HPA            410
         Health Organizational Leadership
       3 hours.     Departmental Approval Required 

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

HPA            431
         Law and Public Health
       3 hours.      

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
       3 hours.      
Online

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

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

HPA            470
         Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Managers
       2 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400; and approval of the department.   Departmental Approval Required 

HPA            475
         Contexts for Clinical Research
       3 hours.  Online course. Extensive computer use required. Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing; and approval of the department.    
Online

HPA            490
         Topics in Healthcare Leadership
       1 hours.  May be repeated to a maximum of 2 hours. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department.   Departmental Approval Required 

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 or Public Health (DrPH) or Public Health (MPH) or Healthcare Administration major(s).   Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            496
         MHA Capstone
       1 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Graduate or professional standing and approval of the department.   Departmental Approval Required 

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            522
         Public Health Research Design and Methods
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): BSTT 400.   Instructor Approval Required 

HPA            525
         Population Based Healthcare Services Planning
       3 hours.  Prerequisite(s): HPA 403 and HPA 410 and HPA 495.   Departmental Approval Required 

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