Section Topics

Health Services Administratin and Policy

Master of Public Administration

Master of Business Administration

Required Courses

Certificate Program and Interdisciplinary Specialization in Health Services Administration and Policy

College of Social Sciences and College of Business

Director: Allen W. Imershein

The Interdisciplinary Specialization in Health Services Administration and Policy is organized to train managers, policymakers, and researchers to respond to, and help shape, the rapidly changing health care arena. The interdisciplinary specialization emphasizes areas of faculty interest and expertise in health services administration and policy. The faculty is from the following disciplines: business, economics, human sciences, public administration and policy, sociology, social work, and urban and regional planning. The program consists of three core courses and two electives. The three core courses, health policy and public administration, health institutions and social policy, and health care finance, provide students with the fundamental knowledge and skills required for future work within health care policy and administration. Specific degree programs may require or allow additional courses.

A certificate program in this area is also available. Consisting of the three core courses identified below, plus two electives, this program is designed to provide knowledge and skills required for present and continuing work in health services administration. Application to the certificate program is made to the director.

Degrees are granted through specific departments that participate in the program. Existing degree programs are described below along with the general course listings.

Master of Public Administration (MPA)

The five-course professional option that is required for the master of public administration can be fulfilled through the health services administration and policy specialization. This specialization is designed to prepare students for management roles in a public sector environment concerned with the delivery of health services. In addition to the three core courses, two electives should be selected from a list of health policy- or administration-related courses in business, economics, human sciences, urban and regional planning, social work, sociology, and public administration and policy, in consultation with the director of the interdisciplinary specialization and the MPA program director.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

The five-course option in health services administration and policy can be selected by MBA students as an area of specialization. This option is designed to prepare students for business and management roles in an environment concerned with the delivery of health services. The option can be fit within the electives that are required in the two-year MBA program. Students in the one-year option would need to attend an additional semester to complete the option. In addition to the three core courses, two electives can be selected from a list of health policy- or administration-related courses in economics, human sciences, public administration and policy, social work, sociology, and urban and regional planning, in consultation with the director of the interdisciplinary specialization and the MBA program director.

Required Courses for Both MBA and MPA Specializations

Note: descriptions of the following courses can be found under the departmental listings.

Electives

*Additional electives for public administration only.