Public Health Management

The Department of Public Health Policy and Management offers two specializations: (1) Public Health Policy and (2)Public Health Management. The department aims to develop leaders who will influence policy and manage organizations to improve and protect the public’s health. You will be prepared to develop, implement, and evaluate policies and management strategies in health care and public health. If you are interested in working with government agencies, nonprofits, or private health care organizations that seek to advance public health, these concentrations are suited to your career goals.

Like all MPH students, you will take the core public health courses in biostatistics, epidemiology, social and behavioral determinants of health, environmental health, and the essentials of public health biology. You will then select a concentration in either Public Health Management or Public Health Policy.

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Key Skills
Professional Development
Degree Requirements and Full-Time Sequence
Public Health Management Planning Checklist (for students who matriculated in 2024)
Public Health Management Requirements Checklist (for students who matriculated prior to 2024)
 

Key Skills

When you graduate with the Public Health Management concentration, you will be prepared to develop creative strategies to improve health care delivery and public health systems. You will stand out to employers with a skill set that has both breadth and depth in key public health policy and management areas.

Public Health Management Concentration

When you graduate with the Public Health Management concentration, you will gain the following competencies that will prepare you to:

1. Describe the importance of utilizing evidence-based theories or frameworks, such as logic models, in the design and implementation of public health programs.
2. Describe the legal basis for public health and health services.
3. Assess an organizational initiative and recommend steps to address the strengths and weaknesses of the initiative.
4. Apply the principles and tools of budgeting and resource management to improve the performance of public health and health care delivery organizations.
5. Apply principles of strategic management to public health.

Find out even more about the core competencies of the overall MPH degree.

Professional Development

You will benefit from countless opportunities to build skills and experience to prepare you for successful careers in public health policy and management. Learn more about the professional development opportunities available to you at NYU GPH, including internships, fellowships, employment, volunteer opportunities, professional association membership, and more.

Public Health Management Course Checklists

The Public Health Management checklist (see above for links) outline the requirements, as well as which core and concentration courses have pre-requisites. Use these tools as you move along in your program to help keep track of the courses you have taken, as well as those you plan to take later on in the program.