Courses

Concentration Overview

Students should identify a social science discipline that will serve as their sub-field. Possibilities include sociology, political science, anthropology, or psychology. Students take the following three advanced methods courses:

GPH-GU 3040 Intervention and Prevention Sciences (3)
GPH-GU 3210 Qualitative Analysis: Interviewing & Mixed Methods Approaches (3)
GPH-GU 3260 Complex Systems, Disasters, and the Social Ecology of Health (3) 

In addition, they take two specialization courses by advisement.

Additional courses:
GPH-GU 2225 Psychometric Measurement & Analysis in Public Health Research and Practice (3)
GPH-GU 2480 Longitudinal Analysis of Public Health Data (3)
GPH-GU 2380 Survey Design, Analysis, and Reporting (3)
GPH-GU 3175 Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Cohort Studies (3)
ANTH-GA 2702 Acquisition of Cultural Practices (GSAS)
ANTH-GA 1010 Social Anthropology Theory and Practice (GSAS)
APSY-GE 2279 Risk and Resilience (Steinhardt)
APSY-GE 2105 Culture, Context and Psychology (Steinhardt)
SOC-GA 2111 Classical Sociological Theory (GSAS)
SOC-GA 3115 Advanced Seminar in Contemporary Social Theory (GSAS)
SOC-GA 2137 Social Stratification (GSAS)
POL-GA 1350 Core Seminar: The Domestic Politics of the United States (GSAS)
POL-GA 1751 Core Seminar: International Relations (GSAS)
POL-GA 1550 Comparative Politics of Developed Countries (GSAS)

Concentration Competencies

1. Apply appropriate research methods to analyze health policy and management issues and questions. [Advanced Public Health Policy and Management]
   2. Synthesize evidence to guide policymaking and assess public policies and programs that
   promote population health and health equity. [Health Services and Policy Research]
   3. Assess different theoretical perspectives in management and apply these ideas to the
   identification, analysis, and understanding of critical themes and issues in health care and public health. [Organizational Behavior and Theory in Public Health]

Previous Course Sequence

• Doctoral students in Public Health Policy and Management area of study complete five concentration
  courses (15 credits), usually during their second year in the PhD program:
  GPH-GU 3185 Health Services and Policy Research (3)
• PHD-GP 5902 Doctoral Research Methods (3) (Wagner)
• MGMT-GB 3381 Advanced Research in Organizational Behavior (3) (Stern)
• GPH-GU 3110 Advanced Public Health Policy and Management (3)
• MGMT-GB 3387 Organization Theory (3) (Stern)

Proposed Course Sequence

Doctoral students in Public Health Policy and Management will engage in a course of study designed to deepen their understanding of health policy and management issues and apply advanced data analytic techniques and research methodologies to conduct research from the fields of management and organizations, implementation science and program evaluation, and policy evaluation and health
economics.

Students are required to take the following three courses: 

• GPH-GU 3110 Advanced Public Health Policy and Management (3) 
• GPH-GU (TBD) Organizational Behavior and Theory in Public Health (3)
• GPH-GU 3185 Health Services and Policy Research (3) 

Students may take any doctoral level methods courses under advisement from their advisor and concentration director. 

• GPH-GU 3185 Health Services and Policy Research (3)
• GPH-GU 2135 Dissemination and Implementation Science (3)
• GPH-GU 3210 Qualitative Analysis: Interviewing & Mixed Methods Approaches (3)
• GPH-GU 2380 Survey Design, Analysis, and Reporting (3)
• GPH-GU 3175 Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Cohort Studies (3)
• GPH-GU 2225 Psychometric Measurement & Analysis in Public Health Research and Practice (3)
• GPH-GU 2480 Longitudinal Analysis of Public Health Data (3)
• GPH-GU 2338-001 Machine Learning Public Health (3)
• GPH-GU 3368-001 Applied Survival Analysis (3)
• GPH-GU 2372-001 Applied Bayesian Analysis in Public Health (3)
• PADM-GP 2171 Evaluating Programs and Policies (3)
• APSTA-GE 2042 Multilevel Models: Nested-Data (3)
• APSY-GE 2524 Psychological Measurement (3)
• CORE-GP Microeconomics for Public Management, Planning, and Policy Analysis (3)
• MGMT-GB 3387 Organization Theory (3)
• MGMT-GB 3381 Advanced Research in Organizational Behavior (3)
• PADM-GP 2172.001 Advanced Empirical Methods (3)
• PHD-GP 5902 Doctoral Research Methods (3) (Wagner)

Courses

Doctoral students in the Biostatistics area of study will be required to complete the following three concentration courses: 
 
GPH-GU 3235 Biostatistical Consulting (3 credits)
GPH-GU 3225 Statistical Inference (3 credits)
GPH-GU 2336 Critical Reading of the Biostatistical Literature (3 credits) 
 
In addition, students must choose two of the following six courses: 
 
GPH-GU 3368 Applied Survival Analysis (3 credits)
GPH-GU 3175 Design, Conduct, and Analysis of Cohort Studies (3 credits)
GPH-GU 3220 Experimental Study Designs in Epidemiology (3 credits)
GPH-GU 2338 Machine Learning in Public Health (3 credits)
GPH-GU 2480 Longitudinal Analysis of Public Health Data (3 credits)
GPH-GU 2387 Survey Design, Analysis, and Reporting (3 credits)