Courses - Health Policy and Management Track | Oregon MPH

Health Management & Policy (OSU)

Curriculum Information

Program length: 61 Credits

Required OMPH Core Courses (16 Credits)

Principles and Practices of Epidemiology (3 credits)
Introduction to Biostatistics (4 credits)
Health Systems Organization (3 credits)
Principles of Health Behavior (3 credits)
Environmental and Occupational Health (3 credits)

Health Management and Policy Required Track courses (15 credits)

Public Health Ethics and Issues (3 credits)
Health Policy (3 credits)
Economic Issues in Health and Medical Care (3 credits)
Health Care Organization Theory and Behavior (3 credits)
Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations (3 credits)

Health Management & Policy Electives (Select 12 credits; Other PSU HMP courses may be selected with consent of advisor)

Health Care Law and Regulation (3 credits)
Financial Management of Health Care Organizations (3 credits)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Reimbursement Mechanisms (3 credits)
Research Methodology in Health and Safety (3 credits)
Health Care Marketing (3 credits)
Contracting and Negotiation in Health Care (3 credits)

Suggested Electives (Select 12 credits; Courses may be selected at the partner campuses with consent of advisor)

Public and Private Health Insurance (3 credits)
Systems Thinking and Practice (3 credits)
Long-Term Care Alternatives (3 credits)
Financing and Administration of Long-Term Care (3 credits)
Health Care Information Systems (3 credits)
Management of Human Resources (3 credits)
Environment, Safety and Health Policy and Law (3 credits)
Emergency and Disaster Management (3 credits)
Design for Environment, Safety and Health (3 credits)
Mental Health (3 credits)
Public Health and Women: Social and Policy Issues (3 credits)
Program Planning/Proposal Wiring in Health and Human Services (3 credits)
International Health (3 credits)

Organizational Experience (6 credits)

All HMP track students will be required to complete a minimun six credit organizational experience at or near the end of their coursework. That experience will provide the student with the opportunity to apply what he/she has learned in the classroom to an organizational setting.