Concentrations & Certificates

Concentrations

Students can concentrate in health care management and policy or sustainability and climate change policy. The health care management and policy angle of study equips students to better assess and act within today’s complicated health care sector. Students who select sustainability and climate change policy will be immersed in the intricacies of climate change inquiry and action, the most crucial issue of our time.

Health Care Management and Policy

This graduate concentration is available to students in the Masters of Public Administration (MPA) and Masters of Public Policy (MPP) programs in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. It is designed to enable students to develop a deeper understanding of the contemporary health care sector, including the intricacies of U.S. health policy, and competencies in health care management. The concentration is comprised of three (3) courses, one from each of three focus areas.

Health Management (Select 1)
- HRMG 6220 Health Organization Management. 3 SH
- STRT 6220 Strategic Management for Healthcare Organizations. 3 SH
- SCHM 6223 Managing Healthcare Supply Chain Operations. 3 SH
Health Policy (Select 1)
- PPUA 7240 Health Policy and Politics. 4 SH
- PPUA 7247 U.S. Health Reform: Past, Present, and Future. 4 SH
- PHTH 5234 Economic Perspectives on Health Policy. 3 SH.
- PHTH 5212 Public Health Administration and Policy. 3 SH
Health Elective (Select 1)
- PHTH 5120 Race, Ethnicity, and Health in the United States. 3 SH
- PHTH 5212 Public Health Administration and Policy. 3 SH
- PHTH 5214 Environmental Health. 3 SH
- PHTH 5222 Health Advocacy. 3 SH
- PHTH 5224 Social Epidemiology. 3 SH
- PHTH 5230 Global Health. 3 SH
- PHTH 6200 Principles and History of Urban Health. 3 SH
- PHTH 6204 Society, Behavior, and Health. 3 SH

General Electives: Complete an additional course from the Health Elective list above or one of the following:

PPUA 6210, Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Cost/Benefit Analysis
PPUA 6212, Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Project Management
PPUA 6213, Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Data Visualization
PPUA 6216, Research Toolkit for Urban and Regional Policy: Grant Writing

Sustainability and Climate Change Policy

This graduate concentration is available to students in the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs. It is designed to enable MPP students to develop deeper insights into the policy dimensions of these intertwined but conceptually distinct realms of climate change inquiry and action, and in both domestic and international domains. The concentration is comprised of three (3) courses:

ENVR 6150 — Food Security and Sustainability 4 SH
LPSC 7312 – Cities, Sustainability, and Climate Change 4SH
PPUA/INTL 5100 Climate and Development 4 SH
PPUA 5260 – Ecological Economics 4SH
PPUA 5261 – Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Decision Making 4SH
PPUA 5264 – Energy Transitions and Climate Resilience 4SH
PPUA 5268 – International Environmental Policy 4SH
PPUA 5270 – Food Systems and Public Policy 4SH
PPUA 6101 – Environmental Science and Policy Seminar 1 4SH

Certificates

MPP students can use their 12 SH in electives to fulfill a graduate certificate in an area of specialized training. Currently available graduate certificates include the Nonprofit Sector, Urban Analytics, and Urban Studies.

For additional information, contact Julie Switkes.