The MPA/Health Program is offered by the Public Management Department in collaboration with the Healthcare Department.  This specialized MPA degree prepares government and nonprofit leaders and managers for roles in health-related public policy development, community-based program and project management and advocacy, and social change, within the context of the dynamic health care environment.  The core and elective courses provide students with the opportunity to learn about various aspects of public management, including policy analysis and program evaluation, quantitative analysis, human resources management, organizational effectiveness, and leadership.  Students also explore several aspects of healthcare systems and administration, including the organization and financing of healthcare delivery, accounting and financial management, healthcare policy, performance improvement and patient safety, the legal environment of healthcare, and strategic management. 

Required Introductory Course – 1 credit

HLTH 700 Graduate Communication and Information Technology: Health

MPA Core Courses – 36 credits/15 courses

HLTH 701 Health Systems I
HLTH 702 Health Systems II
P.AD 712 Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation
Law Course: P.AD 714 Legal Basis of Public Management  or 
                    P.AD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics or 
                    HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare
P.AD 715 Quantitative Analysis
P.AD 716 Public Service Human Resource Management
P.AD 717 Organizational Effectiveness in Government
P.AD 718 Leadership Strategies for an Interconnected World
HLTH 824 Healthcare Accounting (1.5 credits)
HLTH 826 Healthcare Financial Management (1.5 credits)
HLTH 832 Health Policy
HTLH 840 Global Health Needs & Organizations (1.5 credits)
HLTH 841 Global Health Policy (1.5 credits)
P.AD 855 Civic Innovation & Effective Governance or P.AD 846 Community & Citizen Empowerment

Required for Pre-US Health Experience

Students with no professional experience are required to take: 

P.AD 858 Internship

Required Capstone Course – 3 credits

HLTH 890 Healthcare Strategic Management

Electives (9 credits)

Students select three electives from the following list.
(Students may be allowed to take up to two electives within the Sawyer Business School and College of Arts and Sciences with permission from the Director of the Healthcare Administration Programs and/or the Chair of the Public Management Department).

Health Electives

HLTH 825 Legal Environment of Healthcare
HLTH 828 Managerial Epidemiology
HLTH 830 Healthcare Operations Management
HLTH 831 Performance Improvement & Patient Safety
HLTH 834 Disability and Public Policy
HLTH 835 Healthcare Marketing
HLTH 850 Health Information Systems
HLTH 860 Leadership & Ethics in the Healthcare Organization
HLTH 900 Special Topics

Public Administration Electives

P.AD 809 Economic/Financial/Admin Strategies of Public Service
P.AD 811 Politics of the Federal Bureaucracy
P.AD 812 Managing State Government
P.AD 813 Administrative Strategies of Local Government
P.AD 814 Intergovernmental Relations
P.AD 815 Nonprofit Organizations in the Community
P.AD 816 Analysis of Public Policy
P.AD 818 Public Sector Labor/Management Relations
P.AD 819 Grants-in-Aid and Grants Management
P.AD 820 Governmental Decision-Making
P.AD 821 Human Services Integration
P.AD 822 Management Information Systems
P.AD 827 Financing State and Local Government
P.AD 829 Environmental Policy and Administration
P.AD 830 Public Liaison Strategies
P.AD 835 Nonprofit Marketing and Communication
P.AD 838 Ethics in Management
P.AD 839 Leadership and Decision-Making
P.AD 840 Comparative Public Policy: Dublin, Ireland/Puerto Rico
P.AD 842 Workplace and Labor Law
P.AD 845 The Entrepreneurial Nonprofit
P.AD 846 Community and Citizen Empowerment
P.AD 847 Nonprofit Financial Management
P.AD 848 Nonprofit Law and Ethics
P.AD 849 Revenue Strategies for Nonprofits
P.AD 850 Alternative Dispute Resolution
P.AD 855 Civic Innovation and Effective Governance
P.AD 856 Group Theory and Facilitation Practice
P.AD 900 Special Topics in Public Administration
P.AD 910 Directed Individual Study