Master of Public Health (MPH/HPOL)

Health Policy (HPOL) Concentration

The Master of Public Health (MPH) program is a 45-credit graduate program of study that prepares students to apply core principles of evidence-based, public health practice within a variety of professional settings; our graduates are competent members of the public health workforce. The MPH program develops practitioners who can tackle today’s, and tomorrow’s, public health issues.  It values collaboration, community engagement, inclusion, innovation, professionalism, equity, and social justice in its pursuit of attaining the highest possible standards of health and well-being.

Students develop specialized skills in one of four concentrations.  

The Department of Health Management and Policy delivers the MPH concentration in Health Policy.

The MPH concentration in Health Policy prepares students to engage in policy and advocacy activities that advance equity, eliminate health disparities, and transform systems. Activities include conducting policy development and analysis in collaboration with invested groups (e.g., community members, policymakers, etc.), engaging in quantitative and empirical assessments of health policy, gauging equity in policy options, and strategically advocating for health and social change.

Required MPH Health Policy Concentration Courses

HADM 6142 – Health Policy Development (3)

HADM 6150 – Health Law and Ethics (3)

HLTH 6228 – Social Determinants of Health (3)

HLTH 6241 – Quantitative Analysis of Health Policy (3)

HLTH 6243 – Advocacy and Social Change (3)

HLTH 6250 – Health Policy Capstone (3)

 See the full MPH Program description under the Department of Epidemiology and Community Health for application and curricular details.