This degree is designed to provide a professionally focused understanding of public health issues in America and abroad, to include the science, psychology, and sociology associated with public health issues. Students will study public law, policy, and administration associated with the effective and efficient administration of public health. They will learn the health system, its management, finances, and structure. Students in this program are typically interested in (or already employed in) some aspect of the health system, concerned of the public health situation in the United States and/or abroad, or are generally interested scholars who seek a public-minded degree. Degree Program Objectives
In addition to the institutional and degree level learning outcomes objectives, the Master of Public Health also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Graduates in this degree program will be able to: - Critically analyze the scope, capabilities, and limitations of public health systems in the United States.
- Analyze the fundamental theories and philosophies of public health administration, policy-making, and implementation outcomes in emergency and disaster management and general health care administration.
- Interpret and evaluate the literature, the research, and the practices in public health and its administration.
- Examine public health in the context of legislation and emerging issues.
- Evaluate and use macro- and microeconomic analyses of public health to design, manage, and implement cost effective organizational practices in public health.
- Examine and evaluate the theories and practices surrounding disease and disease transmission, rates and proportions associated with different forms of outbreak, and epidemiological risk-management methods and measures.
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