Health Policy and Management

Master of Health Administration (MHA)

Public Health Clusters (9 credit hours)
Epidemiology (EPID 600, 3 credit hours)
Environmental Health (ENVR 600, 3 credit hours)
Health Behavior, Health Education (HBHE 600, 3 credit hours)

Financial Management Clusters (9 credit hours)
Financial Management (HPM 740, 3 credit hours)
Managerial Accounting (HPM 741, 3 credit hours)
Managerial Finance (HPM 742, 3 credit hours)

Management Clusters (15 credit hours)
Strategic Management (HPM 725, 3 credit hours)
Health Law and Ethics (HPM 710, 3 credit hours)
Human Resource Management (HPM 720, 3 credit hours)
Organizational Change (HPM 732, 3 credit hours)
Marketing (HPM 435, 3 credit hours)

Analytic Clusters (12 credit hours)
Statistics (HPM 470, 3 credit hours)
Operations Research (HPM 770, 3 credit hours)
Decision Analysis (HPM 775) 3 credit hours
CQI (HPM 761, 3 credit hours)

Systems Clusters (12 credit hours)
The Health System (HPM 564, 3 credit hours)
Information Systems (HPM 440, 3 credit hours)
Economic Systems (HPM 715, 3 credit hours)
Political Systems (HPM 755, 3 credit hours)

Integrative Clusters 3 credit hours
Capstone (HPM 735-1) 2 credit hours
Business Plan (HPM 735-2) 1 credit hour

Total credit hours: 60

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Public Health Clusters (12 credit hours)
Epidemiology (EPID 600, 3 credit hours)
Environmental Health (ENVR 600, 3 credit hours)
Health Behavior, Health Education (HBHE 600, 3 credit hours)
Theory and Practice of Public Health (HPM 570, 3 credit hours)

Financial Management Clusters (3 credit hours)
Financial Management (HPM 740, 3 credit hours)

Management Clusters (12 credit hours)
Strategic Management (HPM 725, 3 credit hours)
Health Law and Ethics (HPM 710, 3 credit hours)
Human Resource Management (HPM 720, 3 credit hours)
Organizational Change (HPM 732, 3 credit hours)

Analytic Clusters 6 credit hours
Statistics (HPM 470, 3 credit hours)
Program Evaluation (HPM 472, 3 credit hours)

Systems Clusters 12 credit hours
The Health System (HPM 564, 3 credit hours)
Information Systems (HPM 440, 3 credit hours)
Economic Systems (HPM 715, 3 credit hours)
Political Systems (HPM 755, 3 hours)

Integrative Clusters 3 credit hours
Captsone (HPM 735-1) 2 credit hours
Business Plan (HPM 735-2) 1 credit hour

Total Credit Hours: 48

Graduation Requirements

Capstone Course
Students must complete the Capstone Course (HPM 735 - Advanced Concepts and Applications in Health Policy and Management). They must also write and submit a Business Proposal and Business Plan. This meets the requirements of the written comprehensive examination and the master's paper during the final year of study.

Time Limitation
The Executive Masters Program strongly discourages students from getting "off-track", since the program is designed to be completed following a specific curriculum plan. However, in rare circumstances that prevent a student from meeting the goals of the curriculum plan, the Graduate School allows students to complete all requirements for the degree within five years from the time they first enroll in the program.

Course Transfer Option
Our department reviews the coursework and makes the request to the Graduate School based on the following Handbook policy of up to 20%. So for our MHA program, we can accept up to 12 hours of credits. For our MPH program, we can accept up to 9 hours of credits. Students may transfer three courses from any departmental certificate program. For example, courses completed as part of the Health Care Management and Community Preparedness and Disaster Management Certificate Programs can be applied towards the graduation requirements of the Executive MHA and Executive MPH programs. If taking UNC's Certificate in Core Public Health Concepts, all 15 credits will transfer into the Executive MHA and Executive MPH programs.