Required and Elective Courses, 2023-2024
Required and Elective Courses
All students in the PhD in the Health Systems Program must take the required courses listed below. All required courses must be taken for a letter grade except for courses only offered for pass/fail grading. Below you'll find the lists of required and elective courses.
Any application to waive courses must be made in writing (with an approval from the advisor) to the coordinator at least 1 term prior to the start of the course. Even if waivers are granted, students are responsible for course content on comprehensive exams.
Required Courses 2023-24
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Course No. |
Course Title |
Term |
Credits |
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General Degree Requirements |
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Academic and Research Ethics at BSPH |
1 |
0 |
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Doctoral Seminar in International Health I |
1 |
3 |
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Doctoral Independent Goals Analysis (IGA) |
1 |
1 |
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Biologic, Genetic, and Infectious Bases of Human Disease |
1, 2, 3 |
0.5 |
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Applications to Managing Health Services Organizations in LMICs |
1, 3 |
3 |
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Doctoral Seminar in International Health II |
2 |
3 |
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International Travel Preparation, Safety, and Wellness (only take once) |
2, 3, 4 |
1 |
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Health Systems in LMICs |
2 |
3 |
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Applying Summary Measures of Population Health to Improve Health Systems (must take on-campus offering) |
2, 4 |
3 |
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Health Systems Research and Evaluation in Developing Countries |
3 |
4 |
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Epidemiology Requirement |
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Epidemiologic Methods I |
1 |
5 |
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Epidemiologic Methods II |
2 |
5 |
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Biostatistics Requirement (choose one option) |
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Option 1 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health I |
1 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health II |
2 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health III |
3 |
4 |
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Statistical Methods in Public Health IV |
4 |
4 |
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Option 2 |
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Methods in Biostatistics I |
1 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics II |
2 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics III |
3 |
4 |
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Methods in Biostatistics IV |
4 |
4 |
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Ethics Requirement (choose one of the following) |
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Living Science Ethics Responsible Conduct of Research |
1, 4 |
2 |
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Research Ethics and Integrity: US and International Issues |
3 |
3 |
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Additionally, students are required to complete the CITI Training Module |
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Health Systems Seminars |
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Health Systems Program Seminar I |
1 |
1 |
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Health Systems Program Seminar II |
2 |
1 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Health Systems I (Year 1) |
3 |
1 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Health Systems II (Year 1) |
4 |
1 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Health Systems III (Year 2) |
1 |
1 |
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Doctoral Seminar in Health Systems IV (Year 2) |
2 |
1 |
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Elective Courses 2023-24
Fifteen (15) additional credits are required for the PhD program from the following list of elective courses, if not already selected to satisfy another requirement. The courses must cover at least 2 of the 3 blocks detailed below. These courses must be taken for a letter grade with the exception of courses only offered pass/fail grading.
| Course No. | Course Title | Term | Credits |
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| Health Systems Planning and Management | |||
| 221.722 | Quality Assurance Management Methods for Developing Countries | 1 | 4 |
| 312.617 | Fundamentals of Financial Accounting | 1 | 3 |
| 312.603 | Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management | 1-4 | 3 |
| 221.637 | Health Information Systems (online only) | 2 | 4 |
| 312.604 | Quantitative Tools for Managers | 2,3,4 | 3 |
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Strategic Leadership Principles and Tools for Health System Transformation in Developing Countries |
2 |
4 |
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Managing NGOs in the Health Sector |
3 |
3 |
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Pharmaceuticals Management for Under-Served Populations |
3 |
3 |
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Health Management Information Systems |
3 |
3 |
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Financing Health Systems for Universal Health Care |
3 |
3 |
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Strategic Planning |
3 |
3 |
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Non-Governmental Organizations and the Administration of Global Health Programs |
4 |
3 |
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International Health Topics |
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The Global Environment, Climate Change, and Public Health |
1 |
4 |
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Introduction to Food Systems and Public Health |
1 |
4 |
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Introduction to Humanitarian Emergencies |
1 |
2 |
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Gender and Health: Foundational Theories and Applications |
1 |
3 |
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Health Care in Humanitarian Emergencies |
1, 2 |
3 |
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Using Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Improve Public Health |
1 |
1 |
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Confronting the Burden of Injuries: A Global Perspective |
2 |
3 |
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Issues in the Reduction of Maternal and Neonatal Mortality in LMICs |
2 |
4 |
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Health Information Systems |
2 |
3 |
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Applications to Gender Analysis Within Health Research and Interventions |
2 |
2 |
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Leadership and Management in Humanitarian Health |
2 |
2 |
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Health Behavior Change at the Individual, Household, and Community Levels |
2 |
4 |
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Climate Change and Public Health |
3 |
3 |
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Issues for Water and Sanitation in Tropical Environmental Health |
3 |
2 |
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Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care |
3 |
4 |
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Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Humanitarian Emergencies |
3 |
2 |
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Global Advances in Community-Oriented Primary Health Care |
3 |
4 |
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Armed Conflict and Health |
3 |
2 |
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Social and Behavioral Foundations of Primary Health Care |
3 |
4 |
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Planning for Food Systems and Public Health |
3 |
3 |
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Design and Implementation of Global Digital Health Interventions I |
3 |
3 |
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Mental Health Intervention Programming in LMICs |
3 |
3 |
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Migration and Health: Concepts, Rates, and Relationships |
3 |
3 |
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One Health Tools to Promote and Evaluate Healthy and Sustainable Communities |
4 |
3 |
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History of International Health and Development |
4 |
2 |
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Food Security and Nutrition in Humanitarian Emergencies |
4 |
2 |
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Ethics of Public Health Practice in Developing Countries |
4 |
2 |
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Urban Health in Developing Countries |
4 |
3 |
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Mental Health Aspects of Disaster: Public Health Preparedness and Response |
4 |
2 |
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Design and Implementation of Global Digital Health Interventions II |
4 |
3 |
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Special Topics in Global Digital Health |
4 |
1 |
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Project Development for Primary Health Care in Developing Countries |
4 |
4 |
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Urban Health in Developing Countries |
4 |
3 |
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Health and Homelessness |
4 |
3 |
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Health Policy |
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Introduction to Health Policy |
1 |
4 |
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International Political Science for Public Health Practitioners |
2 |
2 |
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Formulating Policy: Strategies and Systems of Policymaking in the 21st Century |
2 |
3 |
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Health Advocacy |
2, 4 |
3 |
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The Political Economy of Social Inequalities and Consequence |
2, 4 |
3 |
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Vaccine Policy Issues |
3 |
3 |
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Health Policy Analysis in LMICs |
3 |
3 |
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Research and Evaluation Methods for Health Policy |
3 |
3 |
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Politics of Health Policy |
4 |
4 |
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Understanding and Changing International Reproductive Health Policy |
4 |
3 |
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Research / Analytical Methods Electives
Fifteen (15) additional credits are required from the following list of courses. The courses selected must cover at least two of the five categories below. These courses must be taken for a letter grade, with the exception of courses only offered pass/fail. Please note that all course numbers are hyperlinked to redirect to the BSPH Course Directory system.
| Course No. | Course Title | Term | Credits |
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| Quantitative Methods | |||
| 140.646 | Essentials of Probability and Statistical Inference I: Probability | 1 | 4 |
| 140.655 | Analysis of Longitudinal Data | 1 | 4 |
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Statistics for Psychosocial Research: Measurement |
1 |
4 |
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Advanced Methods for Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies |
1 |
4 |
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Essentials of Probability and Statistical Inference II: Statistical Inference |
2 |
4 |
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Multilevel and Longitudinal Models Data Analysis Workshop |
2 |
4 |
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis |
3 |
6 |
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Epidemiologic Methods III |
3 |
5 |
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Problems in the Design of Epidemiologic Studies: Proposal Development and Critique |
4 |
5 |
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Spatial Analysis I: ArcGIS |
1 |
3 |
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Spatial Analysis II: Spatial Data Technologies |
2 |
2 |
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Spatial Analysis III: Spatial Statistics |
3 |
4 |
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Spatial Analysis IV: Spatial Design and Applications |
4 |
3 |
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Health Systems Research and Evaluation |
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Advanced Methods in Health Services Research: Research Design |
1 |
4 |
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Fundamentals of Program Evaluation |
1, 3 |
4 |
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Large-Scale Effectiveness Evaluations of Health Programs |
2, 4 |
4 |
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Systems Thinking in Public Health: Applications of Key Methods |
2 |
3 |
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Assessing Health Status and Patient Outcomes |
2 |
3 |
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Health Survey Research Methods |
2 |
4 |
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Implementation Research and Practice |
2 |
3 |
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Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health |
3, 4 |
4 |
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Design and Conduct of Community Trials |
3 |
4 |
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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation I |
3 |
2 |
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Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis |
3 |
6 |
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Issues in Survey Research |
3 |
3 |
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Applications of Innovative Methods in Local and Global Health Equity Research |
3 |
4 |
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Methods for Planning and Implementing Evaluations of Large-Scale Programs in LMICs |
4 |
4 |
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Introduction to Methods for Health Services Research and Evaluation II |
4 |
2 |
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Health Equity Research Methods to Address Social Determinants of Health |
4 |
4 |
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Applications in Program Monitoring and Evaluation |
4 |
4 |
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Methods of Analysis of Large Population Surveys |
4 |
3 |
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Qualitative Methods |
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Qualitative Research Theory and Methods |
1, 3 |
3 |
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Qualitative Data Analysis |
2, 4 |
3 |
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Introduction to Community-Based Participatory Research: Principles and Methods |
2 |
3 |
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Concepts in Qualitative Research for Social and Behavioral Sciences |
2 |
3 |
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Formative Research for Behavioral and Community Interventions |
3, 4 |
4 |
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Methods in Specific Topics |
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Measurement Methods in Humanitarian Emergencies |
2 |
2 |
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Nutrition Epidemiology |
3 |
3 |
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Migration and Health: Concepts, Rates, and Relationships |
3 |
3 |
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Econometric Methods for Evaluation of Health Programs |
4 |
4 |
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Health Economics |
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Introduction to Global Health Economics |
1 |
3 |
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Economic Evaluation I |
1 |
3 |
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Economic Evaluation II |
2 |
3 |
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Economic Evaluation III |
3 |
3 |
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Health Economics |
2 |
3 |
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Behavioral Economics in Health Decisions |
3 |
2 |
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Econometrics I |
3 |
4 |
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Financing Health Systems for Universal Health Care |
3 |
3 |
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Health, Equity, and Economic Development |
3 |
3 |
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Introduction to Health Economics |
3 |
3 |
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Intermediate Health Economics |
3 |
3 |
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Globalization and Health: A Framework for Analysis |
4 |
3 |
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Note: The Health Systems Program also offers a Health Economics “specialization,” which tracks with schoolwide standards set out by the interdepartmental PhD Program in Health Economics. For further information on these courses, see the Health Systems PhD Concentration Director. |
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