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Please print the check sheet and take it with you to your advising appointments each semester.

To track your fufillment fulfillment of degree and concentration competencies, login to the COPH Competencies Database.

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PHC 6050 or CI
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titleHealth Care Organizations & Management Competencies

In addition to the overall Master of Public Health degree competencies, Health Care Organizations and Management graduates will be able to:

  1. Assess the health care system in the United States, including the role of the public health disciplines;
  2. Employ analytic skill in health economics and health policy analysis;
  3. Apply management principles in private and public sector health organizations;
  4. Analyze ethical issues and implications of cultural diversity in health policy and management;
  5. Demonstrate ability to use decision making methodologies, such as information systems, financial management, and quantitative methods;
  6. Develop leadership, interpersonal and communication skills; and
  7. Apply critical thinking skills and knowledge to a management issue in a health care or related organization.
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titleCurriculum

Program Coursework

Requirement

CH*

Pre-reqs*

College Core and Foundation Courses

 16

 

Required Concentration Courses

 18

 

PHC 6151

Health Policy and Politics

3

PHC 6102 or CI.

PHC 6180

Health Services Management

3

PHC 6102 & undergrad acc. Course or CI.

PHC 6430

Health Economics I

3

ECO 2023, Eqv, or CI.

PHC 6160

Health Care Financial Management

3

PHC 6102, Undergrad Fin or ACC or CI.

     Students select two of the following

 

 

PHC 6148

Strategic Planning and Health Care Marketing

3

PHC 6102 or CI.

PHC 6181

Organizational Behavior in Health Services

3

PHC 6102 or CI.

PHC 6196

Information Systems in Health Care Management

3

Approved Elective Courses (see examples below)

 4

 

MPH Requirements

 

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PHC 6945

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Supervised Field Experience 

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1-3

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See Note #1

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PHC 6977

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Special Project

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3

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*CH=Credit Hours;  Pre-reqs= prerequisite courses unless noted as CR (co-requisite) or CC (Concurrent requisite)

  1. During 2nd semester meet with advisor and begin planning field experience. See http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/academicaffairs/fe/. May be met through the Peace Corps Master’s International option.
  2. Any grade below a C (C- to F) is required to be retaken.  The grade will be included in the student's GPA.
  3. The College Reserves All Rights to Repeal And/or Modify.
  4. Supervised Field Experience
  • Students with little or no professional experience: 3 hours minimum. 
  • Students with relevant professional experience: 1-3 hours minimum.
  • Students with substantial work experience can negotiate a reduced number of hours with their advisor (e.g., 1 or 2 hours) if the student has meaningful experience (involving decision-making) in a health care or related organization

Examples of common elective options:

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