Full Semester Classes: 9/9/2026 - 12/20/2026
Grades Due: 12/22/2026 by 2:00PM EST
PHTH 2515. Healthcare Policy and Administration.
Tuesday and Friday 1:35pm-3:15pm IN-PERSON ONLY
This course focuses on management and policy issues in healthcare. Discusses management and administrative structures in hospitals and other healthcare organizations, including community clinics and health organizations, both private and public. Introduces the financial systems, economic information, and payment mechanisms necessary to understand healthcare financing. Also explores the variety of factors that influence population health from a healthcare policy perspective. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to analyze, prepare, and write policy briefs based on understanding the various economic, legal, and political forces shaping healthcare in the United States.
PHTH 4202. Principles of Epidemiology in Medicine and Public Health.
Tuesday and Friday 9:50am-11:30am IN-PERSON ONLY
This course introduces the principles of epidemiology necessary to critically evaluate the published research in medicine, public health, and related fields. Through careful reading of literature, class discussion, and lectures, familiarizes students with the study of design-related considerations that are an indispensable part of interpreting scientific literature. Offers students an opportunity to learn how to recognize critical elements of research design and execution (e.g., loss to follow-up in randomized clinical trials and other cohort designs, selection bias in case control studies, etc.); identify the strengths and limitations of different approaches to research questions; deepen their understanding of causal inference; and recognize the provisional nature of scientific knowledge. It covers issues of statistical methods and data analysis; however, there are no computational requirements.