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JD/MPH CURRICULUM

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy and Management and the 
University of Pittsburgh School of Law 
JD/MPH Joint Degree program
April 2008
Proposed program update resulting from GSPH Core Course Revisions - Fall 2008
I.  GSPH CORE CURRICULUM - required

EPID  2110
BIOS  2011
BCHS  2509
EOH  2013
PH  2014
PH  2015
PH  2016
Subtotal 

 3 cr. 
3 cr.
3 cr.
3 cr.
1 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
17 cr.
Principles of Epidemiology
Principles of Statistical Reasoning
Social and Behavioral Science and Public Health
Environmental Health and Disease
Public Health Overview
Public Health Biology
Capstone: Problem Solving in Public Health
 
II.   MPH-HPM CORE CURRICULUM - required
HPM  2105
HPM  2001
OR may substitute 
HPM 
HPM  2135
HPM  2300
HPM  2037
HPM 
Subtotal
2 cr.
3 cr.

3 cr.
2 cr.
3 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
14 cr.
Health and Medical Care Organizations
Introduction to Leadership, Management, 
    and Policy for Public Health 
Public Health Agency Management * 
Health Policy
Health Law Field Experience
Master Essay: Credit fulfilled by meeting School 
of Law Upper-level writing requirement
Public Health Law and Ethics *
III. HEALTH POLICY AND MANAGEMENT TRACK CURRICULUM  (option A)
HPM  2012
HPM  2055
HPM 2145
HPM 2049
HPM 2029
HPM 2064
Must select 
3 cr.
3 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
6 cr.
Financial Management Foundations
Managing Health Programs and Projects
Marketing Health Services
Human Resource Management
HMIS
Health Policy Analysis
III.  PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES TRACK CURRICULUM  (option B)
BCHS 2563
BCHS 2520
BCHS 2558
BCHS 2579
BCHS 2599 
EOH  2180
EPID 2160
EPID 2161
EPID 2220
EPID 2260
Must select
3 cr.
3 cr.
3 cr.
2 cr.
3 cr.
1 cr.
2 cr.
1 cr.
2 cr.
2 cr.
6 cr.
Community Health Assessment
Theories of Health Behavior and Health Education
Health Program Evaluation
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Public Health Approach to Women’s Health
Introduction to Risk Sciences
Epidemiology of Infectious Disease
Methods of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology
Environmental Epidemiology
Epidemiologic Basis of Disease Control
Total -MPH/GSPH
Total -MPH/LAW
37 cr.
8 cr.**
GSPH and HPM core and 6 cr. from Option A or B
School of Law credits accepted
(plus 2 credits for HPM 2037 fulfilled by completion of Upper-level writing requirement at School of Law)
___________________________
TOTAL -  MPH  45 cr. Credit change effective 2007/08
*   Course has received departmental approval, not yet approved by EPCC
**  Credits will be accepted for courses earning a grade of B- or better from the following list of courses: 
5201      Administrative Law - 3 Credits
5540      Advanced Constitutional Law: Constitutional Theory - 2 Credits
5206      Agency and Partnership - 3 Credits
5207      Antitrust - 3 Credits
5917      Antitrust Seminar – 2 Credits
5464      Bioethics and Law - 3 Credits
5980      Bioethics and Health Law Clinical Practicum - 3 Credits
5112      Business Organizations - 3 Credits
5521      Conflict & Multi-Cultural America Seminar - 2 Credits
5301      Constitutional Law: First Amendment - 3 Credits
5536      Constitutional Law: Current Issues Seminar - 2 Credits
5539      Constitutional Law and 21st Century Racial Realism – 2 Credits
5214      Corporate Finance - 2 Credits
5296      Corporate Governance - 2 Credits
5413      Corporate Reorganization – 3 Credits
5817      Corporate Taxation – 3 Credits
5731      Current Issues in Health Law I - .5 Credits 
5831      Current Issues in Health Law I - .5 Credits
5730      Current Issues in Health Law II - .5 Credits 
5830      Current Issues in Health Law II - .5 Credits
5427      Elderly and the Law - 2 Credits
5330      Employee Benefits – 3 Credits
5216      Employment Discrimination - 3 Credits
5340      Environmental Law - 3 Credits
5247      Environmental Policy & Politics - 2 Credits
5383      Health Care Antitrust - 1 Credit
5811      Health Care Business Transactions and Finance - 3 Credits
5408      Health Care Fraud and Abuse - 1 Credit 
5395      Health Law & Policy - 3 Credits
5496      Health Law Practicum: Policy Perspectives - 4 Credits
5418      Immigration Law - 2 Credits
5923      Information Privacy Law Seminar - 2 Credits
5324      Insurance - 2 Credits
5314      Labor Law: Private Sector - 3 Credits
5119      Law and Science - 2 Credits
5237      Legislation - 2 Credits
5283      Mental Health Law - 2 Credits
5355      Nonprofit Tax Exempt Organizations - 2 Credits
5083      Reproduction, Sexuality and The Law - 2 Credits
5563      Taxation of Private Foundations – 2 Credits
5300      Topics in Food and Drug Law - 1 Credit
5238      U.S. Races and the Justice System - 3 Credits

For more information please contact:

Patricia M. Sweeney, JD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Graduate School of Public Health
Department of Health Policy & Management and
130 DeSoto Street, A734
Pittsburgh, PA  15261
Phone: 412-383-2231
Fax:     412-383-2228
psweeney@pitt.edu





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