Department of Health Systems and Policy (HSAP)
Piscataway/New Brunswick Campus

Sample DrPH Curriculum in Health Systems and Policy

Core Courses (15 Credits)

Fieldwork (6 Credits)*

*If student does not have a prior MPH degree, or equivalent fieldwork experience.

Required Courses (24 Credits)

• HSAP 0519 Health Care Economics
• HSAP 0563 Introduction to Outcomes Research
• HSAP 0663 Issues in Private and Public Health Insurance
• EPID 0651 Epidemiological Research Methods I
• BIST 0661 Regression Methods for Public Health Studies
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Choose one of the following two:

• BIST 0547 Lifetime Data Analysis -or-
• BIST 0615 Categorical Data Analysis
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Choose one of the following three:

• HEBS 0663 Survey Research Methods -or-
• HSAP 0617 Health Services Research and Evaluation -or-
• HSAP 0661 Health Care Policy

Recommended Elective Courses (9 Credits)

• HEBS 9557 Health Psychology (Rutgers University)
• HEBS 9560 Qualitative Research Methods (Rutgers University)
• HSAP 9554 Pharmacoeconomics (Rutgers University)
• HSAP 9555 Decision Making for Public Policy (Rutgers University)

Research (24 credits)

• RESH 0760 Doctoral Research