Department of Health Systems and Policy (HSAP)
Stratford/Camden Campus

About

The health systems and policy department offers the MPH on both the Piscataway/New Brunswick and Stratford/Camden Campuses. The requirements for the MPH are identical for both campuses. The primary goal of the department of health systems and policy is to provide students with an understanding of current health care policies and the historical context of the organization, financing and regulation of health care in the United States. The department is designed to build upon the skills of health care professionals and others with interests in health care delivery, program planning and evaluation, and health care policy. Those students selecting a concentration in health systems and policy have the opportunity for more intensive educational experience through fieldwork placements in specified areas of interest.

Required department courses provide students with the information, knowledge, tools and skills necessary to participate in various facets of health policy development and assessment, and in program evaluation and health care management within public health, community and institutional health care settings.

The department attracts primarily working health care professionals (physicians, nurses and allied health personnel, health officers and government employees) and builds upon their existing understanding of how the health care system operates. The department offers courses that are directed at improving students� evaluative, analytic, and decision-making skills for the purpose of career development or doctoral level studies.

Degrees offered: MPH, DO/MPH