Department of Urban Health Administration (URHA)

MPH Curriculum in Urban Health Administration

Core Courses (15 Credits)

Fieldwork (6 Credits)

Required Courses (12 Credits)

• URHA 1563 Research Design (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1682 Health Care Management (Rutgers University)
• QNME 0583 Computing III: Using SAS Pack
• QNME 0584 Computing II: Epi Information
• QNME 0585 Computing I: Introduction to Microsoft Office

-also-

Choose one of the following two:
• URHA 1543 Public Financial Management (Rutgers University) -or-
• URHA 1642 Government Budgeting Systems (Rutgers University)

Recommended Elective Courses (12 Credits**)

• URHA 0588 Systems Analysis of Long-term Care
• URHA 0608 Leadership for the Non-profit Sector
• URHA 0621 Public Health and Health Disparities
• URHA 1609 Human Diversity and Social Issues in Community
• URHA 1622 Public Organizations (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1623 Human Resource Administration (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1624 Strategic Planning and Management (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1629 Performance Measurement (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1641 Political Economy and Public Administration (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1644 Law and Public Health in the United States (Rutgers University)
• URHA 1686 Violence in the United States (Rutgers University)
• URHA 2642 Urban Environmental Policy Studies (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
• URHA 2644 Social Foundation of Urban Health (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
• URHA 2645 Society, Chronic illness and Disability: An Urban Perspective (New Jersey Institute of
• Technology)
• URHA 2663 Proposal Writing (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
• QNME 0640 Public Health Crisis in the Humanities

(**) With the permission of the Department Chair or advisor, students may select other electives at UMDNJ, RU, or NJIT.