Quick facts
Program location: CU Anschutz
Credit hours: 42-45
Est. time to complete: 2 years
Option: Emphasis in global health
MPH in Health Systems, Management & Policy
As a student in this program, you will become the expert in organizing, financing, and delivering health services within American and global health systems, and in designing and evaluating health policies. Drawing from the fields of economics, policy sciences, and management sciences, you will acquire specialized knowledge and skills needed to drive innovations in policy and practice that improve health outcomes, and reduce health care costs. You will develop broad expertise in areas such as Medicare and Medicaid policy, health insurance financing and payment, hospital and ambulatory care delivery systems, population-based public health systems, and economic evaluation. In addition to our signature on-campus in-person program, students now have the option to complete the program without attending classes on campus through our new online and distance accessible format. Students in this new program format complete courses online, including fully asynchronous classes and classes where students and instructors meet virtually in real time.
Quick facts, careers, and skills
When you leave this program, you’ll be ready to be on the front lines of advocacy in any public health field.
Sample careers
Policy analyst
Healthcare manager
Health services researcher
Healthcare consultant
& more
Skills you'll gain
Data analysis
Policy implementation
Leadership and advocacy
Resource management
& more
Curriculum
This 42- to 45-credit hour program offers both in-classroom and applied learning experiences. Our curriculum prepares you to make sense of data, apply them to healthcare solutions decisions, and advocate for evidence-based policies. You’ll gain a strong understanding of healthcare delivery and financing, as well as policy implementation. You’ll also learn how to be a leader and manage resources in a rapidly changing healthcare landscape. And if your interests are bigger than the U.S. healthcare system, we offer the option to add an emphasis in global public health, where you’ll learn how to apply health systems and policy principles in the global arena.
Total credits: 42
Competencies
| Identifier | Competencies | Course Where Competency is Addressed/Assessed |
| MPH-HSMP 1 | Evaluate strategies for organizing, financing, and delivering health services. | HSMP 6604 |
| MPH-HSMP 2 | Develop strategies for improving the performance of public health and healthcare organizations. | HSMP 6606 HSMP 6633 |
| MPH-HSMP 3 | Apply principles of budgeting and financial decision analysis in public health and healthcare settings. | HSMP 6610 |
| MPH-HSMP 4 | Analyze the implementation of laws, regulations, and policies to identify opportunities for improving health. | HSMP 6605 |
| MPH-HSMP 5 | Apply policy analysis frameworks to make evidence-informed policy recommendations for improving health. | HSMP 6616 |
| MPH-HSMP 6 | Develop policy recommendations for dismantling structural and contextual barriers to health using relevant frameworks and ethical principles. | HSMP 6602 |
Adding an emphasis in global health
The MPH in Health Systems, Management & Policy + Global Health is a 45-credit-hour program that's designed to provide you with a public health perspective of globalization and global health issues. As a student in this program, you'll gain the skills you need to apply public health methods to address global challenges.
Total credits: 45
Colorado School of Public Health
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building
13001 East 17th Place
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Mail Stop B119
Aurora, CO 80045
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