公共事务硕士课程是一个跨学科的专业课程，为学生提供在地方，州或联邦政府，准政府服务或非营利性（包括慈善）领域的职位的准备。它扩大了学生对公务员工作的经济，环境，政治和社会环境的理解。集中精力于健康政策，您将探索联邦，州和地方各级的立法，行政和司法政府行动如何影响健康和医疗保健。您将获得有关健康保险法规，国际医疗体系，劳动力市场与健康保险之间的联系，对健康政策的政治影响以及健康决定因素的重要知识。通过对健康趋势和数据的了解，您将能够引起有关人类健康的争论。
With a concentration in Health Policy, you'll explore the ways in which legislative, executive, and judicial government actions at the federal, state, and local levels affect health and healthcare. You'll gain vital knowledge in health insurance regulation, international healthcare systems, the connection between the labor market and health insurance, political influence on health policy, and the determinants of health. By gaining an understanding of health trends and data, you'll be able to elevate the debate surrounding human health.