Degree Planner: FOR FALL 2016 – SUMMER 2017 ENTERING STUDENTS
PhD: MPACH -- Healthcare Management/Health Policy

Name: ______Student Number:______Department: ______Campus: ______Date: ______

Course / Credits / Term / Title / Sem 1 Term/yr / Sem 2 Term/yr / Sem 3 Term/yr / Sem 4 Term/yr / Sem 5 Term/yr / Sem 6 Term/yr / Sem 7 Term/yr / Sem 8 Term/yr / Sem 9 Term/yr / Sem 10 Term/yr / Sem 11 Term/yr / Sem 12 Term/yr / Sem 13 Term/yr / Sem 14 Term/yr / Sem 15 Term/yr
PREREQUSITIES(do not count towards degree requirement credit hours)
PH 3744 / 3 / a / Organizational Behavior in Healthcare
PH 1700 / 4 / a,b,c,d / Intermediate Biostatistics*
MAJOR: Required for preliminary exam beginning Fall 2015 MAJOR COURSES (24 credit hours)
PHD3846 / 3 / a / Quality Management and Improvement in Healthcare
PHD 3721 / 3 / b / Healthcare Finance
PHD 3930 / 3 / a / Econometrics
PH 3815 / 3 / a / Health PolicyAnalysis
PH3810 / 3 / b / Health Policy in the U.S.
PH3998 / 3 / b / Healthcare Management and Policy Research
For Healthcare Management emphasis: 2 courses required after the preliminary exam beginning Fall 2015
PH 3738
PH 3747 / 3 / b
a / Legal Issues in Healthcare OR Healthcare Operations Management
PHD 3998 / 3 / b / Operations, Technology & Decision Management
PH 3736 / 3 / b / Healthcare Payment Systems and Policy
PHD 3946 / 3 / a / Strategy, Governance and Leadership
PHD 3743 / 3 / b / Organization and Management Theory
For Policy emphasis: 2 course required after the preliminary exam beginning Fall 2015
PHD 3812 / 3 / b / Comparative Healthcare Systems and Policy
PHD 3830 / 3 / a / Ethics and Policy
PHD 3825 / 3 / b / Legal Issues in Healthcare
PH 3915 / 3 / a / Methods for Economic Evaluation of Health Program
PH 3818 / 3 / b / Texas Health Policy: Emerging Issues and New Approaches
PH 3736 / 3 / b / Healthcare Payment Systems and Policy
PH 3920 / 3 / b / Health Services Delivery and Performance
MINOR (9 CREDIT HOURS) at least 1 Methods course is RECOMMENDED
PH 2610 / 3 / a,b,c,d / Fundamentals of Epidemiology
3
3
BREADTH OBJECTIVES or SECOND MINOR OBJECTIVE: (9 credit hours)
3
3
3
DISSERTATION – RECOMMENDED, NOT REQUIRED
PHD 3970 / 3 / a,b / Proposal Development MPACH
PHD 3980 / 1 / a,b / Doctoral Seminar
DISSERTATION HOURS
PH 9999 / 2 or more / Dissertation Hours
Total credits: / 48 or more

* 1690 Foundations of Biostatistics is a prerequisite; exemptions can be requested via the Biostatistics department

CHECK COURSE SCHEDULE EACH TERM – Terms and/ or availability may change from those listed above

1Updated:May 2016