Description

The School of Public Affairs offers a concentration in health policy as part of the BS in public service and public policy. This program allows students to build a course of study that emphasizes their own areas of interest. The health care industry is continuing to be a major part of the U.S. and world economy.

The concentration in health policy provides students who have an interest in policy to focus on health-related issues and their policy implications. The courses in the concentration are offered by the School of Nutrition and Health Promotion and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change. All the courses are part of the college's regular degree offerings. Thus, students emerge from the program prepared to address policy issues in this substantive area with an understanding of the range of public service careers (including government, nonprofit and for-profit options), the economics of public affairs, the challenge of leadership in the public context, and the dynamics of administering public programs.

The program is primarily focused on providing students with the knowledge and skills required for entry- and mid-level supervisory and managerial positions in the public sector, such as city, county, state and federal agencies, though they would function successfully in many other types of organizations as well. For those who already have work experience, the degree provides further opportunity for promotion.

The health policy concentration provides students with more specialized knowledge about the policy implication of health-related decisions and actions.