Public Health Policy Interdisciplinary Concentration (PHPIC) Curriculum

Other course options may exist. To determine eligibility of an elective, please contact your academic advisor and/or PHPIC Coordinator, Carol Francis, before enrolling in the course or adding it to your course listing form.

Required: PubH 6045, Skills for Policy Development, 1 credit.

Number	Description	Credits
PubH 6020	Fundamentals of Social and Behavioral Science	3
PubH 6049	Legislative Advocacy Skills for Public Health	3
PubH 6078	Public Health Policy as a Prevention Strategy	2
PubH 6080	Policy, Politics and Ethics of Public Health Decision Making	2
PubH 6105	Environmental and Occupational Health Policy	2
PubH 6114	Foundation of Environmental and Worker Protection Law	1
PubH 6115	Worker Protection Law	1
PubH 6116	Environmental Law	1
PubH 6564	Managed Care	2
PubH 6606	Children's Health: Issues, Programs, and Policies	2
PubH 6627	Sexuality Education: Criteria, Curricula and Controversy	1
PubH 6630	Foundations of MCH Leadership	3
PubH 6634	Advocacy and Children's Rights	2
PubH 6711	Public Health Law	2
PubH 6724	The Health Care System and Public Health	3
PubH 6730	International Comparative Health Systems	2
PubH 6835	Public Health Policy in Health Care or Health Services Research	3
PubH 7200	Community Organizing and Advocacy: Building Political Power and Moving People to Action	1.5

PHPIC Course Options Outside of Public Health

Number	Description	Credits
PA 5011	Public Management and Leadership	3
PA 5012	Politics of Public Affairs	3
PA 5412	Aging and Disability Policy	3
PA 5421	Racial Inequality and Public Policy	3
PA 5601	Survey of Women, Law, and Public Policy in the United States	3

For more information contact Carol Francis, PHPIC coordinator, at franc004@umn.edu or (612) 624-6952.