Areas of Emphasis: Health Economics
The goal of this Area of Emphasis is to train health economists who will out-compete PhDs from the top economics departments for all jobs except those in economics departments. The curriculum includes a broad menu of health economics related courses in addition to the multidisciplinary core courses.
Prerequisites
- Calculus and micro-economics
Core Courses
Required Core Policy Course
- PubH 8801 – Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory (3) (Fall)
Area of Emphasis Required Coursework
- PubH 6832 – Economics of the Health Care System (3) (Fall)
- PubH 8821 – Health Economics II (3) (Spring even years)
- Econ 8001-2-3-4 – Microeconomic Analysis (8) (Fall and spring)
Supporting Program
Must total minimum 12 credits and must be approved by the Area faculty. Choose two methods courses from the selection below.
- ApEc 8211-12 – Economic Analysis (4) Fall
- Econ 8205-6-7-8 – Applied Econometrics (4) Fall
- HRIR 8811 – Advanced Quantitative Research Methods in HRIR (2-4) (offered irregularly)
- HRIR 8812 – HRIR Research Methodology (2-4) (offered irregularly)
- Econ 8117-8 – Non-cooperative Game Theory (4) Fall, but not Fall, 2010
- ApEc 8202 – Mathematical Optimization in Applied Economics (3) Fall
- ApEc 8205 – Applied Game Theory (3) Spring
- ApEc 8206 – Dynamic Optimization: Applications in Economics and Management (3) Spring
Additional Supporting Program Options
- Econ 8xxx – Graduate Courses in Economics (3)
- ApEc 8xxx – Graduate Field courses in Applied Economics (3)
- PubH 6862 – Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care (3) Spring
Total Course Credits: 56-57
(Includes core and Area of Emphasis) Prelim Exams: Methods and the Econ Area exams (2): a 5 hour classroom format exam AND the micro economics exam for econ minors (in the econ department)
Econ Faculty: Roger Feldman, John Nyman, Bob Town, Jean Abraham, Jon Christianson, Jeff McCullough, Pinar Karaca-Mandic