Required and Elective Courses

PUBA 670
Health Systems
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 769
Advanced Health Services Research Methods
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 757
Patient Reported Outcomes
Credit Hours - 3

BIOS 601
Applied Biostatistics
Credit Hours - 4

BIOS 603
Applied Biostatistics II
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 755
Pharmacoeconomics
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 753
Social and Behavioral Theory Health Outcomes Research
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 756
Health Services Research Methods
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 785
Pharmacoepidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 786
Health Services Research and Secondary Database
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 777
Health Outcomes Research Designs
Credit Hours - 2

PHAR 754
Decision Analysis in Healthcare
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 793C
SAS
Credit Hours - 1

PHAR 767
Scientific Writing: Health Services and Outcomes Research
Credit Hours - 3

PHAR 788
Graduate Seminar – HSOR (Required every semester)
Credit Hours - 12

PHAR 797
Research 
Credit Hours - 1-9

PHAR 795
Independent Study
Credit Hours - 1-9

Total Core Credit Hours - 59

Electives (Minimum of 12 hours)

PHAR 768
HEOR/HSOR Internship
Credit Hours - 4-12

Quantitative Emphasis

BIOS 604
Applied Biostatistics III
Credit Hours - 3

BIOS 610
Intermediate Biostatistics
Credit Hours - 4

BIOS 611
Data Management and Reporting
Credit Hours - 3

BIOS 612
Statistical Inference
Credit Hours - 3

BIOS 620
Applied Linear Models
Credit Hours - 3

BIOS 621
Categorical Data Analysis for the Health Sciences
Credit Hours - 3

PSYC 711
Advanced Multivariate Statistics
Credit Hours - 3

Behavioral Emphasis

SBHS 612
Intervention Design
Credit Hours - 3

SBHS 613
Program Evaluation for the Health Sciences
Credit Hours - 3

SBHS 614
Community-Based Participatory Research Methods
Credit Hours - 3

SBHS 712
Qualitative Research Methods
Credit Hours - 3

Health Policy Emphasis

HPML 601
Foundations of Health and Policy
Credit Hours - 3

HPML 622
Analytic Methods for Health Policy, Management, and Leadership
Credit Hours - 3

HPML 624
Policy Tools for Improving Population Health
Credit Hours - 3

HPML 670
Policy Analysis for Population Health
Credit Hours - 3

HPML 671
Data Informatics for Population Health and Policy Analysis
Credit Hours - 3

Epidemiology Emphasis

EPID 610
Principles of Epidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

EPID 664
Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

EPID 712
Quantitative Method in Epidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

EPID 761/762
Cardiovascular Epidemiology/Cancer Epidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

EPID 764
Mind, Body, Medicine, and Chronic Illness
Credit Hours - 3

Disease Emphasis

CHPR 380
Women and Health
Credit Hours - 3

SBHS 634
Issues in Women's Health
Credit Hours - 3

EPID 767
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
Credit Hours - 3

SBHS 633
Women and Violence
Credit Hours - 3

Health Care Administration

PUBA 671
Health Care Organization/Operation
Credit Hours - 3

PUBA 672
Health Care Finance
Credit Hours - 3

PUBA 673
Alternative Healthcare Delivery Systems
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 674
Rural Healthcare
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 675
Organization Performance Improvement
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 774
Health Care Law and Ethics
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 770
Managed Care
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 775
Healthcare Policy
Credit Hours - 1

PUBA 776
Healthcare Planning/Marketing
Credit Hours - 1

(For more information about Health Care Administration certification got to http://publicadmin.wvu.edu/mpa/specializations#healthcare)