Capstone Seminar in Health Policy and Management Part 1

1 credits · Graduate

First semester of a year-long course; an integrative seminar to provide a supportive environment for master's degree students in the HPM program of the School of Public Health. During the first semester, students learn about the Capstone requirements, learn research techniques that may be applied to their projects, and define their project. The course includes weekly lectures on research methods as well as in-class exercises practicing these methods and applying them to potential Capstone topics. In the second semester, students conduct an applied methods thesis, write a report and present it. A core requirement which prepares students to transition to the profession; it fulfills Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) requirement.