M.S. in Health Services Research Program Course Description
GHSR 5111. Topics in Health Services Research (1:1:0). Special topics in health services research that are not normally included in other classes. May be repeated for credit with change in content.
GHSR 5211. Topics in Health Services Research (2:2:0). Special topics in health services research that are not normally included in other classes. May be repeated for credit with change in content.
GHSR 5301. Introduction to Health Care Organization (3:3:0). Provides an overview of the health care system in its economic, sociological, epidemiological, policy, and behavioral aspects.
GHSR 5303. Health Economics Research (3:3:0). Applies economic theory and methods to the study of health services.(Instructor's permission required)
GHSR 5305. Field Study in HSR (3:3:0). Supervised involvement in HSR projects.
GHSR 5306. Health Planning and Services Research (3:3:0). Applies the methods and findings of utilization research to planning and evaluation of health care programs.
GHSR 5307. Directed Readings in Health Services Research (3:3:0). Readings and term paper relating to a specialized topic in health services research.
GHSR 5308. Introduction to Community Health (3:3:0). Provides an overview of assessment of community health needs and types of care systems available to meet community needs.
GHSR 5309. Data Management (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Introductory statistics. The learning objectives are to manage data, conduct statistic analysis, and report scientific findings using industry standard and research oriented computer software.
GHSR 5311. Topics in Health Services Research (3:3:0). Special topics in health services research that are not normally included in other classes. May be repeated for credit with change in content.
GHSR 5312. Introduction to Statistical Methods in Public Health (3:3:0). This course is designed for students whose future work will require extensive data analysis in research problems of public health and the biological sciences.
GHSR 5313. Statistical Methods in Epidemiology (3:3:0). This course will provide the foundation skills for basic epidemiological concepts and statistical methods used in an analysis of epidemiological data. (Pre-requisite: GHSR 5312 or equivalent)
GHSR 5318. Evaluation of Health Promotion Programs (3:3:0). This course will discuss methods for evaluating health promotion programs including formative, retrospective and monitoring techniques, survey and trend analysis, application of experimental and quasi-experimental design, triangulation of data, and evaluation report development. (Pre-requisite: GHSR 5312 or equivalent)
GHSR 6000. Masters Thesis (6 credit hr)
