Curriculum The majority of M.P.H. students complete the program in two years (full-time) or three to four years (part-time). An individual Location Medical College is located on a 54-acre suburban program plan is developed for each student based on education, campus in Valhalla, New York, 15 miles north of New York City. experiences and career goals. The program can be completed on The College is easily accessible by highway and is seven miles campus, online or as a hybrid. from the Tappan Zee/Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge. Frequent rail and bus service is available. Directions are available at An accelerated, full-time M.P.H. in Health Policy www.nymc.edu/directions. and Management hybrid program, designed to be About Us Master of Public Health completed in one year over three consecutive Founded in 1860, New York Medical College (NYMC) is one of semesters is available only as a summer start. the nation’s largest private health sciences colleges. A member of the and University System, NYMC is located in Total: 43 credits Westchester County, New York, and offers degrees from the School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences and the School of Health Sciences and Practice, as well as a school of Required M.P.H. Core Courses (15 credits) dental medicine and a school of nursing. NYMC provides a wide • Health Care in the United •  and variety of clinical training opportunities for students, residents and States Biostatistics practitioners. The College has a strong history of involvement in the social and environmental determinants of health and disease and a • Behavioral and Social • Environmental Influences on special concern for the underserved. Factors in Public Health Public Health • Public Health in Action

Applied Practice Experience (1 credit) The practicum component provides approximately 140-hours of work-based public health experience.

Required Health Policy and Management Concentration Courses (18 credits) • Law and Health • Organizational Theory • Information Systems • Financial Implications of for Health Care Managing Health Care Management • Systems Thinking and • Health Economics Design

Electives (9 credits on campus or 12 credits online) for more information Selected in consultation with an advisor Office of Admissions School of Health Sciences and Practice phone: (914) 594-4510 Culminating Experience email: [email protected] • Health Policy and OR • Comprehensive Examination New York Medical College Management Capstone (0 credits) 40 Sunshine Cottage Road Health Policy and Management (3 credits) Valhalla, New York 10595 www.nymc.edu/shsp online and on-campus Admissions Requirements • Bachelor’s degree

• Official transcripts* of all post-secondary schools attended

• Statement of purpose indicating applicant’s career and professional goals Enhance Your Degree • Resume or curriculum vitae (CV) The Division of Health Policy and Management at New York Medical College also offers certificates in global health and • Two recommendations health administration. Earning an advanced certificate affords Note: GRE not required Inform Policy and Improve the a focused-learning experience in a specific area. *Students with international credentials must submit TOEFL/IELTS Business of Health Care scores and educational evaluations. Admission and other information Advanced Certificate in Global Health The Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in Health Policy and for international students is available at www.nymc.edu/shsp. This 12-credit online certificate offers the opportunity Management prepares tomorrow’s health care leaders to to explore health care issues that exist in developing preserve, protect and improve the health of individuals, families Apply now at www.sophas.org countries and multi-ethnic populations in industrialized and communities through education, investigation, practice nations. Individuals working in health care can enhance and service. Our faculty are actively engaged in areas such as their knowledge of health, socio-economic and political the burden of injury and illness, community needs assessment, environments that affect health status of individuals and programmatic and economic evaluation of public health population groups. This certificate may be combined with an interventions, the role of information technology, provisions M.P.H. (using elective credits), or can be taken as a stand-alone and policies impacting long-term care and employee health, certificate and applied to any M.P.H. program at a later date. safety and wellbeing. Global Health Courses When it comes to studying health policy and management, • Primary Health Care Around the World New York Medical College’s location in Westchester County • Infectious Diseases and Public Health and its proximity to New York City brings tremendous • Women and Health: A Global Perspective advantages of having a long-standing highly developed • Comparative Health Care Delivery network of social services, advocacy for children and the elderly, disability services and vocational rehabilitation. The Advanced Certificate in Health Administration Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of This 15-credit online certificate is designed to provide the Health Sciences and Practice leverages those advantages knowledge and skill set needed in managing and directing in ways that benefit students—on campus and online. health departments, hospitals, clinics and other health care facilities. The curriculum is designed to address the competencies most frequently needed in health care administrators. This certificate can be taken only as a stand- alone certificate.

For a full list of advanced certificates, please visit www.nymc.edu/shspcertificates. www.ceph.org