SIPA: School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

• U4200/U4201 Economics or U6400/U6401 Economic Analysis (Fall & Spr: 6 credits)
  
• U6500 Quantitative Analysis (Fall or Spr: 3 credits)
  
• U6110/U6113 Politics of Policymaking (Fall: 4 credits)
  
• Management
  Students may choose from:
  • SIPA U6002 Governance and Public Management in Developing Countries (Fall)
    
  • SIPA U6003 Analysis of Public Sector Organizations (Fall)
    
  • SIPA U6005 Effective Management in the Public Service (Fall or Spr)
    
  • SIPA U6006 Strategic Thinking and Planning for General Managers (not offered in 2012-2013)
    
  • U6010 Enterprise Strategy for Leaders (Fall or Spr)
    
  • U6008 Fostering Innovation and Driving Improvement in the Public and Non-Profit Sectors (Spring)
    
  • SUMA K4100 Sustainability Management (Fall or Spr)
  • PUBH P6080 Leadership and Innovation (Spr)
    
• Financial Management (Fall or Spr: 3 credits)
  Students may choose from:
  • SIPA U6200 Accounting for International and Public Affairs (Fall & Spr: 3 credits)
  • INAF U6022 Economics of Finance (Spring: 3 credits)
  • SIPA U6310 Nonprofit Financial Management (Fall: 3 credits)
  • SIPA U6320 Budgeting for Government (Spring: 3 credits)
    
• U4040 Professional Development (Fall: .5 credit)
  
• U9013 Internship (Fall or Spr: 1.5 or 3 credits)
  Students are required to complete an internship as part of the core curriculum; however, they are not required to register for internship credit. Students may register for internship credits either in the semester they are completing the internship or anytime after the internship is completed. Maximum of 3 credits allowed. (NOTE: an internship obtained through the School of Public Health can be counted toward this requirement.)
  
• Workshop (Fall or Spr: 3 credits)
  Students should plan to do their Workshop in their final semester.

The Core curriculum, taken by all incoming students in their first semester, consists of 19 modules that build one upon the next to provide the broad, interlocking foundation of knowledge needed for a career in public health.

The Association of Schools of Public Health requires that all MPH graduates receive training in the foundations of public health. The Columbia Core consists of four broad areas of study, known as “studios”:

1. Foundations of Public Health begins with modules that examine the history, ethics, and biological basis of public health. These modules combined with one on health and human rights serve as a stepping stone for understanding patterns of health disparities and domestic and international policy.Modules: History, Ethics, Biological Basis, Human Rights, Logic of Inquiry
   
2. Determinants of Population Health probes the key influences on human health, including the environment, globalization, and aging. Coursework on reproduction and sexuality is also part of this studio.
   
   Modules: Environmental Challenges, Globalization, Maternal, Reproductive, & Sexual Health, Health and Behavior, Life Course, Social Determinants
   
3. Systems and Policy delves into the workings of the U.S. health care system and that of other nations, comparing and contrasting them. This studio includes modules on health economics, health care systems throughout the world, and introduces students to the process of designing and evaluating public health programs.
   
   Modules: Health Economics, Comparative Health, Program Planning, U.S. Public Health and Health Care Systems, Evidence, Policy, & Decision Making
   
4. Research Methods provides skills in biostatistics, epidemiology, qualitative research methods, study design, and systems thinking—all essential to conducting research in public health.
   
   Modules: Quantitative Foundations, Qualitative Foundations, Systems Thinking
   
   

Led by some of the school’s most gifted professors, you and a cohort of 100 peers will move together through the 19 modules of the Core over the course of 15 weeks. The faculty will help you make connections across the four studios and learn to think across disciplines by exploring such overarching questions as these: What factors underlie the patterns of disease and premature death in the U.S. and around the globe? What role is played by environmental factors? What accounts for health disparities within nations and across the world? What values come into play in designing interventions to prevent illness and systems to promote health?

Additional Features of the Columbia MPH

Practicum
Leadership and Innovation
Integration of Science and Practice

Fall 1

Spring 1

Summer 1

Another Semester as a cross registrant

Core – 15 credits

DISCIPLINE

DISCIPLINE

DISCIPLINE

LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION (L&I) –

3 credits

PRACTICUM

INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (ISP) – 1.5 credit

INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE AND PRACTICE (ISP) – 1.5 credit

16.5*

16.5*

0-3**

3-6

36-39

School of International and Public Affairs
www.sipa.columbia.edu

Office of Admissions & Financial Aid
International Affairs Building, Room 408
212-854-6216

Grace Han, Executive Director
gh2122@columbia.edu

David Sheridan, Director, Financial Aid
ds3118@columbia.edu

Office of Computing
International Affairs Building, Room 1513B
212-854-8347

Harpreet Mahajan, Executive Director
mahajan@columbia.edu

Office of Student Affairs
International Affairs Building, Room 612

212-854-8690

Leah Gunn Barrett, Assistant Dean
leahgunn.barrett@sipa.columbia.edu