Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing Required.
Description
Provides students with the opportunity to apply principles of leadership, governance, and management while applying negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges in a public health setting. Students will learn basic principles and tools for budget and resource management, discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, and propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build partnerships to influence public health outcomes. An emphasis will be placed on the importance of advocacy for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.