Public Health Management and Administration 
Master of Science Program

If you're a professional looking to enter the field of public health management, this program is designed for you. Students are engaged in learning that focuses on leadership, administration and the challenges and opportunities inherent in public health practice today. Graduates of the program will emerge with a better understanding of how to successfully manage change in the fast-moving arena of public health organizations.

The program's action learning orientation develops leaders who have an understanding of public health management systems and ideology; embrace collaboration to achieve desired results; have the ability to lead organizational change; and engage in reflective practice to continually develop and enhance their performance as practitioner-scholars.

Holistic Approach to Public Health Management

The PHMA program teaches learners to take a "whole-systems" approach to public health management and administration, including applied principles of innovation and styles of inquiry, data collection and use, and evidence-based practice to inform decision-making. Intentionally designed as a cohort-based learning experience for the working professional, the program prepares learners to better understand organizations as dynamic systems.

Program competencies include:

• Public health, advocacy and public policy
• Business acumen and financial management for nonprofits
• Management, administration and change leadership
• Evidence-based practice and decision-making
• Reflective practice and self-awareness
• Communication
• Relational health and group process skills
• Systems thinking
• Communication; cultural competence; coaching and mentoring; and personal character and ethics

Visit our admissions section to learn about the application process and requirements for our MS program or contact an admissions specialist at admissions@pcom.edu.

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