For the School of Public Health
Current Courses
- Science and Law (Fall Semester)
- Introduction to Management and Policy Sciences (Fall & Spring Semesters)
Course Description:
This course surveys theory and practice in the management and policy sciences applied to the field of public health. Topics include: public health in the US health system/ legal bases of public health; public policy institutions and decision-making processes; methods of policy analysis, public sector institutions, management and decision-making; and private sector health care institutions, management and decision making.
This is a designated core course.
- Syllabus and Course Schedule
Course Description:
Public Health law defines the extent to which the state can interfere with private interests when protecting the health of the population. In this course students will study, through constitutional and statutory analysis, how the balance between these interests is determined. Because administrative agencies are used extensively to regulate matters that affect the public health, students will examine the legal characteristics of these governmental entities. The use of the common law to establish public health policy and remedies for public health problems will be considered.
- Law at the Line (Summer Semester)