PUBPOL 5900

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PUBPOL 5900
Special Topics in Health Administration and Finance

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

A special topics course specifically designed for students in the Sloan Program in Health Administration. Possible multiple offerings using adjunct faculty teaching in areas of expertise not covered in depth in the Sloan core curriculum and relevant to students preparing for careers in health management. Format ranges from intensive courses offered over several full days to longer courses meeting on a weekly basis. Each section represents a separate stand-alone course occurring over the dates indicated.


Forbidden Overlaps Forbidden Overlap: due to an overlap in content, students will not receive credit for both PUBPOL 3110, and PUBPOL 5900 (topic: Key Mgmt Issues-Pharmaceutical & Biotech Industry, and topic: Designing for Health Equity Speaker Series: Reimagining the Mall for Health and Community and Speaker Series + Design Charrette).

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sloan students or permission of Sloan Director.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  • Topic: Primary Care Around the World

  • 19061 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 004

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    • W
    • Aug 25 - Oct 10, 2025

    • Carmalt, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Ambulatory Surgery Centers:Operations and Strategy

  • 20351 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 005

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    • S
    • Sep 6, 2025

    • Alston, B

      Cheng, A

      Ghilani, K

    • Su
    • Sep 7, 2025

    • Alston, B

      Cheng, A

      Ghilani, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.
    Add and Drop Deadline: Saturday, August 23, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: AI and Academic Medical Centers

  • 20352 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 006

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    • F
    • Sep 26, 2025

    • Stanton, M

    • S
    • Sep 27, 2025

    • Stanton, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.
    Add and Drop Deadline: Friday, September 12, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - First. 

  • 0.5 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Hospital Environmental Sustainability

  • 20482 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 009

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    • F
    • Sep 26, 2025

    • Carmalt, J

      Tam, M

    • S
    • Sep 27, 2025

    • Carmalt, J

      Tam, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Add and Drop Deadline: Friday, September 12, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 0.5 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Introduction to Data Science

  • 20353 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 007

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    • F
    • Oct 24, 2025

    • Ahmed, N

      Pangburn, P

    • S
    • Oct 25, 2025

    • Ahmed, N

      Pangburn, P

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.
    Add and Drop Deadline: Friday, October 10, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1.5 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Medicaid Managed Care

  • 20354 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 008

  •  
    • F
    • Nov 7, 2025

    • Stankaitis, J

    • S
    • Nov 8, 2025

    • Stankaitis, J

    • F
    • Nov 14, 2025

    • Stankaitis, J

    • S
    • Nov 15, 2025

    • Stankaitis, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.
    Add and Drop Deadline: Friday, October 24, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Lean Six Sigma Training

  • 20853 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 010

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    • Oct 5 - Dec 11, 2025

    • Wasiloff, C

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) students and second-year Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.
    Add Deadline: Monday, September 8, 2025. Drop Deadline: Monday, October 20, 2025.

Syllabi: none

  •   Seven Week - Second. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • Topic: Human Resource Management

  • 20854 PUBPOL 5900   LEC 011

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    • Nov 9 - Dec 11, 2025

    • Tracey, J

  • Instruction Mode: Distance Learning-Asynchronous

    Add Deadline: Tuesday, November 11, 2025. Drop Deadline: Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
    Enrollment limited to: Executive Master of Health Administration (EMHA) students.