Minor in Health Policy and Economics

Program of Study

The Health Policy and Economics minor requires students to complete a minimum of 15 semester hours in Public Policy and Economics. Courses that fulfill requirements for majors in School of Public Policy or School of Economics may also be used toward the HPE minor as described below.

PUBP 3210U.S. Health Policy3
ECON 4510Economics of Health and Health Care3
Electives 19
Group 1: Electives (must complete a minimum of 6 hours)
PHIL 3180
Biomedical Ethics
PUBP 3244
Stem Cell Science, Policy, and Ethics
PUBP 4630
Law, Medicine, and Ethics
ECON 4400
History of Economic Thought
Group 2: Methods
PUBP 3030
Policy Analysis
ECON 3160
Introduction to Empirical Economics: Data Visualization, Analysis, and Presentation
ECON 4412
Cost-Benefit Analysis 2
or PUBP 4813
 Special Topics
Total Credit Hours15
1

A minimum of 9 credit hours of elective courses selected from the lists provided, of which a minimum of 6 credit hours must be from Group 1.

2

PUBP 4813 must be 'Cost-Benefit Analysis"

  • All courses counting toward the minor must be taken on a letter-grade basis and must be completed with a grade of C (2.00) or better.
  • A maximum of 6 credit hours of Special Topics courses may be included in a minor program or the student may complete 3 credit hours of Special Topics and 3 credit hours of either Special Problems or Undergraduate Research . Students may not use 6 credit hours of either Special Problems or Undergraduate Research for a minor.
  • A maximum of 3 credit hours of transfer credit may be used to satisfy the course requirements for a minor. This includes courses taken at another institution or credit earned through the AP or IB program, assuming the scores meet Georgia Tech minimum standards.
  • It is the major advisor’s responsibility to verify that students are using only courses from the designated block(s) from the student’s major field of study that are allowed to satisfy a minor program, that they are not using any Core Area A-E courses (including humanities and social sciences), and that they are not using any courses for more than one minor or certificate. Any free elective course used to satisfy the course requirements of the student’s major degree program may also be used to satisfy the course requirements for a minor.