Education / Graduate Education / Master's Degrees / Master of Science in Health Services and Policy / Curriculum Curriculum Total Credits Required: 37 Year One – Fall Term PM 421 - Intro to US Health Care System (3 Credits) PM 445 - Introduction to Health Services Research & Policy (3 Credits) PM 430 - Psychology in HSR (odd years) or PM 412 - Survey Research (3 Credits) PM 410 - Intro to Data Management/Analysis with SAS (3 Credits) IND 501 - Ethics in Professional Integrity-Clinical (1 Credit) Total Credits - 13 Year One – Spring Term PM 422 - Quality of Care & Risk Adjustment (3 Credits) Pre-requisite: PM421 PM 464 - Introduction to Regression Analysis (3 Credits) PM 472 - Measurement & Evaluation of Research Instruments (3 Credits) PM 484 Cost Effectiveness Research (even years) or PM 426 Social and Behavioral Medicine (3 Credits) Total Credits: 12 Year Two – Fall Term PM 430 - Psychology in HSR (odd years) or PM 412 - Survey Research (3 Credits) PM 415 - Principles of Epidemiology or PM 456 - Health Economics I (3 Credits) PM 460 - Master’s Essay (6 Credits) Total Credits - 12