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- Two years (generally) of graduate level coursework, including the full-year core course in health policy in the first year.
- Concentration in one academic discipline (decision sciences, economics, management, methods for policy research, or political analysis).
- Two semesters of statistics. See the distribution requirements curriculum guide below for courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement.
- Three one-term courses, chosen from three concentrations outside a student’s field of concentration. The statistics requirement may be used to satisfy one of the three requirements, except for students concentrating in methods for policy research.
- A weekly research seminar where students present research in progress, beginning in the third year.
- Written general (i.e., health policy) and concentration examinations following two years of coursework; the general exam also has an oral component.
- A dissertation prospectus and oral examination on that prospectus, in the third or fourth year of the program.
- A dissertation based on original research and a dissertation defense. The dissertation may be comprised of three publishable papers or one major monograph, although the latter option is rarely used.


#### [Harvard Griffin GSAS Policies for the Health Policy Program](https://gsas.harvard.edu/policy/health-policy)



 

 

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