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MSc in Business Economics (Health Economics)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Health Economics specialization is designed to equip postgraduate students with advanced knowledge and analytical skills to understand and evaluate health systems and policies at national and global levels. It integrates economic theory, quantitative methods, and interdisciplinary perspectives to address issues related to health care financing, resource allocation, regulation, and innovation. Through a structured mix of core and elective subjects, students gain both theoretical foundations and applied insights needed to analyse complex health-related economic challenges and support evidence-based policy decisions. Graduates of the Health Economics specialization are expected to develop competencies in health policy analysis, economic evaluation, and applied research. They will be able to assess health system performance, evaluate health technologies and interventions, and apply quantitative tools to practical health economics problems. The specialization prepares graduates for careers in health sector organizations, regulatory and financing institutions, development agencies, and research or academic settings, while also providing a foundation for further postgraduate and doctoral studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programme Structure for the specialisation area: Health Economics  <\/strong>(Option A)<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Course Code<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Course Name<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Credit Value<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Notional Hours<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Status<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Year I \u2013Semester I<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Students are required to complete three compulsory course units and select two optional courses from the list provided in Table 2. When choosing optional course units, they must ensure that at least one course unit is selected from the recommended optional course units in Table 2  <\/td><\/tr>
MBE50320<\/td>Advanced Microeconomics<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50321<\/td>Research Methods<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50322<\/td>Applied Econometrics<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Optional Course Unit<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Optional Course Unit<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester I<\/strong><\/td>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Year I \u2013Semester II<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Students must complete two compulsory course units and three optional course units from the list in Table 2. When selecting optional course units, they must ensure that at least two course units are selected from the recommended optional course units in Table 2.<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50323<\/td>Strategic Management<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50324<\/td>Advanced Macroeconomics<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td>Optional Course Unit<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> Optional Course Unit<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
 <\/td> Optional Course Unit<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester II<\/strong><\/td>15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Year II \u2013Semester I<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE xxxx<\/td>Health Technology and Assessment (Economic Evaluation)<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
MBE xxxx<\/td>Seminar on health economics<\/td>3<\/td>150<\/td>Compulsory<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester I<\/strong><\/td>6<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Throughout Year II  <\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBEC62431<\/td>Dissertation and viva *<\/td>Compulsory<\/td>360<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
Total No. of Credits \u2013 Semester II <\/strong><\/td>24<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total Number of Credits of the Program<\/strong><\/td>60<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
*Note: The Dissertation related work will begin in Year II semester I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Table 2 List of Optional course units for Health Economics<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Course Code<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Course Name<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Credit Value<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Notional Hours<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Status<\/strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Recommended Optional course units<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE50326<\/td>Development Economics 1<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50328<\/td>Gender and Development 1<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50332<\/td>Development Project Management 2<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50334<\/td>Advanced Econometrics I 3<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE xxxx<\/td>Health System and Financing<\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBExxxx<\/td>Epidemiology2<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
Other Optional course units<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
MBE50335<\/td>Time Series Econometrics 3<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50333<\/td>Advanced Financial Management 2<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50331<\/td>Legal & Regulatory Environment 2<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
MBE50329<\/td>Information Technology and Innovations1<\/sup><\/td>03<\/td>150<\/td>Optional<\/td><\/tr>
Notes: 1 <\/sup>These course units are offered in the first semester for the April intake and in the second semester for the October intake.  2 <\/sup>These course units are offered in the first semester for the October intake and in the second semester for the April intake.  3<\/sup> These course units have a prerequisite of completion of Applied Econometrics and hence are offered only in the second semester.<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MSc in Business Economics (Health Economics) The Health Economics specialization is designed to equip postgraduate students with advanced knowledge and analytical skills to understand and evaluate health systems and policies at national and global levels. It integrates economic theory, quantitative methods, and interdisciplinary perspectives to address issues related to health care financing, resource allocation, regulation, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":4325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11670","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7odTZ-32e","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11670"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11773,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11670\/revisions\/11773"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mgt.sjp.ac.lk\/bec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}