Recommended Academic Plan for Health Policy and Administration (H P A at University Park)
Effective Summer 2005
Semester 1
Credits
Semester 2
Credits
H P A 101 Intro. To Health Services Organization
3
H P A 332 Health Systems Management
3
BI SC 004 (GN) or BIOL 141 (GN) or BB H 101 (GHA)
Human Body: Form & Function/Intro. Physiology/Intro. to
Biobehavioral Health
3
Natural Sciences (GN)
3
Arts (GA)
3
Humanities (GH)
3
PL SC 001 (GS) Intro. To American National Government
3
ECON 102 (GS) Microeconomic Analysis and Policy
3
ENGL 015 or 030 S (GWS) Rhetoric & Composition/Honors
Freshman Composition
3
CAS 100
First-Year Seminar
1
Total Credits:
Semester 3
S
(GWS) Effective Speech
16
3
Total Credits:
Credits
Semester 4
15
Credits
H P A 310 Health Care and Medical Needs
3
SOC 023 (GS) Population and Policy Issues
3
Humanities (GH)
3
ACCTG 211 Financial and Managerial Accounting
4
Natural Sciences (GN)
3
STAT 200/250 (GQ) Elementary/Basic Statistics
3-4
Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course
3
Total Credits: 15 - 16
Semester 5
Total Credits:
Credits
Semester 6
16
Credits
H P A 301W Health Services Policy Issues
3
H P A400-level course
3
H P A 390 Professional Development in H P A
3
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)
3
Arts (GA)
3
Supporting Course
3
FIN 100 or R M 302 Introduction to Finance/Risk and
Insurance
3
CMPSC 101/102/203 (GQ) Intro C++ Programming/ Intro
VB Programming/Intro to Spreadsheets & Databases
Supporting Course (select ECON or PL SC)
3-4
3
(Elective)
(3)
Total Credits: 15 - 16
Total Credits:
12-15
Credits
Summer
H P A 395Field Experience in Health Policy Administration
Total Credits:
Semester 7
3
3
Credits
Semester 8
Credits
H P A 400-level Course
3
H P A 400-level Course
3
400-Level Supporting Course
3
400-Level Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course (select ECON or PL SC)
3
400-Level Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course
3
Supporting Course
3
ENGL 202A or 202D (GWS) Effective Writing: Social
Sciences/Business Writing
3
Total Credits:
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15
Total Credits:
Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better.
Italic type indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
Italic Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better and that satisfy both major and General Education
requirements.
GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.
W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.
Advising Notes:
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Effective Fall 2012, all incoming Schreyer Honors College freshmen at University Park will take ENGL/CAS 137H in the fall
semester and ENGL/CAS 138T in the spring semester. These courses carry GWS designation and replace both ENGL 030 and CAS
100. Each course is 3 credits. At the discretion of the college, ENGL/CAS 138T satisfies the first-year seminar requirement..
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