NEW PUBLIC HEALTH TRACK - Beginning Fall 2007
Total Credits: 60-62
Beginning in fall 2007, the Health Administration and Policy Program (HAPP) will offer a new track in public health. HAPP is designed for career-oriented students who recognize that health and health care in the United States are major public concerns and plan to seek employment in one of a variety of administrative, supportive, planning, research or policy positions. The new focus in public health allows students to combine an interest in the natural sciences as part of their program requirements.

Core Curriculum Public Health Track III:
HAPP 100: Survey of the U.S. Health Care System
HAPP 452: Health Care Organization and Delivery
HAPP 495/496: Internship and Internship Seminar
ENGL 391: Advanced Exposition and Argumentation
Or ENGL 393: Technical Writing
**IS 101: Introduction to Computer Based Systems
IS 295: Introduction to applications Programming
STAT 121: Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences
Or STAT 350: Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences
Or STAT 351: Applied Statistics for Business and Economics
Or SOCY 301: Analysis of Sociological Data
2 courses from the approved list of Natural Sciences
Credits: 33

** Students who have completed previous course work in computer science or computing should talk with a HAPP advisor before registering for the Information Systems (IS) courses.

TRACK III: Public Health
HAPP 380 Global Issues in Health. & Disease
HAPP 411: Health Planning and Regulation
HAPP 412: Research Methods in Health
SOCY 354: Social Basis of Public and Community Health
SOCY 420: Social Epidemiology
Credits: 15

PLUS
4 courses from the approved list of Electives
Track III students may replace 2 electives with 2 courses from the approved list of Natural Sciences
Credits: 12-14