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HAPP Program - TRACK I, II, III
All students majoring in HAPP must complete the Core Curriculum and the course work for one of the three tracks offered
 Total number of credits ranges from 58-62 depending on your track and electives

 

Core Curriculum:
HAPP 100: Survey of the U.S. Health Care System
*HAPP 200: Human Development, Implications for Health and Disease
HAPP 452: Health Care Organization and Delivery
HAPP 495/496: Internship and Internship Seminar
*ECON 121: Principles of Accounting I
ENGL 391: Advanced Exposition and Argumentation
Or ENGL 393: Technical Writing
**IS 101: Introduction to Computer Based Systems
IS 295: Introduction to Business Applications
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

* Track III students must substitute a course from an approved list of natural sciences
** 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

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Track I: Health Services Administration - Credits: 18
HAPP 497: Hlth. Planning & Administration
HAPP 498: Fin. Man. & Dec. Supp. Health Ser Org
MGMT 210: The Practice of Management
ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 122: Principles of Accounting II
ECON 467: Health Economics
PLUS
Select 3 electives from the provided list of approved electives

Track II: Health Policy - Credits: 15
HAPP 411:Health Regulation and Quality Improvement
HAPP 412: Research Methods in Health
POLI 250: Introduction to Public Administration
POLI 353: Govern. Bud. & Fin. Management
SOCY 420: Social Epidemiology
PLUS
Select 4 electives from the provided list of approved electives

TRACK III: Public Health - Credits: 15
HAPP 380 Global Issues in Health. & Disease
HAPP 411: Health Regulation and Quality Improvement
HAPP 412: Research Methods in Health
HAPP/SOCY 354: Social Basis of Public and Community Health
SOCY 420: Social Epidemiology
PLUS
Select 4 electives from the provided list of approved electives
Track III students may replace 2 electives with 2 courses from the approved list of natural science courses