Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Health Administration and Policy, Public Health, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________
Health Administration and Policy, Public Health, B.A.
Health Administration and Policy Students majoring in health administration and policy must take a concentration in health services administration, health policy or public health. Course work on campus is supplemented with an internship placement in a cooperating agency or organization in the community. All students registering for the internship must participate in a professional liability insurance plan for which they will be billed separately. A student on academic probation is not eligible to do an internship until s/he is back in good academic standing. To the extent possible, the placement will be related to the student’s track concentration and career interests, thereby providing an effective combination of academic and practical training. A grade of C; or better is required in all courses applied to the major. The credit and course requirements for a HAPP program major are as follows:
Core (taken by all tracks unless designated otherwise)
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
HAPP 100 - Survey of U.S. Health Care System	(3.00)
HAPP 200 - Human Development Implications for Health and Disease *	(3.00)
HAPP 452 - Health Care Organization and Delivery	(3.00)
HAPP 495 - Health Administration and Policy Internship	(5.00)
HAPP 496 - Internship Seminar	(1.00)
ECON 121 - Principles of Accounting I *	(3.00)
IS 101 - Introduction to Computer Based Systems **	(3.00)
IS 295 - Intermediate Business Applications	(3.00)
Select one course from each sequence: 7 Credits
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
STAT 121 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences	(4.00)
STAT 350 - Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences	(4.00)
STAT 351 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics	(4.00)
SOCY 301 - Analysis of Sociological Data	(4.00)

ENGL 393 - Technical Communication	(3.00)
ENGL 391 - Advanced Exposition and Argumentation	(3.00)
Note: Public Health students instead must take a natural science course selected from the approved list available on the HAPP Web page http://www.umbc.edu/happ/ or from the program upon request. *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.
Public Health
Course Name	Credits:	Term Taken	Grade	Gen Ed
HAPP 354 - Social Bases of Public and Community Health	(3.00)
HAPP 380 - Global Issues in Health and Disease	(3.00)
HAPP 411 - Health Regulation and Quality Improvement	(3.00)
HAPP 412 - Research Methods in Health	(3.00)
SOCY 420 - Social Epidemiology	(3.00)
Approved Electives Public Health students also must complete four (4) courses of approved electives. Two (2) of the electives may come from the approved list of natural sciences choosing additional courses not used as a required science course in the core.
Note: Approved lists of electives are available at http://www.umbc.edu/happ/ or upon request from the program.
Notes:

Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________

Catalog: 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog Program: Health Administration and Policy, Public Health, B.A. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Health Administration and Policy, Public Health, B.A.

Health Administration and Policy

Students majoring in health administration and policy must take a concentration in health services administration, health policy or public health. Course work on campus is supplemented with an internship placement in a cooperating agency or organization in the community. All students registering for the internship must participate in a professional liability insurance plan for which they will be billed separately. A student on academic probation is not eligible to do an internship until s/he is back in good academic standing. To the extent possible, the placement will be related to the student’s track concentration and career interests, thereby providing an effective combination of academic and practical training. A grade of C; or better is required in all courses applied to the major.

The credit and course requirements for a HAPP program major are as follows:

Core (taken by all tracks unless designated otherwise)

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

HAPP 100 - Survey of U.S. Health Care System

(3.00)

HAPP 200 - Human Development Implications for Health and Disease *

(3.00)

HAPP 452 - Health Care Organization and Delivery

(3.00)

HAPP 495 - Health Administration and Policy Internship

(5.00)

HAPP 496 - Internship Seminar

(1.00)

ECON 121 - Principles of Accounting I *

(3.00)

IS 101 - Introduction to Computer Based Systems **

(3.00)

IS 295 - Intermediate Business Applications

(3.00)

Select one course from each sequence: 7 Credits

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

STAT 121 - Introduction to Statistics for the Social Sciences

(4.00)

STAT 350 - Statistics with Applications in the Biological Sciences

(4.00)

STAT 351 - Applied Statistics for Business and Economics

(4.00)

SOCY 301 - Analysis of Sociological Data

(4.00)

ENGL 393 - Technical Communication

(3.00)

ENGL 391 - Advanced Exposition and Argumentation

(3.00)

Note:

*Public Health students instead must take a natural science course selected from the approved list available on the HAPP Web page http://www.umbc.edu/happ/ or from the program upon request.

**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.

Public Health

Course Name

Credits:

Term Taken

Grade

Gen Ed

HAPP 354 - Social Bases of Public and Community Health

(3.00)

HAPP 380 - Global Issues in Health and Disease

(3.00)

HAPP 411 - Health Regulation and Quality Improvement

(3.00)

HAPP 412 - Research Methods in Health

(3.00)

SOCY 420 - Social Epidemiology

(3.00)

Approved Electives

Public Health students also must complete four (4) courses of approved electives. Two (2) of the electives may come from the approved list of natural sciences choosing additional courses not used as a required science course in the core.

Note:

Approved lists of electives are available at http://www.umbc.edu/happ/ or upon request from the program.

Notes: