Health – Health Policy

Health Policy (Specialized Honours BHS Program): 120 Credits

Residency requirement: a minimum of 30 course credits and at least half (50 per cent) of the course credits required in each undergraduate degree program major/minor must be taken at York University.

Graduation requirement: all graduates must complete a total of at least 120 credits with a minimum overall cumulative grade point average of 5.00 (C+).

General education: a minimum of 18 credits as follows:

six credits in humanities (HUMA) at the 1000 or 2000 level;
six credits in social science (SOSC) at the 1000 or 2000 level or modes of reasoning (MODR) at the 1000 level;
six credits in natural science (NATS) at the 1000 or 2000 level.

It is strongly recommended that students complete the general education requirements above within their first 54 credits. Students may take nine credits of either HUMA or SOSC, six credits of which would count toward the corresponding general education area of study and the additional three credits would count toward electives. Students may complete a maximum of 30 credits in general education; any additional credits not being used to fulfill general education may count toward electives.

Note: general education requirements are satisfied by taking natural science courses offered by the Faculty of Science and Engineering and approved humanities, modes of reasoning and social science courses offered by the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. For further information please visit http://www.yorku.ca/health/current_students/GeneralEducation.html.

Major credits: students must complete a minimum of 66 major credits (36 core course credits and 30 health policy course credits) as follows:

Core Courses (36 credits)

AP/ECON 1000 3.00
HH/HLST 1000 6.00 or HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00
HH/HLST 2020 3.00
HH/HLST 2030 3.00
HH/HLST 2040 3.00
AP/ADMS 2300 6.00
HH/HLST 3010 3.00
AP/ECON 3510 3.00
HH/HLST 4000 3.00
HH/HLST 4010 3.00

Health Policy Courses (30 credits)

AP/POLS 2910 6.00
HH/HLST 3015 3.00 or HH/HLST 3540 3.00
HH/HLST 3110 3.00
HH/HLST 3120 3.00
HH/HLST 3230 3.00
HH/HLST 4110 3.00
select one of: HH/HLST 4130 3.00, HH/HLST 4140 3.00 or HH/HLST 4510 3.00
HH/HLST 4200 6.00

Upper-level credits: a minimum of 36 credits must be taken at the 3000 level or 4000 level including, at least 18 credits at the 4000 level.

Electives: additional credits as required for an overall total of at least 120 credits. Elective credits may be used to fulfill upper-level credits.

Honours Minor in Health Policy

The Honours Minor program in Health Policy comprises of at least 30 credits in health policy. These include the following:

HH/HLST 1000 6.00 or HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00
HH/HLST 2020 3.00
HH/HLST 3010 3.00
HH/HLST 3110 3.00
HH/HLST 3120 3.00
HH/HLST 3230 3.00
HH/HLST 4010 3.00 or HH/HLST 4000 3.00
HH/HLST 4110 3.00
HH/HLST 4130 3.00

Course Substitutes

Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting program requirements:

Program Course	Course Substitutes
HH/HLST 2040 3.00	HH/NURS 3200 3.00
HH/HLST 4330 3.00	AP/ADMS 4300 3.00
AP/ECON 1000 3.00	AP/ECON 1000 3.00, GL/ECON 2500 3.00
AP/POLS 2910 6.00	AK/POLS 3420 6.00 (prior to Summer 2005), AS/POLS 2100 6.00 (prior to Summer 2003), AS/POLS 2610 6.00 (prior to Summer 2003), GL/POLS 2600 6.00
HH/HLST 4300 3.00	HH/NURS 4200 3.00
HH/HLST 4310 3.00	AP/ITEC 2010 3.00

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