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Regulations
effective September 1, 2007
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in Health Development Administration is offered by individualized
study or grouped study.
Athabasca University advisors have developed a
program plan. The University has also developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time
of their enrolment.
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Total credits in the program |
60 |
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Required credits |
48 |
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Elective credits |
12 |
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At the senior level
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36 |
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Residency requirement.
A minimum of 30 credits must be obtained
through Athabasca University. |
30 |
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Maximum Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) credits
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None permitted |
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General certificate regulations |
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Required Courses (48 credits) |
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| ACCT 245 |
Accounting for Managers of
Not-for-Profit Organizations
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| ACCT 250 |
Accounting for Managers
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| ACCT 253 |
Introductory Financial Accounting |
(3) |
| ADMN 232 |
Administrative Principles |
(3) |
| APST 235 |
Practicum: Clinical Practice |
(3) |
| APST 335 |
Practicum: Community Health Administration |
(6) |
| ECON 321 |
Economics of Health Care |
(3) |
| ENGL 255 |
Introductory Composition |
(3) |
| HADM 315 |
Health and Community Development |
(3) |
| HADM 326 |
Health Issues: Health and Healing |
(3) |
| HADM 336 |
Community Health Planning |
(3) |
| HADM 339 |
The Organization of the Canadian Health Care
System |
(3) |
| HRMT/ORGB 386 |
Introduction to Human Resource Management |
(3) |
| LGST 331 |
Administrative Law |
(3) |
| MATH 244 |
Business Mathematics |
(3) |
| PHIL 252 |
Critical Thinking |
(3) |
| SOSC 366 |
Research Methods in the Social Sciences |
(3) |
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Elective Courses (12 credits)
Select 12 credits with a minimum of 6 credits at the senior level
and a maximum
of 6 credits in any one discipline. |
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| ANTH 362 |
First Nations of Canada |
(3) |
| BIOL 230 |
Human Physiology |
(6) |
| CMIS 245 |
Microcomputer Applications
in Business I (Windows) |
(3) |
| COMM 243 |
Interpersonal Communications in Management |
(3) |
| COMM 377 |
Communication and Problem Solving
in Groups |
(3) |
| COMP 200 |
Introduction to Computing and Information Systems |
(3) |
| ENGL 308 |
Native Literature in Canada |
(3) |
| GOVN 390 |
Public Policy |
(3) |
| HLST 200 |
Introduction to Human Health |
(3) |
| INST 357 |
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues in Canada |
(3) |
| INST 358 |
Aboriginal Women in Canadian
Contemporary Society |
(3) |
| INST/HIST 368 |
History
of Canada's First Nations to
1830 |
(3) |
| INST/HIST 369 |
History
of Canada's
First Nations from 1830 |
(3) |
| ORGB 327 |
Leadership in Organizations |
(3) |
| ORGB 364 |
Organizational Behaviour |
(3) |
| POLI 277 |
Introduction to Political Science I: Concepts,
Structures, and Institutions |
(3) |
| PSYC 290 |
General Psychology |
(3) |
| PSYC 340 |
Introduction to Applied Social Psychology |
(3) |
| PSYC 379 |
Social Psychology |
(3) |
| PSYC 388 |
Introduction Counselling |
(3) |
| PSYC 395 |
Psychology and Law |
(3) |
| SOCI 287 |
Introduction to Sociology |
(3) |
| SOCI 316 |
Sociology of the Family |
(3) |
| SOCI 329 |
Aging and You: An Introduction to Gerontology (I) |
(3) |
| SOCI 330 |
Aging and You: An Introduction
to
Gerontology (II) |
(3) |
| SOCI 380 |
Canadian Ethnic Studies |
(3) |
| WMST 303 |
Issues
in Women's Health |
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Specific Regulations
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Two practicum courses are required for
the UC:HDA. APST
235 is typically
scheduled during the late spring and/or
early summer of the first year. APST
335 is typically scheduled during the
late spring and/or early summer of the
second year. These courses are
available only as placements in
community agencies for students
in this program. |
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Courses in the UC:HDA program are typically
enhanced by grouped study designed to increase your success in completing
all requirements within two years. Should you fail a required or elective
course you may retake it through individualized study, provided it
is available (some required courses are available only as grouped
study or as placements in community agencies). Should you fail an
elective course, you may substitute it with an alternative elective
completed through individualized study, if appropriate. |
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The schedule for all courses required
for the UC:HDA and the choice of elective courses may vary from site
to
site as determined by the UC:HDA
coordinator. |
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