RECOMMENDED COURSE PROGRESSION SEQUENCE FOR FULL TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED FALL 2016 OR LATER WINTER SPRING PHS613 IT for Health Professionals PHS615 Requirements Specification ELECTIVE 1 CS792 Data Structures & Standards PHS637 Public Health Informatics PHS654 Health Systems (replaces PHS611) CS634 Security & Privacy in Health Systems PHS641 Practicum PHS641 Practicum YEAR 1 CS638 Principles of Data Management and Use-Databases ELECTIVE 2 YEAR 2 The MHI requires the successful completion of 8 required courses and 2 electives. You can choose electives from any course offered by the School of Public Health with permission of the Program Lead. Our recommended progression sequence has fulltime students normally taking their electives in the Fall term. You can take electives in the Winter or Spring if there is an elective that interests you, but remember that this may delay your completion of the program as you will still need to take the required course that you substituted with an elective. Talk with your advisor or the Program Lead. Review QUEST for available offerings when choosing an elective. Courses with a PHS prefix are delivered online, and will be the most appropriate choices for those pursuing their degrees via distance. You can complete your practicum in a single term, or if you wish, and with the support of your practicum sponsor, you an split your practicum across two terms. For example, you could start your practicum in the Spring term, and complete it in the Fall if you chose. You must take PHS613 during your first term in the program. After that, you can take the required courses in any order that you wish. The recommended course progression sequence (above) allows a full time student to graduate within 4 terms (16 months) of joining the program. NOTE that if you do not follow the recommended course sequence it will usually require more than 4 terms to complete your program and can have implications for fees. v1j – July 26/16

RECOMMENDED COURSE PROGRESSION SEQUENCE FOR PART TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE ADMITTED FALL 2016 OR LATER WINTER SPRING PHS613 IT for Health Professionals PHS654 Systems Thinking and Analysis in Health Program Planning and Evaluation (replaces PHS611) CS634 Security & Privacy in Health Systems YEAR 1 PHS615 Requirements Specification CS792 Data Structures & Standards PHS641 Practicum YEAR 2 CS638 Principles of Data Management and Use-Databases PHS637 Public Health Informatics PHS641 Practicum YEAR 3 ELECTIVE 2 YEAR 4 ELECTIVE 1 The MHI requires the successful completion of 8 required courses and 2 electives. You must take PHS613 during your first term in the program. After that, you can take the required courses in any order that you wish. The recommended course progression sequence (above) allows a part time student to graduate within 11 terms of joining the program. NOTE that if you do not follow the recommended course sequence it could require more than 11 terms to complete your program and can have fee implications. You can also complete the program in less than 11 terms by increasing your course load in a term. Note that this may also have implications for fees. Review QUEST for available offerings when choosing an elective. Courses with a PHS prefix are delivered online, and will be the most appropriate choices for those pursuing their degrees via distance. You can choose electives from any course offered by the School of Public Health with permission of the Program Lead. Our recommended progression sequence has part time students normally taking their electives in the Fall and Winter terms. You can take electives in the Spring if there is an elective that interests you, but remember that this may delay your completion of the program as you will still need to take the required course that you substituted with an elective. Talk with your advisor or the Program Lead. As a part time student, and with the support of your practicum sponsor, you can split your practicum across two terms. You can also complete your practicum in a single term, (which may reduce the length of time it takes to complete your program) but doing so can can have fee implications. v1j – July 26/16

SUMMARY OF MHI COURSES AND ELECTIVES NORMALLY OFFERED BY TERM (For information purposes only. Course offerings are subject to change based on availability of instructors and facilities. Refer to QUEST for current information.) FALL WINTER SPRING PHS613 IT for Health Professionals PHS615 Requirements Specification CS638 Principles of Data Management and Use-Databases PHS637 Public Health Informatics CS792 Data Structures & Standards PHS654 Systems Thinking and Analysis in Health Program Planning and Evaluation (replaces PHS611) CS634 Security & Privacy in Health Systems PHS641 Practicum PHS641 Practicum PHS641 Practicum PHS616 Decision Making & Systems Thinking PHS605 Quantitative Methods and Analysis PHS661 Geographic Information Systems CS636 Networks Any PHS Course with approval of the Program Lead Any PHS Course with approval of the Program Lead Any PHS Course with approval of the Program Lead Red boxes are required courses. Blue boxes are elective offerings that may be of particular interest to MHI students. New MHI-relevant electives are being added to the program and will be announced once launched. v1j – July 26/16