1. 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

2. 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

3. 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