{"id":2422,"date":"2017-02-24T08:58:09","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/?page_id=2422"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:22:52","slug":"program-requirements-msc-in-hstp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/msc-in-health-science-technology-and-policy\/program-requirements-msc-in-hstp\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Requirements &#8211; MSc in HSTP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/247\/hs_banner1-768x336.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Program Requirements &#8211; MSc in HSTP\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"master-of-science-in-health-science-technology-and-policy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master of Science in Health: Science, Technology and Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Required courses<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>(4.5 credits):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5100 Fundamentals of Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5150 Statistics for Health Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5201 Fundamentals of Policy I: Policy Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5300 Knowledge Translation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5350 New Health Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5402 Biological and Social Fundamentals of Health<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5903 Current Topics in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 credit of\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>HLTH 5507 Interdisciplinary Health Research Project, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HLTH 5506 Field Research and Placement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>OR 1.0 credit exemption for those in the Advanced Entry Pathway<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Elective courses <\/strong>(1.5 credits) from either of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>0.5 credit HSTP selected topics courses focusing on areas of specific relevance to the health sector: Principles of Epidemiology; Fundamentals of Policy II: The Health Sector; Social and Behavioural Health; Environmental Health; Science of Disease; Engineering, Design and Computer Science in Health; and Directed Studies in HSTP.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>0.5 credit courses from the list of health-related courses offered by other programs. In order to take a graduate course offered by another program the student would be expected to have previously completed any required pre-requisite courses (e.g. in their undergraduate program).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">The course sequence for the MSc in HSTP 2025-2027 Academic cohort is as follows:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Term<\/th><th>Research Pathway<\/th><th>Practicum Pathway<\/th><th>Advanced Entry Pathway<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"3\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Year 1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<p><\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5507<\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<p><\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5506<\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e.&nbsp;HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<p><\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402<p><\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5507<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402 <p>HLTH 5506<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402,<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Summer term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5507<p><\/p>\n<p>Recommended to take majority of electives<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506<p><\/p>\n<p>Recommended to take majority of electives<\/p><\/td><td>Any remaining elective courses<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Year 2<\/strong><\/td><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5507 <p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506<p><\/p>\n<p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5507<p><\/p>\n<p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506<p><\/p>\n<p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">The course sequence for the MSc in HSTP 2026-2028 Academi<\/strong><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">c<\/strong><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\"> cohort is as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Term<\/th><th>Research Pathway<\/th><th>Practicum Pathway<\/th><th>Advanced Entry Pathway<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"3\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Year 1<\/strong><\/td><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903  <p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903  <p>Possible elective course (i.e.\u00a0HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<p><\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402 <\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402<\/td><td>HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402,<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Summer term<\/strong><\/td><td><p>Recommended to take majority of electives<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506* <p>Recommended to take majority of electives<\/p><\/td><td>Any remaining elective courses<\/td><\/tr><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Year 2<\/strong><\/td><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Fall term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5507** <p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506* <p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Winter term<\/strong><\/td><td>HLTH 5507** <p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td>HLTH 5506* <p>Any remaining elective courses<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*Note that students in the Practicum Pathway will need to register for HLTH 5506 only in the two terms for which they have a secured practicum placement (Summer 2027, Fall 2027 and\/or Winter 2028), following permission from the department.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Students in the Research Pathway will be expected to start some aspects of their research project (i.e. preliminary readings, ethics clearance, etc.) beginning Fall 2026; however, they need only register for HLTH 5507 in the Fall 2027 and Winter 2028 terms.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">More information can be found in the<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/gradprograms\/healthsciencetechnologyandpolicy\/#MSc_Health_Science_Technology_and_Policy\">Graduate Calendar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Master of Science in Health: Science, Technology and Policy Required courses (4.5 credits): Elective courses (1.5 credits) from either of the following: The course sequence for the MSc in HSTP 2025-2027 Academic cohort is as follows:\u00a0 Year Term Research Pathway Practicum Pathway Advanced Entry Pathway Year 1 Fall term HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":2417,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-2422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5919,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2422\/revisions\/5919"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthsciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}