{"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":"2025-07-08T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:34:51","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":"<h2>Master of Science in Health: Science, Technology and Policy<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Required courses <\/strong>(4.5 credits):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5100 Fundamentals of Research Methods<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5150 Statistics for Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5201 Fundamentals of Policy I: Policy Analysis<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5300 Knowledge Translation<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5350 New Health Technologies<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5402 Biological and Social Fundamentals of Health<\/li>\n<li>0.5 credit in HLTH 5903 Current Topics in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>1 credit of\n<ul>\n<li>HLTH 5507 Interdisciplinary Health Research Project, or<\/li>\n<li>HLTH 5506 Field Research and Placement<\/li>\n<li>OR 1.0 credit exemption for those in the Accelerated Pathway (Advanced Completion Option)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Elective courses <\/strong>(1.5 credits) from either of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\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<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<p><strong><em>The course sequence for the MSc program is as follows:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 752px; width: 100%; border-style: double; border-color: #000000;\" border=\"10\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"25\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 48px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 4.42611%;\" width=\"83\"><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 9.30225%;\" width=\"105\"><strong>Term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 23.3309%;\" width=\"226\"><strong>\u00a0Research Pathway<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 23.6307%;\" width=\"237\"><strong>\u00a0Practicum Pathway<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 48px; width: 26.5567%;\" width=\"198\"><strong>Accelerated Pathway (Advanced Completion)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 216px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 472px; width: 4.42611%;\" rowspan=\"3\" width=\"83\"><strong>Year 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 216px; width: 9.30225%;\" width=\"105\"><strong>Fall term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 216px; width: 23.3309%;\" width=\"226\">HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5507<\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 216px; width: 23.6307%;\" width=\"237\">HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5506<\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e.\u00a0HLTH 5702)<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 216px; width: 26.5567%;\" width=\"198\">HLTH 5100, HLTH 5201, HLTH 5903<\/p>\n<p>Possible elective course (i.e. HLTH 5702)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 160px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 160px; width: 9.30225%;\" width=\"105\"><strong>Winter term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 160px; width: 23.3309%;\" width=\"226\">HLTH 5150, HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402<\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5507<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 160px; width: 23.6307%;\" width=\"237\">HLTH 5300, HLTH 5350, HLTH 5402<\/p>\n<p>HLTH 5506<\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 160px; 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