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Typical Sequence of Courses

Freshman Year

Course	Credits
English 1 Composition	3
English 2 Composition Arguments & Analysis	3
Science Core	8
History/Philosophy	6
HPA 13 Legal Aspects of Health/Public Administration	3
POL 2 American National Government	3
POL 82 Introduction to Public Administration	3
Free Elective	3
College 101	1
Oral Competency 01	0
Library Competency 01	0
Total	33

Sophomore Year

Course	Credits
Economics 11 Intro to Macro Economics	3
Economics 12 Intro to Micro Economics	3
Philosophy 13 Human Values	3
HPA 15 Resource Allocation in the Health/Public Sector	3
HPA 18 Research Methods	3
Fine Art	3
POL 80 Administrative Behavior	3
Free Elective	12
Total	33

Junior Year

Course	Credits
HPA 19 Statistics for the Administrator	3
Social Sciences	6
POL 83 Policy Making in American Government	3
POL 84 The Executive Process	3
Language/Literature	6
Free Electives	9
Math Core	3
Total	33

Senior Year

Course	Credits
PAD 602 Human Resource Administration in the Public Sector	3
PAD 603 Fundamentals of Budgeting and Finance in the Public Sector	3
MPA 503 Economic Environment and the Public Sector	3
MPA 506 Computer-based Management Systems	3
HPA 32 Health/Public Administration Internship	6
Fine Art	3
Free Electives	12
Total	33

Balance of 36 credits to be taken in the fifth year (see M.P.A in Public Administration).

Total credit required to complete this program = 165