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Public Health Concentration in Healthcare Administration B.S. - 4 Year Degree Plan

2025-2026

My Advisor is _____________________

Lamar University's Bachelor of Science in Public Health in Healthcare Administration offers you an opportunity to impact humanity as you become highly marketable in a world that is increasingly aware of the importance of health and wellness. This degree prepares you to impact people's knowledge about their own health and the health of their communities, whether you educate students in schools or impart knowledge to members of public and corporate communities through their shared spaces and entities.

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NOTE: Degree plans may change over a four-year period. This may not be the most current list of course requirements for your program. It is always advised that you check Degree Audit in Banner Self-Serv or your advisor for the most up-to-date degree requirements and to track your progress toward a degree.Visit the for information about course equivalency and degree applicability of transfer credit on a statewide basis. 

FIRST     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
ENGL 1301 Composition I 3 ______ ENGL 1302 Composition II 3 ______
MATH 1314 College Algebra (Non-Calculus) 3 ______ HIST 1302 U.S. History II Since 1877 3 ______
HIST 1301 U.S. History I 1763-1877 3 ______ BIOL 2402 Anatomy and Physiology II 4 ______
BIOL 2401 Anatomy and Physiology I 4 ______ HLTH 1373 Foundations of Public Health 3 ______
HLTH 1370 Health and Wellness 3 ______ Creative Arts 3 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 16 ______
SECOND   YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
ECON 1301 Principles and Policies 3 ______ POLS 2302 Intro/American Government II 3 ______
POLS 2301 Intro to American Government I 3 ______ HLTH 3337 U.S. and International Health Disparities 3 ______
Communication Core 3 ______ ACCT 2301 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 ______
Social Behavioral Sciences Core 3 ______ MATH 1342
or PSYC 2317
 Elementary Statistical Methods 
or Introduction to Statistical Methods
 3 ______
Language, Philosophy, Culture Core 3 ______ Elective Any 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 15 ______
THIRD     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
Elective Any 1 ______ MKTG 3310 Principles of Marketing 3 ______
Health Related Elective 6 ______ HLTH 3360 Epidemiology 3 ______
FINC 3310 Principles of Finance 3 ______ HLTH 3363 Healthcare Systems 3 ______
MGMT 3310 Principles of Org Behavior and Mgmt 3 ______ HLTH 3380 Healthcare Administration 3 ______
HLTH 4309 Environmental Hlth & GIS Apps 3 ______ MISY 3310 Principles of MIS 3 ______
  Hours 16 ______   Hours 15 ______
FOURTH     YEAR
Fall Hours Grade Spring Hours Grade
HLTH 4315 Health Economics 3 ______ HLTH 4380 Human Diseases 3 ______
HLTH 4340 Public Health Program Planning 3 ______ HLTH 4660 Health Capstone 6 ______
HLTH 3370 or HLTH 3372 or HLTH 3378 or HLTH 4342 or HLTH 4372 or MISY 1373

Contemporary Public Health Issues or Drug Use and Abuse or Human Sexuality or Workplace and Occupational Health or Public Health Intervention Strategies or Introduction to Business Technologies

 9 ______ BULW 3310 or BULW 3320 or BULW 3330 or MGMT 3320 or MGMT 3330 or MISY 3395 or MISY 4390

Business Law or Employment Law or Environmental Law or Production Management or Human Resource Management or E-Commerce Design and Dev or Spec Topics In MISY

 3 ______
  Hours 15 ______   Hours 12 ______