General Program

The General Program offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of health services. You’ll study several issues of health and human behavior, including health and healing, health and professional behavior, health and social behavior, and health and lifespan issues

Note: You have the option to design your own course of study; however, it must fit within the existing structure of the General Program. It must also be developed in consultation with program faculty and approved by the faculty chair.

Completion Requirements

• 134 total quarter credit hours
  • Foundation Course (6 cr.)
  • Core Knowledge Area Modules (KAMs) (42 cr.)
  • Foundation Research Sequence (14 cr.)
  • Specialized Knowledge Area Modules (KAMs) (42 cr.)
  • Proposal, dissertation, and oral presentation (30 cr.)
• 20 days of residency (two 4-day and two 6-day residencies)
• Professional Development Plan and Program of Study
• Minimum 10 quarters enrollment
• Satisfactory progress in all SBSF 7100 coursework

Time to completion may vary by student, depending on individual progress and credits transferred. For a personalized estimate of your time to completion, call your enrollment advisor at 1-866-492-5336.

Foundational Courses

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
SBSF 8005	Foundations for Graduate Study	6

Core KAMs

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	KAM I: Principles of Social Change
SBSF 8110	Breadth: Theories of Social Change	5
HLTH 8120	Depth: Current Research in Social Change	5
HLTH 8130	Application: Professional Practice and Social Change	4
	KAM II: Principles of Human Development
SBSF 8210	Breadth: Theories of Human Development	5
HLTH 8220	Depth: Current Research in Human Development	5
HLTH 8230	Application: Professional Practice and Human Development	4
	KAM III: Principles of Organizational and Social Systems
SBSF 8310	Breadth: Theories of Organizational and Social Systems	5
HLTH 8320	Depth: Current Research in Organizational and Social Systems	5
HLTH 8330	Application: Professional Practice and Organizational and Social Systems	4

Foundational Research Sequence

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
SBSF 8417	Research Seminar I: Human Inquiry and Science	4
HLTH 8427	Research Seminar II: Design in Health Services Research	5
HLTH 8437	Research Seminar III: Data Analysis in Health Services Research	5

Specialized KAMs

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
	KAM V: Advanced Theory, Methods, and Practice in Health Services
HLTH 8510	Breadth: Health Services in the Contemporary Context	5
HLTH 8520	Depth: Current Concepts and Methods in Health Services	5
HLTH 8530	Application: Integrative Professional Practice in Health Services	4
	KAM VI: Contemporary Issues and the Ethical Delivery of Health Services
HLTH 8610	Breadth: Health Services Delivery and Ethical Implications	5
HLTH 8620	Depth: Health Services Delivery and Ethical Decision-Making	5
HLTH 8630	Application: Ethical Theories Applied in Health Services	4
	KAM VII: Advanced Case Study in Health Services
HLTH 8710	Breadth: Theories of Case Study Research and Applied Change in Health Services	5
HLTH 8720	Depth: Relating Change Theories to Practice in Health Services	5
HLTH 8730	Application: A Case Study of Applied Change in Health Services	4

Dissertation

Course Code	Course Title	Credits
HLTH 9000	Dissertation	30

Course Descriptions (pdf)