HLST Course Enrollment
Read the following before seeking permission and enrolling:
- This request form is only for Health Studies (HLST) Courses offered by our School. Contact other departments for NON-HLST courses. Visit a complete list of undergraduate programs.
- Upon submitting a request, students must have already passed all course prerequisites outlined in each course description. Prerequisites of HLST courses are strongly enforced.
- Course Instructor permission is not a guarantee of being granted permission to enroll based on other restrictions that may apply (for examples: course is full, course prerequisites not met, etc).
- Refer to the Add/Drop Deadline Dates in Important Dates, Tuition Refund Tables and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) "Seeking Permission to Add a Course" section).
Yes, I understood the above stated conditions and would like to complete a Seeking HLST Course Enrollment Permission Form for the Fall/Winter 2022-2023 Term
Descriptions
Not all courses are offered every year. Some courses are offered via the internet. For details please refer to the York Courses Website.
HH/HLST 1010 3.00 Foundations of Health Studies I
An inter- and multi-disciplinary introduction to the issues underlying Canada's health care system. Examines the social, cultural, economic, and political influences on concepts, values and structures of Canada's health care system.
Course credit exclusion: HH/IHST 1010 3.00
HH/HLST 1011 3.00 Foundations of Health Studies II
Uses the entry point of faculty research to explore a wide range of issues and social contexts in health care. Case studies and course material will focus on the struggle for health and equity for all.
HH/HLST 1111 3.00 Mathematics for Health Studies
Introduces and encourages mastery of introductory mathematical concepts and quantitative literacy relevant to health policy, management and informatics applications. Open to: BHS students
HH/HLST 1120 6.00 Uncovering the Body: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Using The Body as the organizing theme, this cross-faculty course (ES, Health, Education, and Fine Arts) models the unique features of York University's curriculum: interdisciplinary, arts-based inquiry, community-engaged, inter-professional, social justice-oriented, and enhancing student experience through experiential learning. Topics may include theories of embodiment, the interrelationships between human and environmental health, representations of the body in art and the body as a site of learning and acting. Course Credit Exclusions: HH/HLST 1900 6.00, ES/ENVS 1900 6.00. Note: This is an approved general education course for the Faculty of Health students. This course can be used as either humanities or social science credit.
HH/HLST 2010 3.00 Social Determinants of Health
Societal factors determine why some people stay healthy and others become ill. This course examines how these determinants of health influence health. Focus is upon income, stress, early life, social exclusion, work conditions, unemployment, social support, addiction, food and transportation.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00
Course Credit Exclusions: HH/IHST 2200 3.00
Note: Non-BHS students can contact Course Director for permission to enrol.
Previously: HH/HLST 3010 3.00
HH/HLST 2020 3.00 Health Policy: Power and Politics
Examines the development of health policy from the micro, meso and macro points of view. Explores how decisions are made and the role of both government and non-government bodies, using case histories to illustrate the interplay of these factors.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusion(s): HH/IHST 2000 3.00.
HH/HLST 2030 3.00 Health Management I: Essentials of Health Care Management
Examines key areas that comprise the field of health care management by building on the root disciplines of organizational theory, strategic management and organizational behavior. Topics include the design and managerial roles in health care organizations, leadership and motivation, work team performance and interorganizational relationships.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00 and AP/ADMS 1000 3.00, or HH/IHST 1010 3.00.
HH/HLST 2040 3.00 Health Informatics I: Introduction to Health Informatics
Introduces basic principles of health informatics as applied to a variety of health and social area applications. Examines how the delivery of healthcare is changed in response to new technology development. Explores knowledge and skills in the field of health data collection, storage, process and communication.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00 or HH/IHST 1010 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusion(s): HH/HLST 2050 3.00.
HH/HLST 2050 3.00 Global Health Informatics
The course covers the main topics in the rapidly evolving discipline of Health Informatics from a Global perspective. It examines the information and communication technologies used to provide health informatics services. It also discusses the impact of health informatics on global information management and patient care, and provides an understanding of health informatics methods and principles. Finally, it covers the opportunities and challenges raised by Global Health Informatics.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00, or HH/IHST 1010 3.00.
HH/HLST 2300 6.00 Statistical Methods in Health Studies
An introduction to the analysis of data from health studies. Fundamental concepts and techniques of both descriptive and inferential statistics and their application to health research.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusion(s): AP/ADMS 2300 6.00 (prior to summer 2018) or HH/KINE 2050 3.00 or HH/PSYC 2020 6.00 or HH/PSYC 2021 3.00 and HH/PSYC 2022 3.00.
Note: HH/HLST 1111 3.00 Mathematics for Health Studies highly recommended for students without 12U Math.
HH/HLST 3012 3.00 Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health
Provides students with an overview of Indigenous health and wellness in Canada. Student will learn to critically examine and reflect on the historic, economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of health and wellness using an Indigenized social determinant of health lens. In order to think of Indigeneity and health together, we must pay close attention to the multiple dimensions of settler colonial violence, including the violence of: law; research; healthcare policy; education; and social services. This course focuses specifically on Indigeneity in the context of settler colonialism and the Canadian state.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2010 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3015 3.00 Pharmaceutical Politics and Policy
Examines the place of pharmaceuticals in the Canadian health care system. Focuses on conflicts among stakeholders in policy formation, costs and physician prescribing behaviour.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3060 3.0 Introduction to Health Care System Dynamics
An introduction to system dynamics modeling for the analysis of health care policy and management. Examines the dynamic complexity of health care systems and its role in policy resistance. Provides a framework and set of techniques to help make sense of health care system complexity.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2300 6.00 or HH/IHST 2010 6.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3110 3.00 Major Themes in Health Policy in Canada
Examines critical points in the development of Canada's health care system at the municipal, provincial and federal level. Focuses on understanding the perspective of the different parties and the historical context in which the policies were implemented.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3120 3.00 Health Policy II: Analyzing Processes of Power & Politics
A continued exploration of the processes of health policy development and the outcomes to which they lead. Varying analytic approaches will be applied to three policy themes: the public/private mix in health care, integrated health systems and international health systems.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3130 3.0 Developing Practical Skills: Writing Health Reports and Research Proposals
Assists in developing practical skills in writing briefing notes and research proposals. Surveys national and international data bases, governmental, nongovernmental and professional association resources, assessing the use of such sources to answer specific research questions in briefing notes and proposals.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00, HH/HLST 2030 3.00 and HH/HLST 2040 3.00
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3230 3.00 Integrated Health Systems in Canada
Examines and critiques the elements and concepts of an evolving integrated health system (IHS) in Canada. Studies the evolution and the socio-political-economic impact of this new evolving holistic and integrated health-healing model from an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral perspective.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2030 3.0.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3240 3.00 Occupational Health and Safety
(Crosslisted to: AP/HRM 3400 3.00, AP/ADMS 3400 3.00)
Covers federal and provincial occupational health and safety legislation, hazard identification and control, physical agents, chemical agents, socio-psychological aspects of health and the management of safety programs.
Prerequisite: AP/ADMS 1000 3.00, for all BCOM and BCOM Honours students.
Prior TO FALL 2009: Prerequisite: AK/ADMS 1000 3.00, for all BCOM and BCOM Honours students.
Course credit exclusions: AK/ADMS 3400 3.00, AK/HLST 3240 3.00 prior to F/W 2008.
HH/HLST 3260 3.00 Health Services Accounting
Examines accounting practices in various health sectors and organizations in Canada.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2030 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusions: HLST 3250 6.00, AP/ADMS 3525 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3265 3.00 Health Services Finance
Examines finance practices in various health sectors and organizations in Canada.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 3260 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusions: HH/HLST 3250 6.00, AP/ADMS 3526 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3310 3.00 Electronic Health Record
Provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage health information services in health organizations, to use computer technologies to collect, manage analyze and technically evaluate health information and work with confidential health records.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2040 3.00 or HH/HLST 2050 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3320 3.00 Health Database Applications
Students will develop a working knowledge of design, implementation, administration and maintenance of relational database systems used in various areas in healthcare. Oracle, the full-scale multi-platform database management system, is used to teach database design and client/server application development and implementation.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2040 3.00 or HH/HLST 2050 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3330 3.00 Global eHealth/Virtual Communities
The course provides student with knowledge of Virtual Communities and their applications in e-Health, at a global level. It investigates the Virtual Community paradigm, its relation to the computer supported collaborative work, the internet and smart devices. The course also studies the convergence of Virtual Communities with social media, and their applications in global e-Health initiatives in different areas, such as homecare, chronic disease management, telemonitoring, and patient support.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2040 3.00 or HH/HLST 2050 3.0.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3341 3.00 Health Informatics II: Health Information Systems
Designed to develop a global understanding of the significance of health information systems (HIS) in healthcare. Topics include: health information management, HIS implications in transformation of health care and health care services delivery, standards development, technical and policy issues surrounding security, privacy and confidentiality of health care data.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2040 3.00 or HH/HLST 2050 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3350 3.00 Health Data Analytics, Machine Learning and AI
Provides a practical introduction to Health Data analytics to students from multiple disciplines. It permits students to understand data analytics including descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the different tools that can be deployed to implement health data analytics. Students would be able to understand how and when healthcare analytics can be used to make better decisions; they will also be able to identify the opportunities and the challenges that analytics present to health and society.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2300 6.00.
HH/HLST 3400 3.00 Healthcare Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Analyzes issues related to health system improvement and patient safety. Examines quality improvement and patient safety theory and techniques and considers the barriers and facilitating factors for bringing about improvement in the delivery and outcomes of health care faced by managers, clinicians and organizations.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2030 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3450 3.0 Financing Global Health
Explores the macro economic factors that affect nations in developing programs of universal health care coverage. It then considers best practices in financing and resourcing health care systems, with an emphasis on developing nations.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00 or HH/IHST 2000 3.00
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3500 3.0 Quality and Operational Excellence in Healthcare - Introduction to Lean Six Sigma
An introduction to Lean Six Sigma, a rigorous data-driven methodology and proven set of tools for eliminating waste, reducing variation and improving quality and processes. Illustrates the relevance of Lean Six Sigma to continuous improvement in healthcare processes using examples and case studies across the health care continuum. Extensive use of graphical and statistical analyses using statistical software.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2030 3.00 and HH/HLST 2300 6.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3510 3.00 Poverty and Health in Canada: Current Evidence and Policy Responses
Examines evidence related to the increasing incidence of poverty in Canada and the mechanisms by which poverty threatens the health of both the poor and not poor. Explores various potential policy responses.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3520 3.00 Aging: Comparative Perspectives
This course will explore various approaches to understanding contemporary aging issues.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3530 3.00 Population Aging and Health: Policies, Programs and Issues
Aging in Canada has been depicted by many in the health care community as a looming calamity. Takes a unique Canadian focus and proposes that population aging can be a challenge that will force Canada's health care system to make some careful and innovative policy, program and service choices.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 3540 3.00 International Agencies in Health Care: The World Bank Versus the World Health Organization (WHO)
Non-governmental and supranational agencies are playing an increasing role in the health care planning and in influencing the development of health care policies in both developed and developing countries. Students will examine the roles of a number of these agencies.
Open to: Students who have 54 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4000 3.00 Health Care Law
Legislation relevant to health care; consent to treatment; cases of negligence; medical staff privileges; release of information.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00, HH/HLST 2030 3.00 and HH/HLST 2040 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4010 3.00 Health Care Ethics: Policy and Management Perspectives
Provides an overview of ethical issues involved in health care policy, management and informatics in Canada. It combines theory and practical application to allow for reflection on the role values and beliefs play in health policy, management and informatics decisions.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00, HH/HLST 2030 3.00 and HH/HLST 2040 3.00.
Course Credit Exclusion: HH/IHST 4010 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4020 3.00 History of Health Care Ethics from Ancient Times to the Present
Analyzes the diversity and controversies surrounding health care ethics over more than two thousand years of debates and experiences by practitioners and patients. Makes connections between past practices and present developments upon which to guide future decision-makers.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 1010 3.00 and HH/HLST 1011 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4110 3.00 Comparative Health Policy
Examines historical, cultural, environmental, economic and political considerations of national health systems throughout the world, especially as health becomes less isolated and more an interconnected and integral part of all the other systems impacting our globe.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00 or HH/IHST 2000 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4130 3.00 Public Policy and Disabilities
This course examines public policy approaches to disability in Canada and other western nations. It considers the extent to which public policy can provide persons with disabilities access to societal resources; voice in policy development and opportunities for participation in everyday life.
Integrated with: GS/CDIS 5090 3.00
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00
HH/HLST 4140 3.00 Mental Health Policy
Involves an analysis of mental health policy, from early conceptualizations and approaches to mental health care, to more recent societal approaches, government initiatives and legislation in the Canadian and other international contexts.
Integrated with: GS/CDIS 5045 3.00
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2020 3.00
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits
HH/HLST 4200 6.00 Applied Research Approaches in Health Studies: Advanced Seminar
Examines key issues associated with inquiry into health policy, management and informatics issues. The advanced seminar topics include various research methods and design issues relevant to health studies, data analysis and communication of research findings.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2020 3.00, HH/HLST 2030 3.00, HH/HLST 2040 3.00 and HH/HLST 2300 6.00.
Note: Students with course equivalents to HH/HLST 2300 6.00 will be required to complete Lynda.com SPSS training, or equivalent, before enrolling and submitting proof of completion to the School.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4210 3.00 Health Care Leadership
Addresses the most salient leadership skills required for the micro-meso-macro developments in the health care field in Canada: foresight, systems thinking, issue management, impact assessment, critical thinking, contingency planning, visioning, strategic planning, change management, facilitation and negotiation.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2030 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4250 3.00 Measuring Health System Performance/Effectiveness
Analyzes issues related to the measurement, dissemination and use of health system performance information. Examines the measurement of health system performance at multiple levels in the system and in different settings and jurisdictions.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2030 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4260 3.00 Topics in Health Services Financial Management
Explores current topics in health services financial management including fiscal sustainability, funding reforms, innovation adoption, costing and pricing, and or performance measurement. Applies accounting and finance theory to explore and critically evaluate current policy and management initiatives surrounding these issues.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 3260 3.00 and HH/HLST 3265 3.00
Course Credit Exclusion: AP/ADMS 4525 3.00
HH/HLST 4300 3.00 Advanced Seminar in Health Informatics
Provides students with up-to-date knowledge of the current research directions in the health informatics domain and the main questions raised in the field. Exposes students to a wide range of current research problems, projects, findings, and debate in health informatics.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 3320 3.00, and HH/HLST 3341 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4310 3.00 Analysis and Design of Health Information Systems
Provides the students with the knowledge and the ability to analyze health information systems and design health systems specifications to meet specific objectives, using the appropriate CASE tools. Methods for structured health analysis and design are covered. The use of teamwork is emphasized.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 3320 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4320 3.00 eHealth
Introduces the major issues and trends in the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the health care service sector.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4330 3.00 Decision Making & Decision Support Systems in Healthcare
Integrates literature on decision making and literature on management information systems in the health care context to illuminate the rational and non-rational aspects of decision making in health care.
Prerequisite: HH/HLST 2300 6.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4340 3.00 Health Technology Assessment
Provides students with the knowledge and skills required to carry out systematic analysis and make informed decisions concerning the introduction, allocation and cost-effective use of technologies in healthcare.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 3320 3.00 and HH/HLST 3341 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4350 3.00 User-Experience Design for Healthcare
Explores the benefits and opportunities of the growing field of user-experience design methods in healthcare. Students earn a framework for when and how to employ user-centered deign and practice hands-on strategies and techniques for identifying healthcare gaps, engaging with stakeholders, co-designing prototypes, iterating wire-frames, evaluating outcomes, designing for implementation and successfully disseminating the knowledge to various stakeholder groups.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 2040 3.00
Open to: Student with 84 credits
HH/HLST 4510 3.00 Health and Human Rights
Examines how health and human rights are complementary approaches to understanding and analyzing human well-being. The congruence of the two fields has arisen as the definition of human rights has expanded from civil and political rights to include social and economic rights. Will examine this evolution and its implications.
Course credit exclusion: HH/IHST 4510 3.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
HH/HLST 4520 3.00 Contemporary Migration and Health
Analyze critically the historical, social, political, cultural and systemic factors contributing to the health of migrant populations for an advanced understanding of the context as experienced by migrants. The course content covers a historical review of migration with a focus on Canada; key theoretical frameworks; and heterogeneity within migrant groups with a particular focus on vulnerable groups.
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits
HH/HLST 4900 6.0 Health Studies Project Management: Field Experience
Provides qualified students with career relevant learning experiences and the opportunity to bridge theory and practice by undertaking a team project under the direction of the course director(s) in collaboration with a community partner in a healthcare or health-related organization. Students will apply project management concepts in an interdisciplinary team of students from within the SHPM and or across the university. Prerequisite(s): HH/HLST 2020 3.00, HH/HLST 2030 3.00, HH/HLST 2040 3.00, HH/HLST 2300 6.00, and HH/HLST2010 3.00 or HH/HLST 3010 3.00
Pre/Corequisite: HH/HLST 4200 6.00
Open to: Students in the BHS Honours program with 84 earned credits.
Note 1: A minimum GPA of 6.50 is required in major credits.
Note 2: Enrollment by permission only. Students complete Seeking Course Permission Form available on School's website, and the Course Director(s) will select from those who apply. Decisions are made before the start of term.
HH/HLST 4990 9.0 Health Policy, Management, Informatics Practicum
Designed to bridge theory and practice in a variety of health care settings, the practicum is a planned, supervised and evaluated practice-based experience in which students are mentored and supported by fieldwork-supervisors. To support students' development of professionalism skills within work integrated learning, students are required to attend pre-practicum workshops and in-class pre-placement sessions. The practicum course will require 15-20 in-class hours and 250-300 in-field hours. Students will prepare a learning contract, complete a field-based project deliverable, participate in continuous reflective-related exercises and prepare a final practicum poster presentation. The practicum is open to students in BHS specialized honours program.
Prerequisites: HH/HLST 4000 3.00, and HH/HLST 4010 3.00.
Pre/Corequisites: HH/HLST 4200 6.00.
Open to: Students in the BHS Specialized Honours program with 84 earned credits
Note 1: A minimum GPA of 7.0 is required in major credits.
Note 2: Enrollment is by permission only. Students with the required earned credits are invited to an Information Session in the Winter term prior to placement. Students submit an application, are interviewed and those selected are notified of acceptance by end of Winter term.
Note 3: Students are required to complete all pre-practicum risk management and screening requirements before the Winter term of practicum.
Note 4: Students are required to attend all in-class pre-practicum sessions and post-practicum sessions and commit to a minimum of 3 days a week in fieldwork placements based on negotiated workdays with the field supervisor, completing a minimum of 250-300 in-field work hours.
Note 5: For practicum students, when you are choosing your HLST elective courses, it is highly recommended you consider taking the following 3 courses: HLST 4210 - Health Care Leadership - a required course for Health Management students but highly recommended for Policy and Informatic students; HLST 3400 - Healthcare Quality Improvement & Patient Safety - a required course for Health Management students but highly recommended for Policy and Informatic students; HLST 3500 - Quality & Operational Excellence in Healthcare - Introduction to Lean Six Sigma - highly recommended for all practicum students.
Course Substitutes
Subject to course exclusions, program requirements/restrictions, and residence requirements, the following courses are acceptable substitutes for the purpose of meeting program requirements:
| Program Course | Course Substitutes |
|---|---|
| AP/ECON 1000 3.00 | GL/ECON 2500 3.00 |
| AP/POLS 2910 6.00 | AK/POLS 3420 6.00 (prior to summer 2005) AS/POLS 2100 6.00 (prior to summer 2003) AS/POLS 2610 6.00 (prior to summer 2003) GL/POLS 2600 6.00 |
| HH/HLST 3010 3.00 or HH/HLST 2010 3.00 | HH/HLST 3510 3.00 |
| HH/HLST 3320 3.00 | AP/ITEC 3220 3.00 |
| HH/HLST 4300 3.00 | HH/NURS 4200 3.00 |
| HH/HLST 4310 3.00 | AP/ITEC 3010 3.00 |
| HH/HLST 4330 3.00 | AP/ADMS 4300 3.00 |
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