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Course Schedule

**Please note that students in this track fall under the following course schedule. Students varying from that schedule may run into financial aid award difficulties and will fall out of sequence sequence for the health law courses, affecting timeframe for completion.

Students in this track should consider themselves in a locked-step schedule.

In order to be eligible for financial aid, a student must be enrolled for a minimum of 3 credits per term.

  • Tuition for MHS courses: $275 per credit hour
  • Tuition for MHL courses: $545 per credit hour

Start date: July 2006

MHS courses

MHL Courses

Summer

  • Research Methods (3 credits)

Term 1, Session 1

  • Institute on campus (1 credit)
  • Legal Research Methods, and Reasoning (3 credits)

Fall

  • Writing for Medical Publication (3 credits)
  • APA Writing Seminar (2 credits)

Term 2

  • No MHL course this session 

Winter

  • no MHS course this term

Term 2- Session 1

  • Tort and Contract Law (3 credits)

Spring

  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 credits)

Term 2 - Session 2

  • Risk Management (2 credits)

Summer

  • Principles and Practice of Management in Healthcare (3 credits)

Term 3 session 1

  • Admin law (2 credits)

Fall

  • Internship (5 credits)

Term 3 session 2

  • Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (2 credits)

Winter

  • No MHS course (continuation of Internship)

Term IV session 1

  • No MHL course

Spring

  • Practicum (5 credits)

Term IV session 2

  • Law Accred/ Licensing (2 credits)

OR

  • Law of Patient's Rights and Advocacy (2 credits)

Summer

  • No MHS course  (continuation of practicum)

Term V Session 1

  • Legal Negotiation (2 credits)
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