Bachelor of Health Sciences/Bachelor of Management

The Faculty of Health Sciences and the Dhillon School of Business jointly offer a 50-course (150.0 credit hour) Combined Degrees program leading to the degrees Bachelor of Health Sciences (B.H.Sc.) and Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt.) Upon successful completion of the Combined Degrees program, the student receives the B.H.Sc. degree from the Faculty of Health Sciences and the B.Mgt. degree from the Dhillon School of Business.

The Combined Degrees program may be completed in 50 courses when the General Management or Human Resource Management and Labour Relations major is chosen for the B.Mgt. degree. Students who choose to complete a different B.Mgt. major may be required to extend their program beyond 50 courses. The B.H.Sc. in the Combined Degrees program is available only with the major in Public Health.

a.Admission

Applicants may be admitted to the B.H.Sc./B.Mgt. when they are admitted to the University. Enrolment in both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Dhillon School of Business is limited and fulfillment of the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee admission. Students are not officially in the B.H.Sc./B.Mgt. Combined Degrees program until they have been admitted to both the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Dhillon School of Business.

In addition to the general admission requirements outlined in Admission, all applicants to the B.H.Sc./B.Mgt. Combined Degrees program must satisfy the following Alberta high school courses or equivalents:

1.Spoken English Language Proficiency Requirement (SELP)

In addition to the English Language Proficiency requirement for general admission to the University of Lethbridge (see Admission, English Language Proficiency (ELP)), applicants to the B.H.Sc./B.Mgt. must also meet the Faculty of Health Sciences’ Spoken English Language Proficiency (SELP) requirement (see Faculty of Health Sciences, Spoken English Language Proficiency Requirement (SELP)).

b.General Requirements for the 50-Course B.H.Sc./B.Mgt.

1.Completion of the Liberal Education List Requirement (see School of Liberal Education, Liberal Education List Requirement).

2.Not more than 10 courses may be taken at the 0100/1000 level for credit toward the degree. Activity courses are exempted from this limit. Language courses are offered in the 0100-1990 range. Only the first course in the range counts toward this limit in the language subjects of French, German, Greek, Japanese, Latin and Spanish. Only one of Economics 1010 and Economics 1012 will be counted toward this limit. Only one of Biology 1010 and Biology 1020 will be counted toward this limit. Only one of Geography 1000 and Geography 1200 will be counted toward this limit (see Academic Regulations, Exceeding Course Limits).

3.Residence requirement: Students must complete a minimum of 30 courses (90.0 credit hours) at the University of Lethbridge, including a minimum of 15 Health Sciences courses and 10 Dhillon School of Business courses at the 3000 or 4000 level.

c.Faculty of Health Sciences Degree Requirements for the 50-Course B.H.Sc./B.Mgt.

1.A minimum GPA of 2.50 in all Public Health courses taken and a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00 (on the University of Lethbridge 4.0 scale) on courses for credit towards the degree.

2.All degree requirements must be completed within seven years after the first Public Health course taken towards the degree.

3.Completion of the Public Health major comprising the following courses:

Core Courses:

Public Health 1000 - Introduction to Public Health

Public Health 2000 - Population Health

Public Health 2100 - Policy and Health

Public Health 3000 - Canadian and Global Perspectives

Public Health 3100 - Environmental Health

Public Health 3420 - Public Health Ethics

Public Health 4000 - Advanced Public Health

Anthropology 1000 - The Anthropological Perspective

Biology 1010 - Cellular Basis of Life

Economics 1010 - Introduction to Microeconomics

Economics 1012 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Health Sciences 2003/Biology 2003 - Epidemiology

Health Sciences 2310 - Human Nutrition

Health Sciences 2400 - Medical Microbiology

Health Sciences 2700/Sociology 2700 - Health and Society

Health Sciences 3002 - Health Promotion

Health Sciences 3260 - Research in the Health Sciences

Health Sciences 3450/Psychology 3450 - Applied Statistics for Clinical Practice

Sociology 1000 - Introduction to Sociology

One of:

Aboriginal Health 1000 - Introduction to Aboriginal Health

Health Sciences 3510 - Program Planning and Evaluation

One of:

Writing 1000 - Introduction to Academic Writing

English 1900 - Introduction to Language and Literature

Electives:

Three Fine Arts and Humanities electives

Five Public Health/Health Sciences electives

d.Dhillon School of Business Degree Requirements for the 50-Course B.H.Sc./B.Mgt.

The Dhillon School of Business offers courses in the following subject areas: Accounting (ACCT), Agricultural Enterprise Management (AGEM), Finance (FINC), Human Resources and Labour Relations (HRLR), Indigenous Governance and Business Management (IGBM), International Management (IMGT), Management (MGT), and Marketing (MKTG).

1.A minimum grade of 'C-' is required in Economics 1010; Economics 1012; Health Sciences 3450/Psychology 3450; Writing 1000 or English 1900; all Dhillon School of Business courses, including those cross-listed with Dhillon School of Business courses.

2.A minimum graduation GPA of 2.00 in Dhillon School of Business courses is required (see Dhillon School of Business, Graduation GPA Calculation). A student must also attain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00 on courses taken at the University of Lethbridge.

3.All B.Mgt. degree requirements must be completed within 10 years after admission to the Dhillon School of Business.

4.Students will complete a minimum of 20 Dhillon School of Business courses including the core and major course requirements listed below:

Core Requirements

Management 1500 - Fundamentals of Business

Human Resources and Labour Relations 2030 - Introduction to Organizational Behaviour

Management 2070/Economics 2070 - Operations and Quantitative Management

Management 2081 - Professional Communications Skills

Accounting 2100 - Introductory Accounting

Accounting 2400 - Management Accounting

Management 3031 - Managing Responsibly in a Global Environment

Finance 3040 - Finance

Human Resources and Labour Relations 3050 - Human Resource Management

Marketing 3250 - Social Marketing

International Management 3650 - Introduction to International Management

Management 4090 - Management Policy and Strategy

One of:

Management 3062 - Information Systems and Data Analytics

1Accounting 3171 - Accounting Information Systems and Data Analytics

Management 3622 - Visual Analytics

One of the following with Indigenous content:

Any course from the Indigenous Governance and Business Management (IGBM) subject codes list

Any course from the Indigenous Studies (INDG) subject codes list

Aboriginal Health 1000 - Introduction to Aboriginal Health

Art History 3152 - Indigenous Art History (Series)

Blackfoot 1000 - Introductory Spoken Blackfoot

Cree 2210 - Structure of the Plains Cree Language

Liberal Education 1850 - Conversational Indigenization: Reconciling Reconciliation

2Political Science 3215 - Indigenous Peoples and Local Government in Canada

Students may choose a B.Mgt. major in either General Management or Human Resource Management and Labour Relations, where all specific requirements for the selected B.Mgt. major must be fulfilled. Requirements for each B.Mgt. major program follow:

General Management

Six 3000 or 4000-level courses from disciplines offered by the Dhillon School of Business

Electives:

One 3000 or 4000-level Dhillon School of Business elective

Human Resource Management and Labour Relations

Human Resources and Labour Relations 3305 - Managing Employee Health and Safety
Human Resources and Labour Relations 3310 - Collective Labour Relations
Human Resources and Labour Relations 3312 - Strategic Compensation
Human Resources and Labour Relations 4305 - Canadian Labour and Employment Law
Human Resources and Labour Relations 4310 - Advanced Organizational Behaviour
Human Resources and Labour Relations 4350 - Staffing
Human Resources and Labour Relations 4355 - Training and Development

Notes

1Students should be aware that this course has prerequisites which may require taking courses extra to their program requirements.

2Students should be aware that some of the above courses have prerequisites which may require taking courses extra to their degrees. Check with an academic advisor for more information.

Students may choose to complete a different B.Mgt. major in this Combined Degrees program, but they may be required to extend their programs beyond 50 courses. See B.A./B.Mgt. or B.Sc./B.Mgt., Bachelor of Management Majors for major requirements. Computer Science majors will refer to Dhillon School of Business, Bachelor of Management (B.Mgt.) Majors for course requirements. Agricultural Enterprise Management is only available in the B.Mgt. 40-course degree program. When another major is chosen and is based on the major requirements from a different program, a minimum grade of ‘C-’ is required in courses marked with an asterisk (*) in those programs, in order to meet degree requirements.

e.Sample Sequencing Plan

Sample sequencing plans are created to provide students with an example of how to plan courses for the duration of a program. Sample sequencing plans for each program and major can be found in the applicable Program Planning Guide.

f.Academic Regulations

In the Combined Degrees program, students divide their time between two different Faculties or Schools which have different standards of academic performance. Students should read the academic regulations for each Faculty or School in which a portion of the Combined Degrees will be taken. For the B.H.Sc./B.Mgt., students should be aware of the Faculty of Health Sciences regulations and the Dhillon School of Business regulations.