HPA Suggested Courses (2025)

Health Policy and Administration (HPA) NSO Enrollment Guide

Center for Student Advising and Engagement
5 Henderson Building
University Park, PA

Find your adviser and schedule an appointment through Starfish: http://starfish.psu.edu Links to an external site.

LionPATH: https://www.lionpath.psu.edu/ Links to an external site.
HPA website: http://hhd.psu.edu/hpa/undergraduate/ Links to an external site.
Undergraduate Bulletin: https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/health-human-development/health-policy-administration-bs/ Links to an external site.

Summer: Choose 2 courses (6–7 credits overall) *
- *LEAP Students: Be sure not to choose courses for the fall that you are taking this summer.
Fall: Choose 5–6 courses (15–17 credits overall)

HPA 123S (1 credit) -AND- PSU 14: First-Year Seminar (1 credit)
- IF HPA 123S is not available, students can take any of the thematic courses offered by the HHD departments including: BBH 123S (1), CSD 297(1), HM 297(1), HDFS 101S (3), KINES 123S (1), NUTR 123S (1) or RPTM 120S (3).
BBH 102S (varsity athletes only, to be registered later, 3 credits, fulfills FYS requirement)
LEAP and Aurora enrollment are approved subs for FYS. Students enrolled in those programs do not have to schedule a First-Year Seminar and thematic course

BISC 4: Human Body: Form and Function
Or BIOL 161: Anatomy and Physiology I (162/lab is NOT required but can be taken if the student is going on to a post-grad clinical degree)

**Based on ALEKS Scores of 30 or higher

Any (Consider one that is a United States Cultures or International Cultures designation)

Any (Consider one that is a United States Cultures or International Cultures designation)

For exploratory coursework related to the major you can consider: