Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration

Courses Which Fulfill Both General Education Goals and Major Requirements (9 credits)

Goal 3

MATH 252            Statistics                    3 cr

Goal 11

ECON 201            Economic Principles
                    and Problems                  3 cr
Goal 12
PSYC 111            Introduction to Psychology    3 cr           
                    OR
SOC 101             Introduction to Sociology     3 cr
                    OR
ANTH 100            Introduction to Anthropology  3 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 9 cr

Other Required Courses in Liberal Arts (6 credits)

ENGL 307            Professional Writing          3 cr
                    OR
ENGL 308            Business Communications       3 cr
ECON 202            Economic Principles
                    and Problems                  3 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 6 cr

Business Core Requirements

ACCT 201            Principles of Accounting I    3 cr
ACCT 202            Principles of Accounting II   3 cr
CIS 120             Introduction to Computer
                    Systems                       3 cr
                    OR Equivalent
FIN 315             Corporate Financial
                    Management                    3 cr
FIN 478             Investments                   3 cr
MGT 261             Legal Environment of
                    Organizations                 3 cr
MGT 329             Operations/Production
                    Management                    3 cr
MKTG 325            Basic Marketing Management    3 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 24 cr

Health Care Administration Core Requirements

HCA 110             Introduction to the Allied 
                    Health Professions            2 cr
HCA 210             Medical Terminology and
                    Communication                 2 cr
HCA 350             Organizational Behavior in 
                    Health Care                   3 cr
HCA 375             Health Care Law               3 cr
HCA 382             Health Services Organization 
                    and Policy                    3 cr
HCA 383             Epidemiology                  3 cr
HCA 401             Internship in Health Care
                    Administration                8 cr
HCA 453             Health Care Finance           3 cr
HCA 455             Health Care Organization
                    Management                    3 cr
HCA 484             Human Resource 
                    Management in Health Care
                    Organizations                 3 cr
HCA 491             Seminar in Health Care
                    Administration                3 cr

Plus 2 credits from the following courses:

HCA 451             Hospital Management           2 cr
HCA 452             Long Term Care
                    Management                    2 cr
HCA 473             Marketing For Health
                    Care Organizations            2 cr
                                                  TOTAL: 38 cr

Elective course

The student is required to select 51 semester hours of goal and elective courses. Elective courses should be selected according to the student's interests and career needs, in conjunction with a faculty advisor. No more than a total of 32 credit hours (required and elective) may be taken in the College of Business.

Recommended elective

The student is strongly encouraged to take the following 3 credits among the 51 semester hours:

CIS 381             Management Information
                    Systems                       3 cr

Total required credits for Bachelor of Science

in health care administration:                    128 cr

Admission and Program Graduation Requirements

Application forms for admission as a major in health care administration should be requested from the department office. Completed application forms and copies of transcripts of previous college work must be submitted to the department not before the student's second semester, sophomore year. February 15 is the application deadline for admission fall semester and October 15 is the application deadline for admission spring semester. Cumulative college or university grade point averages of 2.5 or higher are required for admittance as a major. There are no prerequisite courses for acceptance.

Students are required to earn a grade of C or better in all business, HCA and required courses. Students who receive a grade of D or below twice in the above required courses will be dropped from the Bachelor of Science program.

Students whose cumulative GPAs fall below 2.5 will be unable to continue in the program until the cumulative average is 2.5 or better.