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.