Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration

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

Goal 3

MATH 252	Introduction to Statistics		3 cr
Goal 11

ECON 201	Economic Principles
		and Problems				3 cr
Goal 12

PSYC 111	Introductory Psychology I		3 cr
		OR
SOC 101		Introduction to Sociology		3 cr
		OR
ANTH 100	General 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 g375	Health Care Law				3 cr
HCA g382	Health Services Organization 
		and Policy				3 cr
HCA g383	Epidemiology				3 cr
HCA g401	Internship in Health Care
		Administration				8 cr
HCA 453		Health Care Finance			3 cr
HCA 455		Health Care Organization
		Management				3 cr
HCA g484	Human Resource 
		Management in Health Care
		Organizations				3 cr
HCA g491	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 g473	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.

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.