COURSES

HSA Admission/Major Requirements

The Health Sciences Administration major requires a minimum GPA of 2.5. In addition, students are required to successfully complete four classes for acceptance into the major. These classes consist of: Health Administration (HSA 358), Values in Healthcare (HSA 365), Health Statistics (HTH 320), and U. S. Health Care Systems (HTH 354). These classes, which are taught by each of the four faculty members, give students the opportunity to work with each of them. In order to be admitted into the major, students are required to complete 25 paid / unpaid volunteer hours, in addition to completing an HSA application and completing an interview with the Program Director. Upon completion of the major coursework, students are required to complete an eight-week internship (HSA 454) as part of the course work during their senior year.

Courses

First Year Credit Hours
HTH 151. Foundations of the Health Sciences (1)	3
General Education courses	28
Total credits	31

Second Year Credit Hours
COB 218. Legal Environment of Business	3
COB 241. Financial Accounting	3
COB 204. Computer Information Systems	3
ECON 201. Principles of Economics (Micro)	3
HTH 354. U. S. Health Care System (4)	3
HSA 385. Seminar in Health Services Administration	1
General Education courses	12
Total credits	28

Third Year Credit Hours
FIN 345. Managerial Finance	3
GERN 280. Social Gerontology	3
HTH 320. Statistical Methods for Health Science Research (B.S. degree requirement)	3
HSA 366. Health Politics and Policy (B.S. requirement)	3
HSA 358. Health Administration (1,3)	3
HSA 363. Health Economics (3)	3
HSA 365. Values in Health Care (1)	3
MGT 305. Management and Organizational Behavior	3
MKTG 380. Principles of Marketing	3
MATH 220. Elementary Statistics	3
Total credits	30

Fourth Year Credit Hours
HTH 450. Epidemiology (1)	3
HTH 458. Health Program Planning and Evaluation (1)	3
HSA 462. Managed Care (2)	3
HSA 464. Funding in Health Care (1,2)	3
Choose one of the following:	3
HSA 452. Hospital Organization and Administration (1,2)
HSA 455. Long Term Care Organization and Administration (1,2)
HSA 456. Ambulatory Care Services: Organization and Administration (offered every other Fall semester)
Program electives (selected from list of approved courses)	6
Electives	6
HSA 454. Internship in Health Organizations (5)
Total credits	30

*NOTE
(1) Graded of “C” or better is required
(2) Offered only in Spring semester
(3) Offered only in Fall semester
(4) Grade of “B” or better is required
(5) Grade of “C” or better is required is HSA course

Suggested Electives
HTH 300. Medical Terminology	3
HSA 360. Health Care Marketing	3
HSA 367. Comparative International Health Systems	3
HHS 390. Health Informatics	3
HSA 463. Quality Management in Health Care	3
HHS 391. Health Informatics (advanced)	3
HHS 490. Rural Health Interdisciplinary Approach	3