Health Administration, B.S.
[Health Administration-1202]
Students prepare for a career on the business side of healthcare when they join clinical and business professionals from all areas of the healthcare spectrum in a diverse learning environment. They will complete five semesters in the traditional Business Administration major, and having met the prescribed requirements, transition into the Health Administration B.S. program for the final 3 semesters. Beginning in the second semester of their junior year, students will complete classes online or in a classroom 1-night a week, while also completing two required internships in a healthcare administration related field.
SPECIFICS OF THE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION B.S. DEGREE
Minimum Total Hours: 124
Total Liberal Arts Hours Required: 60
General Education Requirements: Per General Education list (see General Education Council). Exceptions: only one fine arts course is required; must take PSY 260 for the behavioral science requirement; must take ECN 201 for the history, economics, or social sciences requirement; Mathematics requirement is met through the major requirements.
Minimum Requirements: Overall and major GPA of 3.0 or greater; no grade less than C- in the major; minimum grade of C- in CMC 105, CMP 101, CMP 102, and MTH 200; meet with Undergraduate Business Program Director to document plan for degree completion; must have own means of transportation to internships and RWC satellite campus.
Transfer Requirements: See institutional transfer policies.
Application to Major: Application to Major form can be secured from the Undergraduate Business Department and submitted during the second semester of the sophomore year. A minimum grade of C- in MTH 200 and in all business courses is required for acceptance to the major. Minimum overall and major GPA's of 3.0 are required to be accepted and to remain in the major. Falling below an overall GPA or major GPA of 3.0 removes students from the major and precludes them from taking upper-level courses.
Major Requirements: 74 hours as follows:
- Common Professional Core (34 hours):
- ACC 201-Principles of Accounting I;
- ACC 201L-Principles of Accounting I Lab;
- ACC 202-Principles of Accounting II;
- ACC 202L-Principles of Accounting II Lab;
- BUA 101-Introduction to Business;
- BUA 210-Business Law I;
- BUA 321-Corporate Finance;
- BUA 325-Internship Preparation
- CSC 103-Excel Spreadsheets
- ECN 202-Principles of Macroeconomics;
- MGT 201-Principles of Management and Social Entrepreneurship;
- MGT 220-Introduction to Human Resources
- MKT 201-Principles of Marketing;
- MTH 200-Statistics;
- Health Administration Requirements (40 hours):
- PSY 441-Adult & Lifelong Learning;
- BHA 400-Healthcare Organizations & Systems;
- PSY 331-Effective & Interpersonal Relationships;
- PHL 413-Bioethics;
- BUS 300HA-Organizational Leadership;
- BHA 425-Healthcare Reimbursement Systems;
- BHA 410-Healthcare Operations Management;
- GED 355 Internship I*;
- BHA 480-Contemporary Issues in Health Care;
- MKT 380-Healthcare Marketing;
- MTH 351-Biostatistics;
- BUS 395-Applied Research Project;
- GED 355-Internship II*.
*The Healthcare Administration (BHA) major requires the completion of two internship experiences during the student's senior year and requires the student to have access to transportation to participate in these off-campus internship experiences.