Professor L. Lynch
The Health Care Administration concentration is designed primarily for students interested in Hospital or Health Care Administration. It is likely that most of these students will pursue (eventually or immediately after graduation) a master’s degree in Hospital/Health Care Administration. Ultimately, they would be likely to work for a hospital, health maintenance organization, or public or private medical facility.
A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 in all prerequisite course work is required for admission to the Health Care Administration concentration. In addition, the student must earn a 2.0 cumulative grade point average in all course work required to complete the concentration. The concentration is achieved by completion of the following courses:
Required Courses
ECON 120 Introduction to Economics
or
ECON 121 & 122 Principles, Micro, Macro
ECON 227 Health Care Economics
SOCI, PHIL 223 Ethics and Medicine
SOCI 227 Medical Sociology
BUAD 125 Accounting Principles I
BUAD 258 Information Systems I—Concepts and Applications
BUAD 354 Human Resource Management
In addition, students must complete one unit from Business Administration 254 (Organizational Behavior and Management) or Psychology 250 (Industrial-Organizational Psychology) or Business Administration 416 or Sociology 416 (Internship in health care administration).
Also Recommended: IST 116 (Perspectives on Death and Dying) and Sociology 241 (Introduction to Social Welfare).
Professor Weiss
The Health Care Delivery track is designed for students interested in a career involving the delivery of health care services. It is anticipated that these students will pursue their education in medical school, nursing school, pharmacy school, a school of public health, or a school of allied health, or will pursue a career (with the undergraduate degree) in a health setting such as a medical clinic, counseling center, voluntary health agency, nursing home, or insurance company.
Required Courses
PSYC 210 or
211 or 212 Child Development; Adolescent Development; Adult Development and Aging
PSYC 230 Abnormal Psychology
SOCI, PHIL 223 Ethics and Medicine
SOCI 227 Medical Sociology
One of the following courses:
GST 400 Senior Symposium-Perspectives on Death and Dying, or
PSYC 260 Human Sexuality, or
ECON 227 Health Care Economics, or
SOCI 241 Introduction to Social Welfare
An internship (in any discipline) in a health care delivery setting.
Recommended: An Independent Study (in any discipline) on a health-related topic, a second Internship in a health care delivery setting, volunteer experience in a health-related setting, and additional courses related to the student’s specific interests in health.