HEALTH CARE

Health Care Administration

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 IConcepts

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: GST 400 (Senior Symposium: Death

and Dying) and Sociology 241 (Introduction to Social Welfare).

Health Care Delivery

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 Child Development; Adolescent or

211 or 212 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.