Healthcare Administration, B.S.

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The Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration provides students with the skills needed to obtain entry-level management positions in the healthcare industry and to pursue career opportunities in Healthcare Administration.

A minimum of 57 upper-level (33XX and 43XX) hours and a total of 120 hours are required for the baccalaureate degree.

University Core Requirements (42 hours)

Communication (6 hours)

WRIT 1301 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 1302 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Grades must be C- or better

Mathematics (3 hours)

MATH 1324 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences. Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Grade must be C- or better

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose two course from the approved list:

ASTR 1303 - Stars and Galaxies Credit Hours: 3
ASTR 1304 - Solar System Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1306 - Biology for Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1307 - Biology for Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1308 - Biology for Non-Science Majors I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1309 - Biology for Non-Science Majors II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2301 - Anatomy & Physiology I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 2302 - Anatomy & Physiology II Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1305 - Introductory Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1311 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 1312 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1301 - Environmental Science I Credit Hours: 3
ENSC 1302 - Environmental Science II Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1303 - Physical Geology Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 1304 - Historical Geology Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1301 - College Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 1302 - College Physics II Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2325 - University Physics I Credit Hours: 3
PHYS 2326 - University Physics II Credit Hours: 3

Language, Philosophy and Culture (3 hours)

Choose one course from the approved list:

HUMN 1301 - Humanities Credit Hours: 3
LITR 2341 - Literature and Experience Credit Hours: 3
PHIL 1301 - Introduction to Philosophy Credit Hours: 3
WGST 1301 - Gender Matters: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Credit Hours: 3

Creative Arts (3 hours)

Choose one course from the approved list:

ARTS 1303 - World Art Survey I Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 1304 - World Art Survey II Credit Hours: 3
ARTS 2379 - Arts and the Child Credit Hours: 3

American History (6 hours)

HIST 1301 - United States History I Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1302 - United States History II Credit Hours: 3

Government/Political Science (6 hours)

POLS 2305 - Federal Government Credit Hours: 3
POLS 2306 - Texas Government Credit Hours: 3

Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 hours) Choose one course from the approved list

ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

Other courses may meet this requirement, however, ECON 2301 will still be required for all Business majors

Component Area Option (6 hours)

Two 1-hour Life and Physical Science Labs

COMM 1315 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 1100 - Learning Frameworks Credit Hours: 1

College Core Requirements (48 hours)

The following courses, or their approved equivalents, constitute the business core and are required of all business students. No more than 6 hours of grades in the range of D+, D or D-are permitted in upper-level (33XX and 43XX) Business Core Requirements.

Core Requirements for Business Majors (48 hours)

ACCT 2301 - Principles of Accounting I - Financial Credit Hours: 3
ACCT 2302 - Principles of Accounting II - Managerial Credit Hours: 3
BAPA 1301 - Business Principles Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 1305 - Business Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3321 - Statistics I Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3331 - Quantitative Methods for Management Credit Hours: 3
ECON 3311 - Money and Banking Credit Hours: 3
FINC 3331 - Business Finance Credit Hours: 3
ISAM 3303 - Information Systems for Management Credit Hours: 3
LEGL 3301 - Business Law Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 3301 - Management Theory and Practice Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 3301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3
WRIT 3312 - Written Communications in Business Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

When ECON 2301 is used to satisfy the Social Behavioral Sciences Requirement, an additional elective will be needed.

MGMT 4312 - Strategic Management (Capstone) Credit Hours: 3 course - - requires permission.

Major Requirements (21 hours)

All courses within the Major Requirements must be completed with a grade of C- or better. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher is required to graduate.

HADM 3311 - Foundations of Healthcare Administration Leadership Credit Hours: 3
HADM 3351 - Physician Group Practice Management Credit Hours: 3
HADM 4312 - Healthcare Planning and Marketing Credit Hours: 3
HADM 4316 - Medical Reimbursement Credit Hours: 3
HADM 4332 - Legal Dimensions of Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3
HADM 4341 - HR in Healthcare Administration Credit Hours: 3
HADM 4351 - Financial Dimensions of Healthcare Administration II Credit Hours: 3

Elective Requirements (9 hours)

HADM Elective Requirement (3 hours)

Choose one 3-hour HADM upper-level (33XX or 43XX)

General Elective Requirements (6 hours)

Choose any two upper-level (33XX or 43XX) courses offered by Colleges of Business, Human Sciences & Humanities, Science & Engineering or Education

Graduation Requirements

Students must complete the final 30 semester hours of 3000 and 4000 level course work in residence at UHCL.
Students must complete a minimum of 12 semester credit hours of upper-level (3000-4000 level) coursework: (1) in the major and (2) in residence at UHCL.
Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.000 on course work completed at UHCL with grades of “C” or better on at least 30 hours of resident upper-level work. Grades of “C-” or below cannot be applied toward the 30 hours of resident upper-level work.