Healthcare Services, B.A.S.

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The Bachelor of Applied Science is a collaborative partnership with community colleges and employers in the UHCL service area. The program is designed for students with an associates of applied science degree in the allied health professions. Upon their enrollment at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, incoming students will transfer a significant portion of their vocation/technical credit hours that they earn through their associates program.

The HADM courses will be offered through UHCL’s Healthcare Administration Department, which is physically based in the Texas Medical Center. This curriculum prepares students in allied health professions to advance into an administrative position within their healthcare facilities. A minimum of 45 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
WRIT 2311 - Introduction to Professional Writing Credit Hours: 3

Mathematics (3 hours)

Choose one course from the approved list:

MATH 1314 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1324 - Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences. Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1325 - Calculus for Business and Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1332 - Contemporary Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1342 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1350 - Mathematics for Teachers I Credit Hours: 3
MATH 2412 - Pre-Calculus Mathematics Credit Hours: 4
MATH 2413 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4

Life and Physical Sciences (6 hours)

Choose two courses 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:

ANTH 2346 - General Anthropology Credit Hours: 3
COMM 1307 - Introduction to Mass Communication Credit Hours: 3
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:

CRIM 1301 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2301 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ECON 2302 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 2301 - Introduction to Psychology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 1306 - Social Problems Credit Hours: 3

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

Major Requirements (27 hours) *

The following courses, or their approved equivalents, together with accounting and economics principles and business law, constitute the business core and are required of all business students. 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 3322 - Financial Dimensions of Healthcare Administration I Credit Hours: 3
HADM 3333 - Healthcare Economics 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 4326 - Hospital Operations 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

Additional Information

*Students may take HADM 3351 OR HADM 4326

Elective Requirements (18 hours)

Prescribed Elective Requirements (9 hours)*

PSYC 4370 - Nonexperimental Methods and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
DSCI 3321 - Statistics I Credit Hours: 3
MGMT 4354 - Organizational Behavior Theory and Application Credit Hours: 3
MKTG 3301 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3

Additional Information

*Students may take PSYC 4370 OR DSCI 3321 .

General Electives (9 hours)

Any three upper-level (33XX or 43XX) courses offered by Colleges of Business, Human Sciences and 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.