Health Administration and Policy

Specific Requirements for Admission to the Health Administration and Policy Major

  • Successful completion of HAP 200 Introduction To Healthcare Administration with a grade of "C" or higher and cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.  

B.S., Major in Health Administration and Policy Requirements: 46 credits

Health Issues Core Requirements
HAP 200Introduction To Healthcare Administration3
ANT 111Introduction to Anthropology: Human and Cultural Diversity3
or ANT 113 Introduction to Anthropology: Social and Cultural Determinants of Health
or SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology: Self and Society
HAP 310Health Finance and Budgeting3
HAP/PLS 334Public Policy And Health Care3
HAP 515Law and Health Systems3
Management Core Requirements
ACC 201Introduction to Financial Accounting3
HAP/PLS 331Public and Non-Profit Administration3
MGT 271Organizational Behavior3
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods Requirement
HAP/SOC/ANT 314Statistics for the Social Sciences4
or PLS 310 Political Science Research Methods 2
Ethics Requirement
HAP/JPS 416Healthcare Ethics: Public Health, Administration, and Clinical Care3
or HAP 404 Bioethics and Society
or PHL 425 Sciences, Ethics & Society
or HAP 457 Biomedical Ethics: Philosophical and Theological Approaches
Internship Requirement3
Internship In Health Administration And Policy
HAP Electives: Select two courses from the following list: 6
Medical Anthropology
Management Information Systems
Leadership: Theories, Styles, And Skills
Family Communication About Health and Well-Being
Health Economics
Dominican Republic in Context
Global Health: A Biosocial and Justice-Oriented Approach
The Essentials of Public Health
Essentials of Epidemiology
Cultural Epidemiology: Global Perspectives
Health Communication
Healthcare, Society and Culture
Health, Disease, and Suffering in the Past and Present
Communicating Health Narratives
Statistical Methods for Public Administration and Policy Analysis
Human Resources Management
Recruitment and Selection
Training and Development
Principles of Marketing
Making Maps that Matter: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Trauma Care for the Whole Person
HAP Topical Seminars: Select two courses from the following list: 6
Seminar In Health Administration (May take twice if topics are different)
Seminar in Healthcare Administration: Healthcare Planning and Marketing
Information Systems in Healthcare Management
Service Excellence and Human Resources in Healthcare
Careers in Health Administration
Seminar in Healthcare Management
Public Policy Analysis