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Health-Services Administration Program: Credit Requirements

Distribution Requirements for the Major
3-Course Sequence in English (9 credits)
ENGL 101 Expository Writing & Reading
3
ENGL 102 Persuasive Writing & Reading
3
ENGL 103 Analytical Writing & Reading
3
 
Total
9
     
3-Course Sequence in Natural Sciences (12 credits)
BIO 102 Biology I: Cells & Tissues
4
BIO 104 Biology II: Growth & Heredity
4
BIO 106 Biology III: Organismal Biology
4
 
Total
12
     
Computing Course (3 credits)
CS 161 Introduction to Computing
3
 
Total
3
 
 
Math Elective (4 credits)
MATH 101 Introduction to Analysis I
4
 
Total
4
     
2-Course Sequence in Drexel Experience (2 credits)
UNIV 101 The Drexel Experience
1
UNIV 101 The Drexel Experience
1
 
Total
2
     
Health Services Administration Required Courses (60 credits)
HSAD 210 Health Care Ethics I
 3
HSAD 309 Health Care Ethics II
 3
HSAD 310 Health-Systems Administration
 3
HSAD 312 Development of World Healthcare
 3
HSAD 315 Interdisciplinary Health Services
 3
HSAD 316 Healthcare across Cultures
(or HSAD 328: Healthcare for Diverse Groups with the permission of the HSAD Program Director)
 3
HSAD 318 Health & Vulnerable Populations
3
HSAD 320 Managed Health Care
(or HSAD 331: Health, Business, and
Advocacy with the permission of the HSAD Program Director)

3
HSAD 321 Healthcare Human Resources
3
HSAD 322 Healthcare Law
3
HSAD 323 Health Services and the Elderly
3
HSAD 324 Health Technology & Ethical Responsibility
3
HSAD 325 Issues in Healthcare System
3
HSAD 326 Holism & Healthcare
3
HSAD 327 Partnerships in Healthcare
3
HSAD 329 Health Care & the Media
(or HSAD 332: Health-Care Marketing with the permission of the HSAD Program Director)
3
HSAD 330 Financial Management in Healthcare
3
HSAD 335 Healthcare Policy
 3
HSAD 340 Leadership & Management in Health-Services Administration
 3
HSAD 490 Senior Research Project
3
 
Total
60
The following two courses may be used as substitutions with the permission of the HSA Program Director
HSAD 470 Readings in Health Services Administration
1-6
HSAD 480 Special Topics in Health Services Administration

3
 
Humanities and Social Sciences Required Courses (36 credits)
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
3
ANTH 101 Cult Diversity: Intro to Cultural Anthropology

3
PSY 101 General Psychology I
3
PSY 120 Developmental Psychology
3
PHIL 105 Critical Reasoning
3
COM 111 Principles of Communication
3
SOC 115 Social Problems
3
PSY 240 Abnormal Psychology
3
COM 230 Techniques of Speaking
3
SOC 321 Evolution of Healthcare in America
3
REL 301 Religious Views on Health
3
SOC 235 Sociology of Health
3
 
Total
36
     
Other Required Courses (36 credits)
BLAW 211  Legal Options Decision Making
ECON 498  Economics in the Health-Care System
ACCT 111 Financial Accounting
3
ORGB 300 Organizational Behavior
4
COM 280 Public Relations
3
STS 345 Statistics for Health Sciences
4
HSCI 404 Clinical Health Informatics
(or HSAD 125: Medical Terminology
with the permission of the HSA Program
Director)

3

PSCI 313 State & Local Government
3
SOC 241 Women and the Health Professions
3
HUM 314 Medicine and the Arts
3
 
 Total
36
 6 Free Electives (18 credits)
18
 
 Total
18
     
TOTAL CREDITS FOR B.S. DEGREE
180

Minor in Health Services Administration (for non-HSA majors)