Health-Services Administration: Credit Requirements (contd.)

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

Cooperative Education (Co-op)
Drexel University has long been known for its cooperative education (co-op) programs through which students mix periods of full-time, career-related employment with their studies. Co-op employment, which consists of two consecutive quarters during the first half or second half of the junior year, is a part of the Health Services Administration curriculum. The co-op experience of the Health-Services Administration curriculum is directed toward activities that will expose students to the work environments of various health-services-administration settings. These work settings will provide students with the opportunity to observe health-services administrators, managers, staff, as well as, in some cases, health-care providers so that students can assess their potentials for undertaking this administrative career path.

Non-Co-op Full-Time and Part-Time Options
These options are available for individuals, including transfer students seeking to pursue the Health Services Administration major in a nontraditional mode by combining daytime, evening, online, and Saturday courses. In addition, the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration is a part-time accelerated Saturday-only program available to transfer students. (See Section on Transfer Students)

External Transfer Students
General Education—(to be updated)

Full-Time Curriculum with Co-op (chart converstion for students transferring from semester-credit-based institutions)
Transfer students are eligible for the full-time curriculum with co-op depending on the number of approved transfer credits.

Non-Co-op Full-Time and Part-Time Options (include chart conversion for students transferring from semester-credit-based insitutions)
Transfer students may also apply to the non-co-op full-time or part-time options. In most cases 90 approved quarter credits (or 60 approved semester credits) may be accepted for either option. However, in cases where the individual has a strong academic background in health-services administration from accredited institutions, up to 135 approved quarter credits (90 approved semester) credits may be accepted for either option, depending on the nature of the courses. Transfer students pursing either the full-time curriculum without co-op or part-time curriculum may pursue courses combining daytime, evening, online, and Saturday courses.

Saturday Scholars Program (see section on Accelerated Part-Time Program)
Transfer students holding a minimum of 90 approved quarter credits (60 approved semester credits) and wishing to complete their B.S. degrees in Health Services Administration exclusively on Saturdays may wish to apply to the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration. However, in cases where a student does not hold the minimum approved credits, accommodations may be made with the approval of the director of the program. In cases where the individual has a strong academic background in health-services administration from accredited institutions, up to 135 approved quarter credits (90 approved semester) credits may be accepted for either option, depending on the nature of the courses. A special application is required for the Saturday Scholars Program. (For more information on the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration, please contact the director of the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration, Gerald Bello, Ph.D. at gb25@drexel.edu or 215-762-8453)

Accelerated Part-Time Program
Saturday Scholars Program (include curriculum)
Transfer students holding a minimum of 90 approved quarter credits (60 approved semester credits) and wishing to complete their B.S. degrees in Health Services Administration exclusively on Saturdays may wish to apply to the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration. However, in cases where a student does not hold the minimum approved credits, accommodations may be made with the approval of the director of the program. In cases where the individual has a strong academic background in health-services administration from accredited institutions, up to 135 approved quarter credits (90 approved semester) credits may be accepted for either option, depending on the nature of the courses. A special application is required for the Saturday Scholars Program. (For more information on the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration, please contact the director of the Saturday Scholars Program in Health Services Administration, Gerald Bello, Ph.D. at gb25@drexel.edu or 215-762-8453)