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2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

HCA 300 - The Health Care System

(3 units)

Prerequisites: Open to Health Care Administration majors, pre-majors, Health Care Administration Certificate, and BS in Applied Data Science students only.
Overview and developmental summary of the American health care system and its driving forces: Organizational forms; financing mechanisms; principal industry stakeholders; professional groups and workforce issues; public health and government.

Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in: HCA 402.