Health Care Administration, B.S.

Note:

Beginning Fall 2024, the Health Care Administration B.S. will follow a new curriculum pattern. Changes to these major specific prerequisites will be altered in 2024 to remove BIOL 205, BIOL 207, BIOL 208, and BIOL 211. Students who begin their first year in Fall 2023 will be directed by academic advisors to take courses under the new curriculum pattern. The curriculum listed below ends prior to the Fall 2024 semester and is only accurate for Fall 2023 transfer students and students in their third or fourth year in Fall 2023. Please contact academic advising or the department staff if you have any questions. 

1. All students must complete a minimum of 13-14 semester units

All students must complete a minimum of 13-14 semester units or the equivalent in prerequisite preparatory course for the major:

• ACCT 201 - Elementary Financial Accounting (3 units)

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• ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 units)

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• ECON 300 - Fundamentals of Economics (3 units)

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• HDEV 190 - Elementary Statistics (4 units)

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• SOC 170 - Elementary Statistics (4 units)

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• PSY 110 - Introductory Statistics (4 units)

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• STAT 108 - Statistics for Everyday Life (3 units) and

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• STAT 118 - Introductory Business Statistics (3 units)

2. Computer proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software is expected.

3. Overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher

An overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher is required for entrance into the program. A minimum grade of “C” is required for each prerequisite course.

1. Complete the requirements for General Education

2. Complete the prerequisite courses

3. Complete the major core course requirements:

• HCA 300 - The Health Care System (3 units)
• HCA 312 - Health Personnel Management (3 units)
• HCA 327 - Medical Billing & Coding (3 units)
• HCA 340 - Legal Aspects of Health Administration (3 units)
• HCA 341 - Financial Management of Health Care Institutions (3 units)
• HCA 353 - Marketing for Health Services Organizations (3 units)
• HCA 410 - Health Management and Organization (3 units)
• HCA 416 - Management and Information Systems (3 units)
• HCA 428 - Population Health Management for Health Care Administrators (3 units)
• HCA 450 - Quality Assurance in Health Care (3 units)
• HCA 465 - Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Services (3 units)
• HCA 468 - Principles of Risk Management and Patient Safety (3 units)
• HCA 480 - Internship in Health Care Administration (3 units)
• HCA 481 - Internship and Career Development in Health Care Administration (3 units)

4. Upper Division

(required elective courses). A minimum of 9 additional units from the following:

• HCA 320 - Operations Management in Health Administration (3 units)
• HCA 417 - Technology, Ethics, and Society (3 units)
• HCA 422 - Global Issues in Health Services (3 units)
• HCA 432 - Leadership in Health Care (3 units)
• HCA 438 - Perspectives on Long-Term Care Across the Lifespan (3 units)
• HCA 451 - Economics of Health (3 units)
• HCA 452 - Medical Group Practice Management (3 units)
• HCA 457 - Working Around the World (3 units)
• HCA 470 - Latinas/Latinos: Health Status and Health Care Access (3 units)

5. Complete electives as needed to total 120 semester units

6. Fulfill the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR)

7. Each major course must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.

Each major course must be completed with a grade of “C” or better. A course in which a grade lower than “C” is received must be retaken and successfully completed prior to enrolling in any course for which it is a prerequisite. A student receiving a grade lower than a “C” may proceed with other courses for which it is not a prerequisite with approval of the Undergraduate Advisor.