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Health Services Administration Curriculum
Sixty three credits and cognate courses are required, spread across the following disciplines and departments: Five Courses in Business Administration to Include: BUS 103 Computer Tools for Management BUS 121 Principles of Management BUS 131 Accounting I BUS 132 Accounting II BUS 301 Management Information Systems Six Courses in Sociology and Health Services Administration to Include: SOC 214 Social Problems SOC 350 Medical Sociology HSA 430 Aging Issues (crosslisted SW 430/SSCI 430) HSA 402 Death and Dying (crosslisted SOC 402) SOC 453 Sociology of Wellness HSA 461 Administrative Practicum in Health Care Systems Two Elective Courses in Social Science to be Chosen From: SOC 216 Alcoholism and Other Addictions SOC 451 Social Research SOC 452 Computer Applications in Social Research PS 311 State and Local Government Four Courses in Health Services Administration to Include: HSA 520 Introduction to Health Services Administration HSA 597 Health Services Administration Internship HSA 599 Health Services Administration Seminar HSA 537 Managerial Decision Making in Health Care Organizations Cognate Courses to Include: ECON 312 Principles of Economics I (Macro) ECON 313 Principles of Economics II (Micro) LE 400 Administrative Law PS 310 American Government and Politics Academic Facts 127 credits are required for a degree. Transfer students must complete a minimum of 60 credits at Marywood University, divided equally between the major and the liberal arts. All courses in the major should be taken at Marywood University. Courses to complete the liberal arts requirements may be taken at other universities and transferred at the grade level of C or above. The student must maintain a QPI average of 2.5 in the major and 2.00 overall to graduate as well as be retained in the program. 12/04/2002 Liberal Arts Component of Marywood University New Student Seminar 2 credits   The Human Condition in its Ultimate Relationship Religious Studies (2 courses) RST 112 Modern Belief and Unbelief 3 credits RST 2XX Elective 3 credits Philosophy (2 courses) PHIL 113 Introduction to Philosophy 3 credits PHIL XXX Elective (> 100 level) 3 credits   The Human Condition in the Context of the Physical Universe Mathematics (1 course) 3 credits Science (1 course and 1 lab credit) 4 credits Mathematics OR Science (1 course) 3 credits   The Human Condition in Relation to Self and the Social Structure Psychology (1 course) PSY 211 General Psychology 3 credits History (2 courses) HIST 100 Roots of the Modern World 3 credits HIST 105* Ethnicity and Diversity in the Modern World 3 credits Social Sciences (1 course) SOC 211 Introductory Sociology 3 credits The Human Condition in its Cultural Context English (2 courses) ENGL 180 Introduction to World Literature 3 credits ENGL XXX Elective (> 301 level) 3 credits Modern Foreign Language (2 courses) 6 credits Selection dependent on student skills Fine Arts* (1 course) (See Art, Communication Arts, Music Dept. offerings) 3 credits   *Denotes Interdisciplinary Course General Electives and Competencies General Electives 6 credits These electives may be taken from anywhere in the University's curriculum except in a student's major department. Competencies Speech (COMM 101) 2 credits Writing Skills (ENG 160) 3 credits Physical Education (1 wellness-1 credit; 1 skill area-1 credit) 2 credits TOTAL 64 credits
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