Health Services Administration is a unique interdisciplinary major located within the Department of Nursing and Public Administration. This major seeks to develop in students the values, knowledge, and skills necessary to enter the expanding field of health services administration. In particular, this major emphasizes new directions in which the health care system is expanding. These include:

1. private and community oriented wellness programs;
2. rehabilitative medical services health care facilities for the elderly;
4. health care facilities for addictive diseases;
5. hospices;
6. managed care.
The sequence of courses in the major is interdisc iplinary and includes a significant integration of courses from business administration and the social sciences. Together with Marywood's liberal arts curriculum, the courses in the major curriculum are designed to enable graduates to enter the job market in entry level administrative positions. |