Health Care Administration Program (BS)

A. Health Administration Foundation (21 credits)

• HCR 304 - The Ethics of Health Care (3)
• HCR 305 - Public Policy and Health Care (3)
• HCR 370 - Healthcare Professionalism & Leadership (3).
• HCR 376 - Health Care Administration (3).
• HCR 400 - Affordable Care: The Role of Health Insurance (3).
• HCR 411 - Economic Applications in Health Administration (3).
• HCR 487 - Legal Issues in Health Care (3).

B. Public Health Foundation (15 credits)

• HCR 368 - Sociology of Health and Illness (3)
• HCR 385 - Health Care Program Evaluation (3).
• PHS 315 - Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
• PHS 331 - Global Health (3)
• PHS 347 - Public Health Statistics (4).

C. Functional Areas of Health Administration (24 credits)

• AGE 378 - Organization and Administration of Long-Term Care (3).
• HCR 301 - Introduction to Health Information Systems for Administrators (3).
• HCR 364 - Healthcare Marketing Strategies (3).
• HCR 377 - Health Care Human Resources Administration (3).
• HCR 410 - Health Care Strategic Planning (3).
• HCR 477 - Financial Management in Health Care (3)
• HCR 478 - Healthcare Quality Management (3).
• PHS 467 - Health Information Management (3).

D. Managing Diversity (3 credits)

• HCR 362 - Cultural Competence in Health Care (3)

E. Electives in Health Care (6 credits)

Two from:

• ACC 201 - Principles of Financial Accounting (3)
• ACC 202 - Principles of Managerial Accounting (3).
• AGE 350 - Health and Aging (3)
• AGE 352 - Chronic Illness and Aging (3)
• BUS 381 - Management Information Systems (3).
• HCR 379 - Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion (3)
• HCR 380 - Strategies in Health Education (3).
• HCR 386 - Media and Materials in Health Care Education (3).
• MGT 341 - Human Behavior in Organizations (3).
• MGT 346 - Contemporary Labor-Management Issues (3).
• NSC 209 - Basic Nutrition for Healthcare Practitioners (3)
• PHS 210 - Public Health and the Engaged Citizen (3)
• PHS 420 - Introduction to Environmental Health (3)
• PHS 421 - Occupational Health and Safety (3)
• POL 375 - Politics and U.S. Labor (3).
• SCM 371 - Operations Management (3).

F. Capstone/Internship (3-6 credits)

A minimum grade of B- (2.7) in one from:

• HCR 390 - Health Care Internship/Capstone (3)
• HCR 490 - Advanced Health Care Internship/Capstone (3)

G. Additional Requirements

• Minimum of 30 major credits in residency
• Completion of Program Key Concepts Test for assessment purposes
• All University of Michigan-Flint graduation requirements  including General Education  requirements.

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 124 credits