B.S. - Healthcare Administration

Bachelor of Science in
Healthcare Administration
120 hours: 60 hours lower-level requirements, 33 hours core business requirements,
24 hours plan requirements, 3 hours electives

Healthcare Administration Unit
Chair: Ashish Chandra
Phone: 281-283-3110
Office: Texas Medical Center, 2151 W. Holcombe Blvd. Suite 120
Houston, Texas 77030
Advisor: busadvoff@uhcl.edu

What this degree will do for you…
Healthcare is one of today’s most dynamic and growing fields, with a wide range of opportunities and challenges.
Our Healthcare Administration program, located in the Texas Medical Center, focuses on business skills, finance and reimbursement and operations. It is designed to prepare students to assume administrative responsibility in healthcare institutions in both the public and private sectors.

Freshman/Sophomore requirements: 60 hours

*Accounting Principles	6	ACCT 2301 & 2302 or 2401 & 2402
Business Law	3	BUSI 2301 or 2302
Computer Literacy	3	BCIS 1305 or 1405
Economic Principles	6	ECON 2301 & 2302
English Composition (must be grades of C- or better)	6	ENGL 1301 & 1302
Government (3 hours U.S. and 3 hours U.S./TX)	6	GOVT 2301 & 2302
History (6 hours U.S. or 3 hours may be Texas)	6	HIST 1301; HIST 1302, or 2301, 2302, 2303
Humanities	3	Check with your community college
Math (Finite Math and Calculus)	6	MATH 1324 & 1325
**Natural Sciences	6	Check with your community college
Social Sciences	3	Check with your community college
Speech	3	Check with your community college
Visual and Performing Arts	3	Check with your community college
Total	60

Core Business Requirements for B.S. in Healthcare Administration: 33 hours

ACCT	3331	Managerial Accounting	MGMT	3031	Management Theory & Practice
DSCI	3131	Quant Methods for Management	MGMT	4132	*Strategic Management Seminar
DSCI	3231	Statistics I	MGMT	4534	Organizational Behavior
ECON	3131	Money and Banking	MKTG	3031	Marketing: Creating Value for Customers
FINC	3331	Business Finance	WRIT	3132	Written Comm in Business
ISAM	3033	Info Systems for Management

*MGMT 4132 – Must be taken by all undergraduate HADM students the semester they plan to graduate.

Plan Requirements for B.S. in Healthcare Administration: 24 hours

HADM	3131	Foundations of Healthcare Admin	HADM	4332	*Legal Dimen of Healthcare Admin
HADM	3531	Physician Group Practice Mgmt	HADM	4531	Finc Dimensions of Healthcare Admin
HADM	4132	Healthcare Planning & Marketing	MGMT	3331	Human Resource Management
HADM	4136	Medical Reimbursement	HADM elective – 3 hours

*HADM 4332 – May substitute LEGL 3531, 3432, 4532, or 4632

Electives for B.S. in Healthcare Administration: 3 hours

General Elective - 3 hours

Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration 120 hours: 60 hours lower-level requirements, 33 hours core business requirements, 24 hours plan requirements, 3 hours electives

Bachelor of Science in
Healthcare Administration
120 hours: 60 hours lower-level requirements, 33 hours core business requirements,
24 hours plan requirements, 3 hours electives