Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Health Care Administration (BS)

This degree is a broad-based, multidisciplinary degree that will prepare students to work in a variety of settings and will also prepare the student for graduate education. The health science core contains coursework in pathology, pharmacology, health promotion, health policy, and finance, and is complemented by classes in accounting, economics, and management from the College of Business. This gives students a solid healthcare foundation from which to understand their clients’ needs and the business acumen to deliver results. Healthcare administrators are found in both in- and out-patient medical and wellness facilities, hospitals, corporate fitness and recreation centers, equipment sales, the insurance industry, and patient advocacy groups. Students will also have completed all but one of the prerequisite courses (BUSA 2140) to enter Piedmont’s Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program or continue advanced studies in sports administration, coaching, and public health.

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (10 to 11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

 

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

 

MATH 1100

 

 

 

 

 

 

College Algebra

3

 

 

OR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATH 1113 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Precalculus

3

 

 

OR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATH 2450 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I

4

 

 

AND 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATH 2450L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I Lab

0

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

PSYC 2290

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Growth and Development

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

BIOL 1101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

 

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

BUSA 1210

           

Introduction to Microeconomics 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (11 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

 

BIOL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I

3

 

 

BIOL 2100 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology I

3

 

 

BIOL 2100L

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology I 
     Lab

1

 

 

BIOL 2110 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology II

3

 

 

BIOL 2110L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Anatomy and Physiology II
     Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

 

           

Health Care Administration
students are exempt from this
requirement.

 

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

 

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:49-50

Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Health Care Administration Major

BUSA 1210Introduction to Microeconomics

3

BUSA 2200Principles of Marketing

3

BUSA 2700Principles of Management

3

HSCS 1105Medical Terminology

2

HSCS 2200Introduction to Health Professions

3

HSCS 2210Basic Nutrition

3

HSCS 2220Introduction to Health Processes

3

HSCS 2301Health Promotion, Physical Activity, and Wellness

3

HSCS 3330Health Care Finance

3

HSCS 3395Cross-Cultural Health

3

HSCS 4410Research Methodology in Health Sciences

3

HSCS 4411Health Policy, Law, and Issues

3

HSCS 4450Health Sciences Capstone (Capstone Course)

3

Total Credit Hours:38
 

General Electives

General Electives

20-21

Total Credit Hours:20-21

Concentrations

Students must select one of the following concentrations:

Total Credit Hours:12

Health Systems Management Concentration

ACCT 2010Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 2020Managerial Accounting

3

BUSA 2030Information Systems for Business

3

BUSA 4320Human Resource Management

3

Medical Sales Management Concentration

BUSA 3250Consumer Behavior

3

BUSA 3500Business Analytics II

3

BUSA 3700Project Management

3

BUSA 4250Sales Management and Personal Selling

3

Total Credit Hours: 121

Course Descriptions