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Undergraduate Catalog 2011-2012 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Health Administration, Long-Term Care Administration Concentration, BS


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The HADM Concentration in Long-Term Care Administration prepares students for job opportunities in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care and work with chronically ill populations. Students complete a sequence of 40 credits of Health Administration, 21 credits of Business and 12 credits of Gerontology courses, as well as a 1000 hour HADM internship. Upon successful completion of the curriculum, students will have met the educational requirements of the Pennsylvania State Board of Licensure for Nursing Home Administrators and be eligible to take the state licensure examination for long-term care administrators. The HADM/LTCA track increases credits for the Health Administration degree to 134 credits. A 10-hour-per-semester service learning requirement is integrated into the HADM/LTCA course work.

Students may also earn a second minor in Gerontology by taking

  and  . The HADM/LTCA program is accredited by the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators (NAB) in Washington, D.C.


For more information about the Health Administration and Human Resources department, visit its website.


 

Health Administration – Concentration in Long-Term Care Administration Curriculum


  Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course Fall Cr. Spr. Cr.

First Year

   
MAJOR  1 3  
MAJOR HADM 112 - Health Systems 1   3
GE FSEM INTD 100 - Freshman Seminar 1 1  
GE PHIL–T/RS PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible  3 3
GE WRTG–SPCH WRTG 107 - Composition COMM 100 - Public Speaking  3 3
GE C/IL     3
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT - Elective 3  
GE QUAN PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences  3  
GE S/BH     3
COGNATE     3
GE PHED PHED ELECT - Physical Education 1  
    17 18

Second Year

   
MAJOR HADM 293 - Research in Health Administration    3
MAJOR HADM 211 - (W) Health Administration     3
MAJOR HADM 212 - Health Administration Law 1 3  
MAJOR ELECT – Elective 3  
COGNATE     3
GE PHIL–T/RS PHIL 210 - Ethics T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology  3 3
COGNATE ACC 253 - Financial Accounting  3  
COGNATE FIN 351 - Introduction to Finance  3  
GE NSCI NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Elective 3  
GE S/BH ECO 101 - (S) Current Economic Issues    3
GE COGNATE     3
    18 18

Third Year

   
MAJOR HADM 312 - Health Finance  3  
MAJOR HADM 315 - (D) Cultural Diversity and Health Administration 1–ELECT - Free Elective 3 3
MAJOR  1 1  
MAJOR HADM 318 - Long-Term Care Administration    3
COGNATE MGT 351 - Principles of Management I  3  
COGNATE MKT 351 - Principles of Marketing    3
COGNATE ECO/IB 351 - (D) Environment of International Business  3  
GE PHIL PHIL 212 - (P) Medical Ethics  3  
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective   3
GE ELECT FREE ELECT - Free Elective   3
GE PHED PHED ELECT - Physical Education 1 1
    17 16

Fourth Year

   
MAJOR HADM 441 - Issues in Health Care Administration 1   3
MAJOR HADM 480 - Internship in Long-Term Care Administration  6 6
COGNATE OIM 471 - Business Information Management    3
GE HUMN HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives 6 3
GE ELECT FREE ELECT - Free Elective 3  
    15 15
 

Total: 134 Credits

1 Includes service-learning component

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