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.

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	HADM 111 - Introduction to Health Administration	3
MAJOR	HADM 112 - Health Systems		3
GE FSEM	First Year Seminar ²
GE WRTG–SPCH	WRTG 107 - (FYW) Composition — COMM 100 - (FYOC) Public Speaking	3	3
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL 120 - Introduction to Philosophy — T/RS 121 - (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible	3	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102/102L - (FYDT) Computing and Information Literacy		3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Elective	3
GE QUAN	PSYC 210 - (Q) Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences	3
GE S/BH	HADM 110 - (S) Introduction to Gerontology		3
COGNATE	GERO 216 - Aging and the Community		3
		15	18
Second Year
MAJOR	HADM 293 - Research in Health Administration		3
MAJOR	HADM 211 - (EPW) Health Administration		3
MAJOR	HADM 212 - Health Administration Law ¹	3
MAJOR	ELECT - Elective	3
COGNATE	HADM 218 - Health and Aging		3
GE PHIL - GE 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 251 - Introduction to Finance	3
GE NSCI	NSCI ELECT - Natural Science Elective	3
COGNATE	ECO 101 - (S) Current Economic Issues		3
GE COGNATE	GERO 232 - Aging and Death		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	HADM 390 - Career Seminar	1
MAJOR	HADM 318 - Long-Term Care Administration		3
COGNATE	MGT 351 - Principles of Management and Entrepreneurship I	3
COGNATE	MKT 351 - Introduction to Marketing		3
COGNATE	ECO/IB 351 - (D) Environment of International Business	3
GE PHIL	PHIL 212 - (P) Medical Ethics or PHIL 316 - (P) American Perspectives on Health-Care Ethics or T/RS 226 - (P) Faith and Healing: God and Contemporary Medicine or T/RS 227 - (P) Biomedical Ethics	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives		3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Elective		3
		16	15
Fourth Year
MAJOR	HADM 441 - (EPW) 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 Electives	3
		15	15
	Total: 130 Credits

¹Includes community based learning component.

²The selection of a First Year Seminar is likely to fulfill requirements both for the First Year Seminar and a General Education Requirement. Thus, the First Year Seminar will not add to the total credits for the semester. Talk with your advisor if you have any questions.

Health Administration, Long-Term Care Administration Concentration, BS

Health Administration – Concentration in Long-Term Care Administration Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 130 Credits