Health Care Administration Major

First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3

English Composition - Total Credits: 6

• ENG 101 - Composition I
• ENG 102 - Composition II

Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3

Constitutions - Total Credits: 3-6

Mathematics - Total Credits: 3

Distribution Requirement Social Science

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• Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9

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• Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking - Total Credits: 9-10

• PHIL 102 - Critical Thinking and Reasoning

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  and two courses from life and physical sciences category; at least one must be a lab.
   

Multicultural and International

(see notes below)

Additional Degree Requirements

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• Health Care Administration Foundation Courses - Total Credits: 24

• ACC 201 - Financial Accounting
• ACC 202 - Managerial Accounting
• IS 101 - Introduction to Information Systems
• ECON 103 - Principles of Macroeconomics

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• 3 credits of statistics (e.g. STAT 161, ECON 261, PSY 210, SOC 403)

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• ECON 102 - Principles of Microeconomics

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• Two social science courses (6 credits) to be approved by a Division of Health Sciences advisor.

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• Health Care Administration Core Requirements - Total Credits: 33-39

• HCA 175 - U.S. Health Care System
• HCA 201 - Health Care Law
• HCA 202 - Epidemiological Concepts for Health Care Administration
• HCA 300 - Management of Health Services Organizations
• HCA 302 - Health Care Finance
• HCA 330 - Strategic Planning and Marketing for Health Care Organizations
• HCA 399 - Pre-Practicum in Health Care Administration
• HCA 400 - Health Care Administration Practicum
• HCA 402 - Quantitative Management for Health Care Organizations
• HCA 403 - Managed Care

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• Guided Electives - Total Credits: 12

• HCA 203 - Multicultural Diversity and the US Health Care System
• HCA 404 - Human Resources Management for Health Care Organizations
• HCA 452 - Health Politics and Policy

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• HCA 480 - Organization and Management of Long-Term Care Services

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• are the preferred guided elective courses. See Division of Health Sciences academic advisors and/or website (http://hca.unlv.edu) for a list of other approved guided elective courses.
   

Other Electives - Total Credits: 6-16