HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Brandy Moore, Adviser
Office: 200 Clark Hall

A student in the College of Arts and Sciences may obtain a bachelor of science degree with a major in health care management. The student will be provided with a background for developing skills in the management and administration of public and quasi-public health care institutions, as well as in the political, social, economic, and legal issues with which these public institutions deal. Students pursuing this program must see the program adviser in Clark Hall for departmental advising and registration. Requirements for this degree program are described as follows. A minimum of 12 hours at the 300 or 400 level must be earned on this campus.

General Education Requirements

See University of Alabama Core Curriculum requirements, p. 25, and College of Arts and Sciences general education requirements, p. 64.

Health Care Management Major Requirements
1. Administration and Management Courses
AC 210 Introduction to Accounting	4
AC 352 Corporate Financial Reporting or AC 351 Financial Management and Accountability	3
Economics elective, 300 level	3
PHL 204 Medical Ethics	3
PSC 211 State and Local Government	3
PSC 361 Fiscal Policy and Budgeting or FI 302 Business Finance	3
PSC 362 Organizational Theory or MGT 300 Organizational Theory and Behavior	3
2. Health Care Management Courses1
HCM 370 Introduction to Health Systems	3
HCM 371 Analysis of Health Care Systems	3
HCM 472 Legal Aspects of Health Care	3
HCM 473 Survey of Issues in Health Care Management (W2)	3
HCM 474 Internship	3
Required Supporting Courses
BSC 108 and BSC 109 or BSC 114:115 and BSC 116:117	8
BSC 216 or BSC 326 and BSC 215 or BSC 325 Human Biology	8
CS 102 or CS 110	3
EC 110 and EC 111	6
MATH 121 or MATH 125	3-4
PSC 101 Introduction to American Politics	3
PSC 206 Public Administration	3
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology	3
SOC 205 Social Psychology	3
ST 260	3

Arts and Sciences Minor

Students must also complete the requirements of an approved minor in the College of Arts and Sciences. The hours in the minor are additional hours over and above required coursework in the major. Minors offered through the College of Communication and Information Sciences, the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, the College of Engineering, the College of Human Environmental Sciences, and the School of Social Work do not fulfill this requirement.

Minimum number of hours required: At least 128

¹A student must satisfactorily complete two of the required health care management (HCM) courses and a major portion of the administration and management courses before enrolling in HCM 474.

²One additional 3-hour writing course (W) is required; it may be either part of the minor program or an elective.