Major/Minor Course Requirements
Required Courses Checklist General Education/ Core Curriculum Categories Satisfied
- HCA 101 Introduction to Health Care Administration (3)
- INT 222 Social Sciences Statistics (3) Math/Symbolic Reasoning
- HCA 230 Medical and Health Care Ethics (3) Humanities (PHIL)
- HCA 245 Health Care Politics and Policy and Law (3) Social Science (POLS)
- HCA 261 Epidemiology (3) Natural Science (BIOL)
- HCA 310 Health Care Strategic Management (3) Oral Competency
- HCA 320 Economics and Finance of Health Care Systems (3)
- HCA 330 Managed Care (3)
- HCA 387 Internship (3) Experiential
- HCA 401 Senior Seminar (3) Writing Emphasis/Oral
Competency - BUAD 208 Principles of Accounting I (3)
- BUAD 230 Principles of Marketing (3)
- BUAD 302 Human Resource Management (3)
- ANT 208 Medical Anthropology (3) International or Diverse Cultures OR SOC 260 Sociology of Medicine (3) Social Science (SOC)
- SOC 320 Methods in Sociological Research (3) Social Science (SOC)
HCA Electives (choose two) (6)
- 125 Introduction to Public Health
- 225 Public Health Issues
- 235 Women’s Health Care Issues (3) Women’s Studies & Writing Emphasis
- 240 Long-Term Care Administration (3)
- 250 Global Health Care (3) International
- 277 Colloquium (3)
TOTAL HOURS 51
See MBC Catalog for course descriptions.
Requirements for the Minor in Health Care Administration:
18 semester hours which include the following courses: HCA 101, HCA 230,
HCA 261, and 9 hours of health care administration electives (with HCA
prefix)
Requirements for an emphasis in Public Health
if pursuing a major in Health Care Administration:
9 semester hours which include the following: HCA 125, 225, and 250.
Requirements for the Certificate in Long Term Care Administration:
24 semester hours including the following: HCA 101, INT 222, HCA 230, HCA
240, HCA 261, HCA 310, HCA 320, and HCA 387. To qualify for the certificate,
HCA 387 must be at least 400 hours under the supervision of a preceptor
approved by the Virginia Board of Long Term Care Administrators.
Requirements for the Certificate in Health Care Management:
21 semester hours including HCA 101, INT 222, HCA 310, HCA 320, plus 9 hours
of electives from: HCA 230, HCA 240, HCA 261, HCA 330, BUAD 230, BUAD
302