HCSA progression policy

• All students enrolled in the Health Care Systems Administration Program must earn at least a "C" in all courses listed below. 
• If you earn less than "C" in any of the courses, you will be required to repeat the course.  
• Prior to taking HCSA 392 or HCSA 493, all of the following courses must have been satisfactorily completed. 
• A GPA of 2.25 is required for graduation.

HCSA 392-Internship 1 Hospital Internship

COHP 101- Orientation to Health Care Systems

COHP 102- Safety Issues in Health Care

COMM 105- Interpersonal Communication OR COMM 221- Small Group Decision Making

ENGL 150- English 1

ENGL 250- English 2

MRIS 103- Medical Terminology

MRIS 209- Quality Management in Health Care

ISYS 200- Database Applications

HCSA 120- Health Care Administration

ACCT 201- Principles of Accounting 1

HCSA 202- Health Care Law 1

MRIS 221 – Fundamentals of Reimbursement

HCSA 310- Health Care Finance 2

HCSA 336- Health Care Supervisory Practices

HCSA 345- Internship Orientation

HCSA 493-Internship 2* Management Internship

COHP 350 – Statistics in Healthcare

ENGL 311- Advanced Technical Writing OR ENGL 325- Advanced Business Writing

ENGL 321- Advanced Composition OR ENGL 323- Proposal Writing

COHP 300- Health Information System

COHP 317- Public Health

HCSA 392- Hospital Internship

HCSA 410- Health Care Finance 3

HCSA 260- Principles of Long Term Care

HCSA 474- Health Care Strategic Application

COHP 450 - Evidence-Based Health Care

HCSA 475- Practice Management OR for LTC Concentration students HCSA 463- Roles of Healthcare Professionals in LTC HCSA 465- Long Term Care Facilities Management One of the following: HCSA 225 - International Health Care HCSA 326 - Health Care Personnel Practices HCSA 461 - Nursing Home Administration

*You must earn at least a “C” in HCSA 493 – Internship 2 in order to graduate.

Dismissal Policy: Any ONE of the following will result in dismissal from the program

• Two unsuccessful attempts (less than “C”) in any of the courses listed below will result in dismissal from the Health Care Systems Administration program, or
• Unsuccessful attempts (less than “C”) of more than 50% of the courses listed below during any semester, or
• Unsuccessful attempts (less than “C”) of more than 12 credit hours of the courses listed below while in the program.
• Withdrawal from a course that results in a ‘W’ in lieu of a grade counts as an unsuccessful attempt.