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
OR HCSA 326 - Health Care Personnel Practices
OR 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.