The Healthcare Administration minor prepares students to work in healthcare settings and to understand the business side of public health and health care. The minor is built upon a foundation of Jesuit-based liberal arts, business, and public policy courses. Students adding the Healthcare Administration minor to their course of study choose from a range of classes related to the health system: healthcare fiscal management, health information technology, health policy, health equity, healthcare data analytics and more.
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Curriculum
One course (three credit hours) are required and five courses (15 credit hours) are to be selected from the elective course list. You must complete the required course before enrolling in Group 1 or Group 2 electives.
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| HSM 110 | Healthcare in America | 3 |
| Careers in Healthcare Administration | |
| Introduction to Global Healthcare Delivery | |
| Post-Acute & Long-Term Care Management | |
| Fundamentals of Health Equity | |
| Healthcare Workforce Management and Professionalism | |
| Healthcare Ethics in Practice | |
| Healthcare Project Management | |
| Healthcare Quality & Performance Improvement | |
| Healthcare Fiscal Management | |
| Healthcare Legal & Regulatory Environment | |
| Healthcare Strategy and Marketing | |
| Health Care Policy | |
| Healthcare Data Analytics | |
| Research Literacy for Health Decision-Makers | |
| Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship | |
| Management of Healthcare Organizations | |
| Health Information Systems Management | |
| Health Economics | |
| Total Hours | 18 |
Suggested Sequence of Courses
Students have flexibility in selecting five of the six required courses.
Plan of Study Grid
| Junior |
| Fall |
| HSM 110 |
Healthcare in America |
3 |
HSM 210
|
Introduction to Global Healthcare Delivery
or Careers in Healthcare Administration |
3 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| Spring |
| HSM 310 |
Healthcare Project Management |
3 |
| HSM 340 |
Health Care Policy |
3 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| Senior |
| Fall |
| HSM 230 |
Fundamentals of Health Equity |
3 |
| HSM 365 |
Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
3 |
| | Hours | 6 |
| | Total Hours | 18 |
Undergraduate Policies and Procedures
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