Southern Oregon University Health Care Administration Program Courses

Program of Study for the BA/BS in Healthcare Administration

Interdisciplinary Core
BI 102 - General Biology: Organisms
BI 102 - General Biology: Organisms, Lab
BA 374 - Principles of Management
BA 382 - Management Information Systems
COMM 200 - Communication across Cultures
COMM 346 - Health Communication
COMM 475 - Organizational Communication
EC 345 - Healthcare Economics
SOAN 327 - Quantitative Data Analysis
HCA 409A - Healthcare Administration Practicum A
HCA 409B - Healthcare Administration B
HCA 443 - Senior Capston
PHL 349 - Healthcare and Justice
PSY 452 - Health Psychology
SOAN 327 - Quantitative Data Analysis
SOAN 335 - Medical Anthropology
SOAN 338 - Sociology of Health, Illness, and Healthcare

Complete one of the following concentrations:

Community Public Health Concentration: 3 courses from the following:
HE 331 - Environmental Health
HE 362 - Community Health
COMM 486 - Health, The Internet, and Technology
PS 312 - Healthcare Policy
SOAN 315 - Health Issues in the Rural U.S.
SOAN 365 - Epidemiology
SOAN 407 - Seminar

           – OR –

Data Analytics Concentration: 3 courses from the following:
BA 384 - Advanced Business Applications: Databases
BA 386 - Advanced Excel Applications
BA 450 - Using GIS in Business
BA 484 - Process Improvement
BA 497 - Business Analytics
SOAN 493 - Program Evaluation

           – OR –

Healthcare Personnel Management: 3 courses from the following:
BA 481 - Principles of Human Resource Management
BA 486 - Strategic Staffing
COMM 446 - Risk and Crisis Communication
COMM 455 - Conflict Management
PSY 438 - Group Dynamics
PSY 472 - Sustainable Compassion
SOAN 315 - Health Issues in the Rural United States                                                                                                                                          
– OR –
Aging Studies
PSY 466 - Psychology of Aging (Required)
SOAN 345 - Aging and the Lifecourse (Required)
Choose one of the following:
BI 430 -  Neurodegeneration and Biology of Aging
PHL 340 - Death and Dying: Multidimensional Explorations
PSY 467 - Death and Dying
SOAN 312 -  Sociology of Families