1999-2000 - The University of Scranton

HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Concentration in Long-Term-Care Administration
Students seeking a career in long-term-care administration can select a sequence of
courses in Health Administration, Business, and Gerontology, including a 1040-clock-hour
HADM internship, and upon successful completion of the curriculum, students will have
met the educational requirements of the Pennsylvania State Board of Licensure for Nursing
Home Administrators and be able to take the state licensure examination for long-term-care
administrator. The Health Administration curriculum forms the infrastructure for the LTCA
concentration. It includes 40 credits of HADM courses, continues the 21-credit Business
minor and features 12 credits of Gerontology courses. The HADM/LTCA increases the
credits for the Health Administration degree from 131 for the regular HADM major to 134.
Students may also earn a second minor, in Gerontology, by taking Soc 110 and Gero 230.
HADM 284 Staff
Special Topics 3 credits
Selected topics of current interest in
health administration are offered on a
variable basis.
HADM 293 Staff
(W)Research in Health 3 credits
Administration
(Majors only; prerequisite: PSYC 210)
Principles and processes of research in
health administration including literature
review, research design, data-collection
techniques, statistical analysis, and professional
writing in generating new knowledge
and in using research in administration.
HADM 311 Staff
Resource Development 3 credits
Proposal-writing for program planning
and/or soliciting funds from public and
private sources as well as the role of public
relations and development in the creation
of organizational resources.
HADM 312 Staff
Health Finance 3 credits
The costs of health care in society with
emphasis on financial concepts and reimbursement
mechanisms for health
providers.
273
HADM 313 Staff
Health Administration 3 credits
Roles and functions of supervisory and
administrative structure, including boards
of directors in health agencies, systems,
and organizations, with an emphasis on
managed-care environments.
HADM 314 Staff
Health-Care Policy 3 credits
(HADM Junior and Seniors only.) Public
policy in the health care sector is studied,
including the policy-making process.
Implications of governmental policy for
health-care organizations and administrators
are discussed.
HADM 315 Staff
(D)Cultural Diversity and 3 credits
Health Administration
Focuses on the effects of cultural diversity
on health-care administration. Emphasis is
placed on the importance of assessing and
addressing the health-care needs of various
cultural groups within a given healthcare
service area. For HADM majors and
HADM minors only.
HADM 316 Staff
Health-Care Marketing 3 credits
Marketing theories, concepts, strategies,
methods, and techniques are studied and
applied to health care. The unique aspects
of health-care services, and health-care
organizations are considered as they pertain
to marketing.