Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Economics Healthcare Services Administration


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Requirements


Required (core) requirements:

ACT 211 – Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3
ACT 212 – Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3
ECO 231 - Principles Microeconomics Credits: 3
ECO 232 - Principles Macroeconomics Credits: 3
ENL 265 – Business Communications Credits: 3
ECO 332 - Economic Statistics or POM212 Statistics in Operations Management Credits: 3
MGT 201 – Leadership, Teamwork, and Collaboration Credits: 3
ECO 338 – Health Economics Credits: 3
MIS 315 – Information Systems Credits: 3
PSC 315 – Public Policy in America Credits: 3
PSC 342 – Public Administration Credits: 3
MGT 401 – Selection, Staffing, & Career Development Credits: 3
MGT 443 – Human Resource Management Credits: 3
ECO 441 – Public Economics I Credits: 3
ECO 475 – Healthcare Services Administration and Management Credits: 3

9 credits in Arts and Humanities electives
3 credits in Social Science electives
3 credits in free electives

Total credits: 60

Students must achieve a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.000 in courses required for the major.
 

Program Outcomes


After completing the HSA track in economics, students will be able to:

  • Explain the influences of national and facility level economics, national and state legislation and regulation on the day-to-day structure and function of their profession
  • Evaluate the achievement or failure of management goals with theoretical concepts of social dynamics.
  • Design and implement goal structures, budgets and evaluative techniques in their specific discipline.

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