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2018-2019 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 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

Total credits: 45

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

 

Additional University Studies Requirements:

ENL 101 Critical Writing and Reading I Credits: 3
ENL 102 Critical Writing and Reading II Credits: 3
CAS 101 Introduction to the College of Arts and Sciences Credits: 1 (waived with 24 transfer credits)
MTH Mathematics (See Approved University Studies Course list) Credits: 3

 

Additional College of Arts and Sciences Requirements:

6 credits Literature
6 credits Natural Science electives
3 credits Humanities elective
3 credits Social Science elective
3 credits Humanities or Social Science elective

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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