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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Healthcare Administration (BS) Sample Plan


Year One

Fall Spring
EN - 103 Composition and Rhetoric I   3 EN - 104 Composition and Rhetoric II   3
PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3 PL - 109 Philosophical Thinking  or Expanded Literacies (1/6) 3
UNIV - 101 First-Year Experience   3 MG - 201 Principles of Management   3
MK - 201 Principles of Marketing  or MA - 111 Probability and Statistics  
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Mathematical Reasoning - 2/6)
3 MK - 201 Principles of Marketing  or MA - 111 Probability and Statistics  
(Satisfies ExpandedLiteracies: Mathematical Reasoning - 2/6)
3
EC - 209 Principles of Macroeconomics    
(Satisfies Expanded Literacies: Social Analysis - 3/6) 
3 EC - 210 Principles of Microeconomics   3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Two

Fall Spring
TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3 TH - 109 Catholic Theology  or Expanded Literacies (4/6) 3
AB - 217 Financial Accounting   3 AB - 219 Managerial Accounting   3
AB - 272 The Legal Environment of Business   3 HCA - 301 Managerial Concepts In Healthcare   3
HCA - 200 Foundations of Healthcare Systems   3 MG - 220 Data Analysis   3
HCA - 202 Economic and Fiscal Issues in Healthcare Systems   3 Free Elective 3
UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1 UNIV - 110 Being Well  or FN - 100 Financial Literacy   1
TOTAL CREDITS 16 TOTAL CREDITS 16

Year Three

Fall Spring
Lens 1, 2, or 3 (1/3) 3 Lens 1, 2, or 3 (2/3) 3
Expanded Literacies (5/6)  3 Expanded Literacies (6/6) 3
HCA - 303 Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Management   3 HCA - 302 Legal Aspects of Healthcare   3
FN - 330 Corporate Finance   3 Free Elective* 3
Free Elective* 3 Free Elective 3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

Year Four

 
Fall Spring
Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3 Catholicism in Dialogue or Lens 1, 2, or 3 (3/3) 3
Free Elective or MBA Course** 3 HCA - 305 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems   3
Free Elective or MBA Course** 3 HCA - 452 Healthcare Policy Formulation   3
Free Elective 3 Free Elective or or MBA Course** 3
Free Elective 3 MG - 4000 Business Capstone   3
TOTAL CREDITS 15 TOTAL CREDITS 15

TOTAL OVERALL CREDITS: 120

*HCA 203 and MG 233  are strongly recommended as a free electives.

**4+1 BS/MBA: The Healthcare Administration Department offers a Bachelor’s to Masters (4+1) program that enables qualifying students to register for MBA courses during their senior year. For more information, see the DeSales University Graduate Catalog and consult with the MBA Program Director.

For more information about the requirements in our general education Connections Curriculum, which are included in the sample plan above, please see I. General Education (Connections Curriculum), which can be found in The Undergraduate Program .