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Curriculum 

The 120-credit hour curriculum has three components:

  • Robert Morris University Core - 39 credits
    Traditional liberal arts requirements in humanities, communications skills, and social, behavioral, natural and quantitative sciences.
  • Health Services Administration - 45 credits
    Your major field of study includes 15 courses in various areas of health care administration, including policy, strategic planning, marketing, human resources, law and ethics, finance, economics, accounting, research, information systems and completion of an undergraduate thesis.
  • Electives - 36 credits
    Choose up to 12 courses to tailor a program of study to meet your professional and personal needs and interests. These courses also may be fulfilled by transfer credits. In rare cases, life experience credits may be apply.
Courses

Course Number  Course Name
HSAM1100 Introduction to the American Health Care System
HSAM1200 Health Services Administration I
HSAM1300 Health Services Administration II
HSAM1400 Introduction to Managed Care
HSAM1500 Health Care Financial Administration
HSAM1600 Fundamentals of Health Policy
HSAM1800 Marketing for Health Services Organizations
HSAM1900 Human Resource Administration in Health Care
HSAM2000 Health Care Law and Ethics
HSAM2100 Basic Principles of Health Economics
INFS3440 Health Care Information System
HSAM4850 Undergraduate Thesis in Health Care Administration

Two courses chosen from:

Course Number Course Name
HSAM3100 Consumer Health Issues
HSAM3200 Accounting, Budgeting and Financial Accountability for Health Care Administrators
HSAM3250 Research for Health Care Professionals
HSAM3400 Ethics Health Care Administrator