Recommended General Education Courses

It is strongly recommended that Health Care Administration students select their General Education courses from the following list:

First Year Seminar

FYS courses (3 or 5 credits) such as the U.S. Healthcare System or Biotechnology Industries. Other FYS courses as yet to be determined from cognate departments.

Humanities

COM 227 Argumentation and Public Advocacy
COM 243 Health Communication
PHL 229 Ethics in Medicine (required in major)
PHL 230 Religion and Science

Social Sciences

ECN 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (counts as a pre-requisite course)
ECN 202 Principles of Microeconomics (counts as a pre-requisite course)
POL 121 World Problems and Conflicts
POL 141 Intro to Public Management and Policy Analysis
POL 242 Comparative Environmental Health Policy
SOA 101 Principles of Sociology

Natural Sciences

BIO 121 Introduction to Cellular Biology (counts as a pre-requisite course)
EHS 270 Community Health
ENV 105 Introduction to Environmental Studies
ENV 110 Environmental Geology
MTH 116 Statistics (counts as a pre-requisite course)
PSY 121 Introduction to Psychology

Alma College’s early acceptance agreement with the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine recognizes the College’s strengths in science and health education. The agreement reserves two admissions slots per year for Alma College pre-med graduates....

Zachary Jacques
Graduation: 2015
Major: Health Care Administration

Dryden sophomore Zachary Jacques says he is up for a challenge—and he has the major to prove it.

“Healthcare administration is a different approach to the medical field,” he says. “One of the biggest challenges today in medicine is created through conflict between clinicians and administrators, so double majoring will be very beneficial to me.”

Recommended General Education Courses

Recommended General Education Courses

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