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2017-2018 Academic Catalog | Health Services (B.A.)

Health Services (B.A.)

 

Description

The Bachelor of Arts in Health Services is an interdisciplinary program designed to address the current and emerging needs in a changing health care landscape. The health services curriculum prepares students to promote delivery of efficient, quality driven health care through a core curriculum that includes a foundation in health care systems, health care policy, finance, and data management. Students can focus on an aspect of health services by selecting one of three tracks in: healthcare management, wellness, or patient advocacy. The program is ideal for students who want to take a non-clinical approach to building a career in the healthcare industry.

Health Services Student Learning Outcomes

  • Utilize effective written and oral communication when conveying a message about a current or emerging health care issue
  • Apply evidence-based solutions to organizational and client issues within the contemporary health care arena
  • Demonstrate critical thinking as evidenced by ethical and legal decision-making as a member of an interprofessional health care team
  • Demonstrate leadership to meet a health care organization’s or client’s needs

Major Requirements

Required Core Courses (28 credits)

  • HPNU 120
  • MATH 110
  • PHIL 251
  • SNHP 220
  • SNHP 224
  • SNHP 330
  • SNHP 342
  • SNHP 405
  • SNHP 491
  • SNHP 499

Healthcare Administration Track

Students in healthcare administration learn how to plan, direct, and coordinate health care services at multiple levels of hospitals or other health care organizations. The role of a health care manger is to recruit and retain employees, ensure compliance with heath care regulations, and assess organizational outcomes.

Required Courses for Healthcare Administration Track (12 credits)

  • BADM 110
  • ECON 100

Student chooses one leadership course:

  • BADM 226
  • BADM 236

Student chooses one economics course:

  • ECON 101
  • ECON 102

Patient Advocacy Track

Patient advocates are culturally sensitive health care workers who provide support and guidance to patients navigating the health care system. The role of a patient advocate is to coordinate appointments and communication between health care providers, connect clients to patient-support organizations, and build partnerships with local agencies to meet client needs.

Required Courses for Patient Advocacy Track (15 credits)

  • HUMR 211
  • SNHP 228

Student chooses one communications course:

  • COM 201
  • COM 225

Student chooses one psychology course:

  • PSYC 211
  • PSYC 341
  • PSYC 385

Student chooses one sociology course:

  • RST 353
  • SOCY 321
  • SOCY 361

Wellness Track

The wellness track prepares students for a career in health project management, wellness center directorship, or health education. A background in wellness provides the skill set to teach clients how to improve health behavior, design and evaluate health program, and assess the health needs of individuals and the community.

Required Courses for Wellness Track (14 credits)

  • BIOL 121
  • BIOL 122
  • HPNU 200
  • EXSC 321

Additional Requirements

Health Service Senior Assessment

The senior assessment in health science is not a comprehensive exam but is rather a senior comprehensive portfolio project that requires students to reflect on, assess and document their own academic progress and learning. Specific requirements and due dates are distributed to seniors in SNHP 499. In order to prepare the portfolio self-assessment, students should keep copies of written course work, graded papers and exams from all psychology, sociology, biology, ethics and exercise science courses they have taken. While requirements for the portfolio vary slightly from year to year, students are generally required to assess several academic products in completing a short narrative of their academic experience as well as complete an evidence-based research paper. Students must submit the portfolio by the due date.

Internship

BLS/CPR certification is required for the health care provider.

Internship placement sites may have additional health or safety requirements that students must meet prior to receiving access to the internship site.

NOTE: No student will be allowed to participate in internship experiences unless and until these other requirements have been satisfied.

Transportation: Students are required to provide their own transportation to and from internship placement sites. Trinity’s free shuttle service connects the Main campus with the Brookland Metro station.

Program Policies

Advanced Placement:
Credits earned through AP examinations do not fulfill requirements of the health science major.

CLEP Policy:
Credits earned through CLEP examinations do not fulfill requirements of the health science major.

Transfer Policy
Consult program faculty for information about transferring courses to Trinity.

Grades in Major Courses
Students are required to earn a grade of “C” (2.0) or better in all courses counted to fulfill requirements for the major in Health Services.

Pass/No Pass
The pass/no pass grading option is not accepted in BIOL, EXSC, HPNU, and PSYC courses. Students are required to earn a grade of “C” (2.0) or better in all courses counted to fulfill requirements for the major.The pass/no pass grading option may apply to other courses that meet the degree requirement including MATH 110 and PHIL 251.

TELL Policy:
Students applying for credit in experiential learning should consult with the program faculty.

Course Descriptions


BADM 110
BADM 226
BADM 236
BIOL 121
BIOL 122
COM 201
COM 225
ECON 100
ECON 101
ECON 102
EXSC 321
HPNU 120
HPNU 200
HUMR 211
MATH 110
PHIL 251
PSYC 211
PSYC 341
PSYC 385
RST 353
SNHP 220
SNHP 224
SNHP 228
SNHP 330
SNHP 342
SNHP 405
SNHP 491
SNHP 499
SOCY 321
SOCY 361

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