Institutional Health Care Supervision
Institutional Health Care Supervision is an interdisciplinary and intercollegiate program that introduces health technology professionals to managerial concepts and related skills. The program focuses on dealing with individual, small group and intergroup behavior within hospitals or specialized health care institutions. Students who have earned an Associate's degree in an allied health field and who have at least one year of work experience in the health care field are eligible to enter this program.
A special program of study is one with a more formal curriculum than an individualized program. It is located in University College either because it is composed of course work from several colleges or is addressed to a special type of student. Printed information describing each program in further detail may be obtained from University College.
Program Requirements
Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Institutional Health Care Supervision curriculum is from a defined core, health mid-management, related and general education course work. The minimum number of hours for the degree is 124 semester hours.
Students enroll in select courses oriented toward managers, supervisors and administrators. The Health Mid-Management core courses enhance students' knowledge of current health issues, federal and state legislation affecting health care, and management theories specifically applied to specialized health service departments. Social science and humanities courses that analyze human and institutional behavior and cultural values also are part of the curriculum. The program is evaluated and advised by a council of health care professionals from area hospitals and professional organizations.
Required Courses UT Core Requirements: 27-30 hours The following courses are specific requirements in fulfilling the core requirements. ENGL 2960 Organizational Report Writing 3 ECON 1200 Principles of Microeconomics 3 Program Required Courses: 45 hours UC 1000 Orientation 1 ACCT 2040 Financial Accounting Information 3 ECON 4750 Health Economics 3 HCAR 4510 Medical/Legal Aspects of Institutional Dept Management 3 HCAR 4530 Problem Solving in Health Care Environment 4 HCAR 4500 Health Care Information Systems 4 HCAR 4550 Health Care Finance 3 HCAR 4540 Internship in Health Mid-Mgmt 3 MGMT 2080 Global Environment of Business 3 MGMT 3030 Managerial and Behavioral Processes 3 MGMT 3220 Intro to Human Resource Mgmt. 3 MKTG 3170 Marketing for Non-Profit Organizations 3 PHIL 3370 Medical Ethics 3 RESM 4100 Educational Statistics 3 SOC 4180 Medical Sociology 3 Program Electives: 9 hours Select three courses from listing. ANTH 4760 Medical Anthropology 3 EDP 3100 Learning and Individual Differences 3 EDP 3120 Psychology of Coping and Adaptation 3 HEAL 3200 Consumer Health 3 HEAL 3300 Drug Awareness 3 HEAL 3800 Death and Dying 3 HEAL 4560 Health Problems of Aging 3 HCAR 4360 Quality Assurance in Health Care 3 SOC 3270 Social Research Methods 3 SOC 3800 Social Psychology 3 SOC 4160 Health and Gender 3 SOC 4190 Social Gerontology 3 SOC 4610 Sociology of Organizations 3 General Electives: 41-44 hours Most or all of these will come from the health related Associate's degree program. Note: All new University College students who have not already completed a comparable UT orientation course are required to take UC 1000.