PROGRAM CHANGES

WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY

 

                                   

Submission Date: September 17, 2012

 

College: Health Professions

 

Department: Health Administrative Services

 

Program Title:     Health Services Administration       

 


 

Check all that apply: 

 

__x__New course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Modified course(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

__x__Credit hour change(s) required for major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Credit hour change(s) for a course which is required for the major, minor, emphasis, or concentration.

____Attribute change(s) for any course.

____Program name change.

____Deletion of required course(s).

____Other changes (specify) _________________________________________________________________

 

 

JUSTIFICATION: HAS majors are currently required to complete a 1 credit Senior Seminar course that uses a comprehensive case study to integrate practice with theory in the functional areas of health administration. This new course will initially be added as an elective but starting with the 2013-14 catalog year will replace the 1 credit course as a requirement for the major.  The purpose of the new course is to provide a more comprehensive assessment and enhancement of competencies in the field.  Students will complete a comprehensive exam at the beginning of the course to assess their knowledge in the various functional areas of the program.  They will then be provided with resources, both in the classroom and online, to use in improving their knowledge in areas of need. The comprehensive exam will then be administered again at the end of the course. The course will be coordinated with the internship or thesis to help students plan and execute one of those required courses.  These enhancements will be used by the program to assess learning outcomes, a major criterion for university accreditation and program certification. Finally, this change will add credit hours to the program to help address a common situation where students have completed all requirements for the degree but have not earned a total of 120 credit hours.

 

                                               

 

 

 

 

Copy the present program from the current catalog and add the required changes (exactly as you wish them to appear in the catalog).   Use strikeout (strikeout) when deleting items in the program and highlight (highlight) when adding items.  If multiple changes are being proposed, please provide a summary.

 

Submit the original to the Faculty Senate Office, MC 1033, and an electronic copy to kbrown4 @weber.edu

 

Required Courses (41-42 43-44 credit hours)


Elective Courses (6 credit hours required)




 

INFORMATION PAGE

 

 

 

Did this program change receive unanimous approval within the Department? _Yes___   If not, what are the major concerns raised by the opponents?

 

 

Explain any effects this program change will have on program requirements or enrollments in other departments including the Bachelor of Integrated Studies Program.  In the case of similar offerings or affected programs, you should include letters from the departments in question stating their support or opposition to the proposed program.

 

 

Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the program.  (Do not include credit hours for General Education, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the proposed program.)       43-44    

 

Indicate the number of credit hours for course work within the current program. (Do not include credit hours for General Education, Diversity, or other courses unless those courses fulfill requirements within the current program.) _41-42___



APPROVAL PAGE

 

 

for:       Health Services Administration                                     (Program Title)      Date submitted online _9-13-12________________________

 

For new course proposals, excluding Experimental and Variable Title courses, the following must be completed by the Library bibliographer:

 

____ The WSU Library has adequate information resources to support this proposal.

 

____ Currently, the WSU Library does not have adequate information resources to support this course.  However, if this proposal is approved, a Library bibliographer will work closely with departmental faculty to acquire the information resources needed.  Funding for the new resources will come from the library’s budget.

 

__________________________________ WSU Librarian/Date


 

Approval Sequence:

 

_______________________________________                 

Department Chair/Date            (or BIS Director)

 

_______________________________________                                         

College Curriculum Committee/Date (Signature not needed on Experimental or Variable Title courses.)                    

 

_______________________________________                                         

Career and Technical Education Director.  (Needed on new or deleted courses required in a 2-year program.)          

 

_______________________________________                                         

Dean of College/Date 

 

Courses required in programs leading to secondary undergraduate teacher certification must be approved by the University Council on Teacher Education  before being submitted to the Curriculum Committee.                                                                                                                                                           

_______________________________________                             

University Council on Teacher Education/Date                                    

 

 

Graduate course proposals must be reviewed by the University Graduate Council before being submitted to the Curriculum Committee. 

 

I have read the proposal and discussed it with the program director.

 

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University Graduate Council  Representative/Date

 

                                               

_______________________________________                  Effective Date_________________________

University Curriculum Committee/Date                                                                      

 

Passed by Faculty Senate __________________Date