Degree requirements
The Healthcare Leadership major consists of 90 upper-division credits to include: 55 core credit requirements, 20 credits of required electives from health courses or selected minors/certificate courses, and 15 credits of electives chosen by the student to fulfill graduation requirements/number of credits per the University of Washington guidelines. The required core classes are:
- T HLTH 310: Health, Illness and Society (5 credits)
- T INST 311 Database Management and Data Analysis (5 credits)
- T HLTH 320 Promoting Health through Social Marketing (5 credits)
- THLEAD 350 Critical Analysis and Writing to Improve Decision Making (3 credits)
- THLEAD 360 Healthcare Leadership Strategies (5 credits)
- THLEAD 380 Healthcare Budgetary Analysis and Financial Decision Making (5 credits)
- THLEAD 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing and Healthcare (3 credits)
- THLEAD 407 Diversity: Issues of Exclusion and Inclusion (3 credits)
- THLEAD 410 Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice (3 credits)
- THLEAD 420 Healthcare Accreditation and Legal Issues (5 credits)
- THLEAD 430 Interpersonal Relationships in Nursing and Healthcare (3 credits)
- THLTH 440 Business of Healthcare (5 credits)
- THLEAD 480 Healthcare Leadership Fieldwork (5 credits)
Admission to the Healthcare Leadership major requires students to complete the General University Requirements and earn:
- A total of 90 credits with an overall grade point average of 2.5 in lower-division courses (students may apply to the major with a minimum of 60 credits completed)
- Successful completion of an approved Introductory Statistics course
- A course in Human Biology OR Anatomy and Physiology OR Medical Terminology OR other program approved course
