Health Services Administration [8002] ‡

‡ Degrees/programs will require a separate application and acceptance notification from the specific department before enrollment in the desired program. For application information, visit scf.edu/bashsa.

1. A 2.0 GPA on a scale of 4.0;

2. Completion of 45 hours; 26 of these hours must be prerequisite courses (from list below) with a letter grade of C or better, and should include BSC 2085C.

General education courses from Areas I - V.

(Note: Prerequisite courses above ⁽⁺⁾ also count toward general education. In addition to the prerequisite courses above, students will need to complete at least 21 credit hours to have a total of 36 credit hours in Areas I - V.)

Students in the Health Services Administration program complete the following 30 core credit hours plus 15 credit hours of upper level Health Service Administration electives.

Elective options to complete the 120 credit hours needed for graduation:

• Any A.A. elective

With completion of a SCF Health Professions program and validation of a current, unencumbered, unrestricted Florida license within that field of study, up to 30 credit hours will be awarded upon completion of HSA coursework and application for graduation.

The following general requirements for graduation from SCF must be met by all candidates for the Bachelor of Applied Science and Bachelor of Science degrees. Additional requirements may exist for individual programs.

1. Students must satisfactorily complete 120 credit hours. For residency purposes, a minimum of 30 credit hours required for graduation must be completed at SCF. All other specific degree requirements also must be met. Developmental education (formerly college preparatory) instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the total number of credit hours required for residency purposes or graduation.
2. For purposes of conferring the bachelor’s degree, students must complete at least 30 credit hours of courses numbered 3000 level or above. Of these, at least 15 credit hours must be taken at SCF.
3. Students must achieve a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher on a 4 .0 scale for all work completed at SCF and a 2.0 grade point average or higher for combined coursework with SCF that includes all transferable credits.
4. Students must earn a grade of C or better in all upper division program requirements.
5. Students must complete the general education requirements (36 credit hours) as defined in the Associate in Arts degree. Students who transfer to SCF with either an Associate in Arts degree or a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution are considered to have met the general education component of the degree. Courses will be reviewed for equivalency for students who transfer without an Associate in Arts or bachelor’s degree.
6. Students must have completed Florida’s foreign language requirement prior to the completion of the bachelor’s degree. Students may meet this competency by:  A) successful completion of two years (four semesters) of the same foreign language officially documented on a high school transcript; or B) successful completion (grade C or better) of two semesters of the same foreign language at a college or university officially documented on a college/university transcript; or C) education completed outside the United States as documented on an official foreign high school transcript that reflects a primary language other than English; D) or Successful completion of two foreign language equivalents through Advanced Placement (AP), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE), or UEXCEL exams.  One or more of these exams can be in combination with successful completion of college/university credit in the same foreign language subject area.  Official transcripts from a high school, college and/or university and/or official examination results must be submitted to the educational records office.
7. For students wishing to pursue another bachelor’s degree, the student must complete a minimum of 15 additional credit hours beyond the first bachelor’s degree as well as any other degree requirements and graduation requirements listed above for the second program. 

SCF reserves the right to make changes in the regulations, offerings, requirements and any provisions announced in this Catalog at any time as circumstances require.