Overview
Health Administration 235: Introduction to Health Administration is a project course that students normally take following completion of prerequisite courses. The project components, which help consolidate students’ learning, are submitted and stored in an e-Portfolio.
The activities and assignments in HADM 235 help students to situate themselves within the field of health administration and in the Health Administration program. Self-reflective activities help students identify and build on their strengths and address limitations. They develop a personal learning plan that will serve as a guide as they strive to meet the program outcomes and their specific learning goals related to their areas of interest.
Students in HADM 235 will self-assess educational goals in relation to their previous learning and experience and their future educational and professional goals. The development of a research paper on a topic in health administration helps students strengthen their library skills, research skills, and scholarly writing skills.
Outline
Students will work through the following steps toward completion of their project.
- Step 1: Getting Started
- Step 2: Foundations: Reflections on the Program
- Step 3: Annotated Research Bibliography
- Step 4: Research Paper Outline
- Step 5: Research Paper and Project Completion
Evaluation
To receive credit for HADM 235, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least D (50 percent). The weighting of the composite grade is as follows:
| Activity | Weight |
| Assignment 1: Narrative Reflection and Learning Plan (Step 2) | 30% |
| Assignment 2: Annotated Research Bibliography (Step 3) | 25% |
| Assignment 3: Research Paper Outline (Step 4) | 15% |
| Assignment 4: Research Paper (Step 5) | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University’s online Calendar.
Materials
This course either does not have a course package or the textbooks are open-source material and available to students at no cost. This course has a Course Administration and Technology Fee, but students are not charged the Course Materials Fee.
The course is comprised of a combination of online resources and academic support. There is no course package.
Course Information
This Course Information provides essential information specific to the course and the procedures you should follow to complete the course successfully.
Student Manual
The Student Manual provides essential generic information about studying at Athabasca University and outlines the procedures you should follow to complete the course successfully.
Learning Contract
The Learning Contract, along with your tutor, will guide you through the process of fulfilling the requirements of the course.
Challenge for credit
Overview
The challenge for credit process allows you to demonstrate that you have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university-level course.
Full information about challenge for credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Evaluation
| Activity | Weight |
| Part 1: Annotated Research Bibliography | 25% |
| Part 2: Research Paper Outline | 25% |
| Part 3: Research Paper | 50% |
| Total | 100% |
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