HCA at Western Kentucky University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HCA coursework.

• HCA 344Health Systems Managementopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• HCA 345Long-Term Care Administrationopens 5 courses (2.3 directly)
• HCA 346Ambulatory Care Administrationopens 3 courses (0.8 directly)
• ECON 302Microeconomic Theoryopens 2 courses (1.0 directly)
• ECON 303Macroeconomic Theoryopens 2 courses (1.0 directly)
• ECON 465Regression and Econometric Analysisopens 2 courses (1.0 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HCA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 51 HCA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 4 more HCA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on HCA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HCA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at HCA 445

  1. ECON 202Principles of Economics (Micro)
  2. ECON 302Microeconomic Theory
  3. ECON 464Introduction to Mathematical Economics
  4. HCA 445Health Care Finance

• 4 courses deep, ending at HCA 450

  1. HCA 340Health Care Organization and Management
  2. HCA 345Long-Term Care Administration
  3. HCA 355Nursing Facility Administration

• 4 courses deep, ending at HCA 471

  1. HCA 340Health Care Organization and Management
  2. HCA 344Health Systems Management
  3. HCA 440Health Economics

• 3 courses deep, ending at HCA 383

  1. MATH 183Introductory Statistics
  2. PH 383Biostatistics in the Health Sciences
  3. HCA 383Management Applications in Healthcare

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HCA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HCA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HCA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the WKU campus feed.