Health Policy Studies

Stewart Auyash, Associate Professor and Chair

The Department of Health Policy Studies offers degree programs in health policy studies and health services administration (This degree program is being discontinued. No applications will be accepted.) The department also offers minors in health communication and health services administration.

B.A. in Health Policy Studies

Health policy studies is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary program that offers the opportunity to study policy and cultural issues related to health and health care at the regional, national, and international levels. The major is a broad-based, liberal, and interconnected course of study involving social, political, economic, and cultural research and analyses.

In addition to the required and elective courses in this degree program, students must complete a minor (or double major) of their choice and an eight-week internship in a health policy setting, usually during the summer following the junior year. Graduates of this program are well prepared to serve as policy analysts with government agencies, lobby groups, legislative offices, health facilities, private corporations, international health agencies, health activist organizations, and health policy institutes.

Requirements for the Major in Health Policy Studies --- B.A.

Major department requirements Credits

Restricted electives --- select two from the following courses

640-11000	War, Hunger, and Genocide: An International Health Perspective (3)
640-12000	Your Money and Your Health: The Business of Health Care (3)
640-13000	Healthy Viewings: Media and Health (3)
640-14000	Cyborgs, Clones, and Policy: New Technologies in Health and Medicine (3)	6
	Total, restricted electives	6

Specific Requirements

640-20500	Critical Health Issues	3
640-21500	Introduction to Health Policy and Policy Making	3
640-30400	Economics of Health Care	3
640-31500	Health Policy Research and Analysis	3
640-33510	Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Policy	3
640-39000	Health Policy Internship	4
640-41500	Health Policy Seminar	3
	Total, specific requirements	22

Health Policy Electives

Select four of the following courses (No more than one may be at
the 100 level):

303-11200	Food, Health, and Federal Control (3)
303-27800	Environmental Health and Medicine (3)
310-36200	Theory and Politics of Public Policy (3)
310-36400	Law and Public Policy (3)
310-36500	The Politics of Health (3)
310-36600	Environmental Politics (3)
310-37000	Selected Topics in Public Policy (3)
314-xxxxx	Philosophy elective (200 or higher) (3)
319-22500	Health Communication (3) or
640-22500	Health Communication (3)
331-21500	Introduction to Contemporary Mental Health Issues (3)
331-31400	Sociology of Health and Medicine (3)
331-31600	Women and Health (3)
339-38000	Medical Anthropology (3)
640-32600	Health Planning and Administration (3)
640-36000	Front Page Public Health: Policy and Epidemiology (3)
640-43500	Health Care Law (3)
662-11300	Personal Health (3)
662-22500	Alcohol and Alcoholism (3)
662-22900	Disease and Lifestyle (3)
	Total, health policy electives	12

Required courses outside major department

In the School of Humanities and Sciences

306-12200	Principles of Microeconomics	3
310-10100	U.S. Politics (3) or
310-10300	U.S. and the World (3)	3
310-12900	Introduction to Global Studies (3) or
339-12900	Introduction to Global Studies (3) or
640-12900	Introduction to Global Studies (3)	3
310-14100	Power: Race, Sex, and Class (3) or
310-14200	Ideas and Ideologies (3)	3
313-15500	Basic Statistical Reasoning (3) or
313-24300	Statistics (3)	3
314-21200	Introduction to Ethics (3) or
314-23000	Medical Ethics (3)	3
331-10100	Introduction to Sociology (3) or
339-10400	Cultural Anthropology (3)	3
377-10600	Academic Writing I (3) or
377-10700	Academic Writing II (3)	3
377-20100	Persuasive Argument	3
377-20500	Personal Essay	3

In the Gerontology Institute

680-10100	Introduction to Gerontology	3
680-31900	Aging Policies and Programs	3
	Total, requirements outside department	36

	Required minor	15-24
	Liberal arts electives (LA) (Minimum number of liberal arts credits is 90)	6-21

Free electives

	From any area at Ithaca College	3-27
	Total, B.A. in health policy studies	124

B.S. in Health Services Administration

This degree program is being discontinued. No applications will be accepted.

The degree program in health services administration is for students who want challenging careers in the management of health organizations, including hospitals, state and federal agencies, long-term care facilities, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), ambulatory care facilities, managed care corporations, mental health facilities, and other health-related organizations and companies. Some graduates pursue advanced degrees in health administration or business.

The curriculum provides in-depth training in health administration and management. As part of their professional preparation, students spend two summers as administrative interns in selected health care organizations. These two 4-credit internships are billed at the prevailing summer tuition rate. The health services administration program is an associate member of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.

Special Academic Status Policy for Health Services Administration Majors

To maintain satisfactory academic standing, a student must maintain at least a 2.30 GPA in all major department courses (640-xxxxx) and maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 2.30.

Academic Warning --- A student who fails to meet the minimum standards stated above and is not suspended or dismissed will be placed on warning. A student on warning may not take fewer than 12 credits in a regular semester without approval by the department chair or dean.

Dismissal --- Failure to qualify for removal from warning after one semester will render the student subject to dismissal from the program. After any two warnings, the student will normally be dismissed from the program. If academic performance deficiencies include failure to meet minimum standards of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance, the result may be suspension or dismissal from Ithaca College.

Requirements for the Major in Health Services Administration --- B.S.

Curriculum

Major department requirements Credits

640-10000	Introduction to the Vocabulary of Medicine	1
640-20500	Critical Health Issues	3
640-20600	Health Services Site Visits	1
640-21000	Issues in Health Services Administration	3
640-28600	Pre-Internship Seminar	0.5
640-30400	Economics of Health Care	3
640-32100	Departmental Planning, Budgeting, and Cost-Finding	3
640-32500	Health Planning	3
640-38700	Internship I	4
640-38800	Post-Internship Seminar	0.5
640-40300	Administration of Health Organizations and Agencies	3
640-41600	Applied Health Care Management	3
640-43500	Health Care Law	3
640-48700	Internship II	4
	Total	35

Health services electives

Choose 9 credits from the following electives

640-25000	International Health Issues (3)
640-27500	Women in Health Care Management (3)**
640-30300	Computer Applications in the Health Care Field (3)**
640-30500	Financial Management for Health Administrators (3)**
640-30800	Program Evaluation (3)**
640-33000	Quality Assessment and Risk Management in Health Care (3)**
640-34000	Managed Health Care (3)
640-35000	Communication in Health Service Organizations (3)
640-40100	Public Health and Epidemiology (3)**
640-49500	Special Topics in Health Administration (1-3)
640-49900	Independent Study (1-4)
680-24000	Fieldwork in Gerontology (3)
680-31400	Long-term Care Administration (3)
680-31900	Aging Policies and Programs (3)
	Total, health services electives	9

Required courses outside major department (45-48)

In the Gerontology Institute

680-10100

Introduction to Gerontology

3

In the School of Business

880-22500	Financial Accounting	3
880-22600	Management Accounting	3
882-22000	Principles of Management	3
885-34000	Human Resource Management	3
887-20300	Introduction to Law I	3

In the School of Humanities and Sciences (H&S)

306-12200	Principles of Microeconomics	3
310-xxxxx	Politics elective	3
312-11000	Introduction to Computers and Information Systems	3
313-10500	Mathematics for Decision Making (3) or
313-10800	Calculus for Decision Making (4) or
313-11100	Calculus (4)	3-4
313-15500	Basic Statistical Reasoning (3) or
313-24300	Statistics (3) or
313-24400	Statistics with Probability (4)	3-4
314-23000	Medical Ethics	3
319-11500	Business and Professional Communication or
225-10800	Human Communication in Organizations	3
336-10500	Library Resources and Methods of Research (freshmen only)	0-1
377-10600	Academic Writing I or
377-10700	Academic Writing II	3
377-20100	Persuasive Argument or
377-31200	Professional Writing	3
	Total, requirements outside department	45-48

Liberal arts electives

Liberal arts distribution

	Natural science (NS) courses, only one of which may be mathematics	6
	Fine arts (FA) course	3
	Humanities (HU) courses	6
	Social science (SS) courses	6

Liberal arts electives (LA)

	Any fine arts, humanities, natural science, or social science courses	6-9
	Total, liberal arts electives	27-30

Free electives

	From any area at Ithaca College	9
	Total, B.S. in health services administration	128

An information sheet with further details and suggestions about these requirements is available from the department office.

Health Communication Minor

The interdisciplinary minor in health communication is administered by the Department of Speech Communication and the Health Communication Steering Committee, which consists of one faculty member from each of the following departments: health policy studies; organizational communication, learning, and design; and speech communication. It involves coursework from three schools of the College and is designed to allow any student the opportunity to learn more about the complexities of communication in health care and health promotion.

For more information on this minor, see the Department of Speech Communication on page 427.

Health Services Administration Minor

Open to students majoring in all disciplines except health services administration. This minor includes coursework in both health services administration and business. It is designed for students interested in a focused set of courses that will introduce them to the management issues and skills in health-related organizations. The minor includes a practical field experience in a local health organization and an elective for pursuing a specialized area of interest.

Curriculum Credits

640-20500	Critical Health Issues	3
640-32600	Health Planning and Administration	3
640-39600	Fieldwork in Health Services Administration	3
640-43500	Health Care Law	3
882-22000	Principles of Management	3
887-20300	Introduction to Law I	3
	Total	18

Choose one of the following:

640-34000	Managed Health Care (3)
640-35000	Communication in Health Service Organizations (3)
640-36000	Front Page Public Health: Policy and Epidemiology (3)
680-31400	Long-term Care Administration (3)	3
	Total, health services administration minor	21

Integrative Health Studies Minor

An interdisciplinary minor open to all students. Courses offered by multiple departments across campus are designed to facilitate the study of complementary and alternative health modalities and their history, theory, cultural contexts, economics, and uses to promote wellness and prevent disease. The minor complements the study of any allied health field and enriches the perspective of any student interested in his or her own well-being and health and medicine as they interact with culture, economics, politics, and science.

Curriculum Credits

662-21300	Wellness for Life	3
314-22500	Science and Pseuoscience (3) or
663-36400	Contemporary and Alternative Therapies (3)	3
640-20500	Critical Health Issues (3) or
319-22500	Health Communication (3) or
640-22500	Health Communication (3) or
640-25000	International Health Issues (3) or
306-30400	Economics of Health Care (3) or
640-30400	Economics of Health Care (3)	3
331-31400	Sociology of Health and Medicine (3) or
331-31600	Women and Health (3) or
339-38000	Medical Anthropology (3)	3
	Total	12

At least 3 credits from the following

344-22100	Religion and Depth Psychology (3)
344-25200	Introduction to Mysticism (3)
554-41000	Feldenkrais (1)
662-22700	Stress: Its Nature and Management (3)	3
	Total	3

At least 3 credits from the following

xxx-xxxxx	Independent Study/Research (3)
xxx-xxxxx	Fieldwork/Internship (3)	3
	Elective from courses listed above	3
	Total	21

Clinical Affiliations

• Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.
• Altamonte Family Practice, Altamonte Springs, Fla
• Alterra Sterling House, Ithaca
• Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association of Eastern Massachusetts, Cambridge
• Bellhaven Nursing Center, Brookhaven, N.Y.
• Benedict Family Health Center, Ballston Spa, N.Y.
• Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, N.Y.
• Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Fla.
• Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca, Ithaca
• Clare Bridge of Niskayuna, Niskayuna, N.Y.
• Cortland Memorial Hospital, Cortland, N.Y.
• Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, Syracuse, N.Y.
• Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Mass.
• DeMay Living Center, Newark, N.Y.
• Double "H" Hole in the Woods Ranch, Lake Luzerne, N.Y.
• Family Medicine Associates, Ithaca
• Franziska Racker Centers, Ithaca
• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Hackensack Medical Center, Hackensack, N.J.
• Hospicare, Ithaca
• Hudson Haven Care Center, Inc., Wappingers Falls, N.Y.
• Institute for Mental Health Initiatives, Washington, D.C.
• Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Washington, D.C.
• Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Mass.
• Lane Memorial Hospital, Zachary, Calif.
• Longview, Ithaca
• Loudon and Company, Lexington, Ky.
• Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, N.Y.
• Lutheran Homes of Central New York, Clinton
• Marriott of Maple Ridge of Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass.
• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, N.Y.
• Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx
• Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, N.J.
• National Rehabilitation Hospital/Suburban Regional Rehabilitation Outpatient Network, Bethesda, Md.
• New York State Health Department, Albany
• Orchard Cove, Canton, N.J.
• Paul's Run, Philadelphia
• Presbyterian Home for Central New York, New Hartford
• Reconstruction Home, Ithaca
• The Regency at Glen Cove, Glen Cove, N.Y.
• Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston
• St. John's Home, Rochester, N.Y.
• Stone Center of New Jersey, Newark, N.J.
• Tully Hill Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, Tully, N.Y.
• United Health Services of Binghamton, N.Y.
• Waterford Advisors, New York, N.Y.
• Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, N.Y.
• Westwood Senior Village, West Seneca, N.Y.
• Winchester Hospital, Winchester, Mass.
• Wingate at Ulster, Highland, N.Y.