Health Care Administration (A)
This program focuses on managing resources in a health care setting while working to understand the business implications on the health care system. Students will be equipped with the ability to evaluate research results focusing on health care, management and decision-making, operations and communications. Graduates are prepared for roles in hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical groups, medical device or pharmaceutical companies, and other clinical settings.
Program Learning Outcomes
By fulfilling all of the course requirements for the Bachelor's of Science in Health Care Administration, students will be able to:
1. Analyze health care demonstrating acceptance of individuals as holistic beings, created by God, respecting the dignity, worth, and rights of the individual.
2. Respect diversity within the health care community for both those who are served and the providers of care.
3. Synthesize knowledge from a multi-disciplinary perspective including, but, not limited to: management, finance, marketing, and policy theories.
4. Recognize the differences and similarities of current trends and issues relative to the healthcare industry as a basis for problem-solving and decision-making in health care.
5. Demonstrate a willingness to work cohesively and communicate interpersonally with members of the interdisciplinary health care team; including demonstration of effective communication both written and oral.
6. Recognize current trends and issues relative to health care management to evaluate and research results applicable to health care practice.
Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements 1 | 45 | |
| Major Requirements | 51 | |
| Electives | 24 | |
Minor: Optional | ||
| Total Hours | 120 | |
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For transfer students, please see the Advanced Transfer Core.
Major Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
| Business Statistics (counted in University Core ) | ||
| Macroeconomics (counted in University Core ) | ||
| Public Speaking (counted in University Core ) | ||
or COMM 2100 | Interpersonal Communication | |
| Core Business Requirements | ||
| ACCT 2000 | Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals | 3 |
| BUS 2200 | Business Law I | 3 |
| BUS 1200 | Business Essentials | 3 |
| or BUS 1400 | Quantitative Business Essentials | |
| BUS 3420 | Management Information Systems | 3 |
| BUS 3999 | Business Internship | 3 |
| BUS 4420 | Business Policy and Ethics (Business School Capstone) | 3 |
| ECON 2100 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| MGMT 1200 | Management & Leadership | 3 |
| or BUS 5110 | People-Focused Management | |
| MKTG 1300 | Sales and Marketing | 3 |
| Required Major Courses | ||
| HCM 3500 | Eldercare | 3 |
| HCM 3200 | Management Principles in Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 3400 | Health Care Marketing | 3 |
| HCM 2000 | Healthcare Ethics | 3 |
| HCM 3300 | Financial Issues in Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 3100 | Current Trends in Healthcare | 3 |
| MGMT 4600 | Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations | 3 |
| HCM 4100 | Health Care Planning and Evaluation | 3 |
| Total Hours | 51 | |