Health Care Administration (M)

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

Core Requirements 145
Major Requirements51
Electives24
Minor: Optional
Total Hours120
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For transfer students, please see the Advanced Transfer Core.

Major Requirements

Required Core Courses
Business Statistics (counted in University Core )
Macroeconomics (counted in University Core )
Public Speaking (counted in University Core )
Interpersonal Communication
Core Business Requirements
ACCT 2000Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals3
BUS 2200Business Law I3
BUS 1200Business Essentials3
or BUS 1400 Quantitative Business Essentials
BUS 3420Management Information Systems3
BUS 3999Business Internship3
BUS 4420Business Policy and Ethics (Business School Capstone)3
ECON 2100Microeconomics3
MGMT 1200Management & Leadership3
or BUS 5110 People-Focused Management
MKTG 1300Sales and Marketing3
Required Major Courses
HCM 3500Eldercare3
HCM 3200Management Principles in Health Care3
HCM 3400Health Care Marketing3
HCM 2000Healthcare Ethics3
HCM 3300Financial Issues in Health Care3
HCM 3100Current Trends in Healthcare3
MGMT 4600Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations3
HCM 4100Health Care Planning and Evaluation3
Total Hours51
Plan of Study Grid
Semester 1Hours
CCE 1010 Christian Citizen 3
ENG 1040 Introduction to Writing 3
MGMT 1200 Management & Leadership 3
PSY 1010 General Psychology 3
REL 1000 The Bible 3
 Hours15
Semester 2
BUS 1400 Quantitative Business Essentials 3
CCE 1020 Western Culture & Worldview 3
COMM 1100
Public Speaking
or Interpersonal Communication
3
HHP 1100 Stewardship of the Body 1
MKTG 1300 Sales and Marketing 3
REL 1100 Christian Faith 3
 Hours16
Semester 3
ACCT 2000 Accounting & Finance for Business Professionals 3
BUS 2200 Business Law I 3
CCE 1030 Western Thought & Worldview 3
CREATIVE EXPRESSION 3
ECON 2200 Macroeconomics 3
 Hours15
Semester 4
ELECTIVE 3
HCM 2000 Healthcare Ethics 3
CCE 1040 Science & Humanity 3
NATURAL WORLD- SCIENCE 4
ECON 2100 Microeconomics 3
 Hours16
Semester 5
HCM 3100 Current Trends in Healthcare 3
HCM 3200 Management Principles in Health Care 3
BUS 3450 Business Statistics 3
HUMAN BEINGS & BEING HUMAN 3
FAITH & LIFE 3
 Hours15
Semester 6
HCM 3300 Financial Issues in Health Care 3
HCM 3400 Health Care Marketing 3
BUS 3420 Management Information Systems 3
HCM 4100 Health Care Planning and Evaluation 3
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours15
Semester 7
BUS 3999 Business Internship 3
MGMT 4600 Diversity, Inclusion, and Human Relations 3
HCM 3500 Eldercare 3
ELECTIVE 3
HHP ACTIVITY 1
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours16
Semester 8
BUS 4420 Business Policy and Ethics 3
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 3
ELECTIVE 3
 Hours12
 Total Hours120

Course options and schedule are subject to change.