Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is a 120-credit online program that prepares students for careers as healthcare administrators. The program covers fundamental knowledge and skills in healthcare delivery, statistics, finance, and management. Students can choose from leadership or managed care concentration areas and complete a capstone project or internship. Graduates are qualified for roles such as Healthcare Administrator, Clinical Manager, and Practice Manager.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is a 120-credit undergraduate program that prepares students for a career as a healthcare administrator. The online degree program provides students with fundamental knowledge and skills in public and private healthcare delivery, applied healthcare statistics, healthcare finance, management of patient records, and much more.

Outline:

Required Management Core Courses:

• AC 107 - Accounting I
• BU 345 - Project Management or BU 630 Project and Operations Management

Required Courses in Healthcare Administration:

• HC 120 - Introduction to Healthcare Management
• HC 150 - US Healthcare Systems
• HC 220 - Delivery of Healthcare: Public and Private
• HC 230 - Health Policy
• HC 250 - Conflict Resolution
• HC 301 - Epidemiology and Applied Healthcare Statistics
• HC 305 - Healthcare Human Resource Management or HA 635 Healthcare Human Resources Management
• HC 306 - Healthcare Finance or HA 620 Healthcare Economics, Finance, and Resource Management
• HC 310 - Medical Law and Ethics or HA 625 Healthcare Law and Ethics
• HC 311 - Management of Patient Records
• HC 401 - Current Issues in Healthcare
• HC 402 - Organizational Development and Leadership in Health Care or BU 600 Leadership and Organizational Behavior
• HC 405 - Healthcare Quality or HA 645 Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Healthcare
• HC 450 - Healthcare Information Systems or BU 654 Health Information Management

Elective Healthcare Credits:

• A minimum of 35.00 semester credit hours is required from a combination of healthcare electives and/or credits transferred from the core (non-general education) courses of a healthcare-related associate or diploma program.

Concentration Elective Courses in Healthcare Administration:

• Students have the option to complete courses from the following leadership and managed care concentration areas:
• Leadership
• Managed Care

Required Capstone or Internship:

• A minimum of 3.00 semester credit hours are required.
• HC 492 - Capstone Project
• HC 490 - Healthcare Management Internship

Required Courses in General Education:

• Students enrolled in this bachelor's degree must complete a minimum of 36.00 semester credit hours in general education distributed among the following disciplines:
• 12.00 Semester Credit Hours in Communications
• 9.00 Semester Credit Hours in Humanities
• 6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Mathematics
• 6.00 Semester Credit Hours in Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 3.00 Semester Credit Hours in Science

Personal and Professional Development Courses:

• 2.00 semester credit hours are required.
• PD 121 - Professional Development I

Careers:

Earning a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration can open up many new, exciting career possibilities. Potential job opportunities for those who earn their Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration include:

• Healthcare Administrator
• Clinical Manager
• Practice Manager
• Residential Care Manager
• Healthcare Manager
As a health administrator or manager, you’ll work closely with other healthcare personnel like nurses, surgeons, physicians, lab techs and others to facilitate and coordinate the delivery of healthcare services.