Program Overview

Healthcare Administration Certificate

Overview

The Healthcare Administration Certificate at Western Oregon University provides advanced learning opportunities to students interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in healthcare administration. Courses offered address healthcare policy issues, leadership skills, and issues related to disparities in access to healthcare.

Designed for:

• Provide advanced learning opportunities to students interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills in healthcare administration.

To start, you need:

• A bachelor’s degree
• Desire to further your professional career

Finishing will take:

• 15 credits

Begin your Healthcare Administration Certificate:

• Please reach out to our office if you are interested in this program.

Where you will take classes:

• On-campus evening courses at the WOU Salem Campus
• Online/distance fall, winter, spring, and summer

Technology you will need:

• Computer with internet connection

Where this degree can take you:

• Management roles
• Further career advancement

Learning outcomes:

1. Demonstrate knowledge of the healthcare system and the environment in which healthcare managers and providers function including policy, laws, regulations, standards, and ethics.
2. Identify circumstances causing major changes and reform to the structure of the U.S. healthcare system and explain the impact on the delivery of health services to diverse populations at a local, regional, and national level.
3. Demonstrate professional and ethical leadership that will positively affect performance as a healthcare manager.

Deadlines and key dates:

• We are currently not accepting applications.

Detailed application requirements:

Application materials required for WOU Graduate admission:

• Application Fee $60
• Transcripts
  • You can upload an unofficial copy of your transcript to complete your application for admission. Save as a PDF with your first and last name in time from all previous colleges. We will require an official transcript from the Colleges or Universities you have attended for formal admission.
  • Transcripts are used as Evidence of completion of a four-year baccalaureate degree (or international equivalent) from a regionally accredited institution as defined by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars, with a cumulative B average (equivalent 3.00 on a U.S. 4.00 grading scale) on the most recent baccalaureate degree.**Applicants who hold a master’s degree will have the 3.0 GPA requirement waived. **Students with less than 3.0 can also provide passing MAT/GRE scores to be fully admitted.
• Current Resume
  • Save as a PDF with your first and last name in the title.

Process: Applications will be reviewed once all application materials have been submitted. Please refer to the Application Checklist in your Graduate Application Portal to confirm the status of your submitted materials. The Graduate Application Portal will also provide additional details about the checklist items for further clarification. You will be notified via email regarding changes in the status of your application or if you are missing any application components.

Curriculum

Healthcare Administration Certificate [Program Plan]

Core (9 Credits)

• HCA 621 Healthcare Politics and Policy (3)
• HCA 622 Diversity and Ethical Leadership in Healthcare (3)
• HCA 623 Disparities in Health Care (3)

Electives: Choose one option:

• Option 1
  • 6 credits of Healthcare Administration (HCA) electives selected in consultation with advisor
• Option 2
  • 3 credits of Healthcare Administration (HCA) electives selected in consultation with advisor
  • 3 credits of Organizational Leadership (OL) electives selected in consultation with advisor

Healthcare Administration Elective Courses

• HCA 640 Quality Improvement for Healthcare Leaders (3)
• HCA 641 Issues in Rural Healthcare Management (3)
• HCA 642 Foundations of Gerontology for Health Administrators (3)
• HCA 643 Advanced Topics in Healthcare (3)

Organizational Leadership Elective Courses

• OL 631 Fundamentals of Leadership (3)
• OL 632 Building Effective Teams (3)
• OL 633 Organizational Communication (3)
• OL 613 Human Behavior in Organizations (3)
• OL 619 Leading Organizational Change and Development (3)

Total Credit Requirements (15 Credits)

Faculty

• Earlene Camarillo
  • Associate Professor, Social Science Division Chair
• Paul Disney
  • NTT Instructor
• Dan Dowhower
  • Assistant Professor
• David Foster
  • Professor
• Melissa Cannon
  • Associate Professor