Health Care Administration (Accelerated Program)
Fred H. Hawkins College of Professional Studies

Health Care Administration (B.S.)

College of Allied Health

The Health Care Administration (H.C.A.) program is offered exclusively online in the accelerated, cohort-based format, concentrating on the knowledge necessary for managing health care services and providing organizational leadership. Emphasis is on integrating organizational systems in a highly regulated environment with the larger health care community, focusing on building community coalitions for the purpose of maintaining health service access, quality, and cost containment.

• Prerequisite for the Major
  
• Degree Reqs
  
• Ways of Earning Credit
  
• Declaring a Major
  
• Declaring a Minor
  
• Transfer Agreements
  
• Courses

Health Care Administration (B.S.) (127 credit hours)

There is a limitation of 9 hours in nursing accepted (all non-nursing hours accepted and a max of 9 nursing hours). An additional prerequisite for this major is the course CACT 100 which must be done just prior to the start of the HCA program.

General Education Core Curriculum (45 credit hours)
Major Requirements (36 Credit hours)

HCAC 311 Cultural and Organizational Change in Health Care
HCAC 325 Effective Communication with Internal and External Publics
HCAC 340 Introduction to Computers in Health Care
HCAC 355 Effective Health Care Marketing
HCAC 370 Principles and Practices of Effective Health Care Management
HCAC 385 Performance Improvement of Operational Systems
HCAC 411 Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
HCAC 425 Community Health Planning
HCAC 441 Developing Effective Health Care Teams and Leadership
HCAC 455 Managing Human Resources in Health Care Environments
HCAC 471 Influencing Regulatory and Ethical Health Care Issues
HCAC 485 Implementing the Language of Applied Statistics