Health Care Administration BS Program (HCA)
HCA General Description
The BS in Health Care Administration is a degree-completion program designed for those students who have at least 40 semester hours of college credit and are seeking to expand their expertise in the health care field.
Student Learning Outcomes
HCA graduates will be able to:
- Apply critical thinking to analyze legal, ethical, and regulatory issues health care organizations encounter on a consistent basis.
- Comprehend the use of information technology and its influence on patient privacy, patient safety, clinical outcomes, and the use of big data within a health care environment.
- Analyze and interpret health care data to guide decision-making, improve delivery of health care services, and reduce health expenditures.
- Identify and apply various quality initiatives to eliminate waste, enhance utilization, reduce health care expenditures, and improve clinical outcomes.
- Evaluate and synthesize the use of business strategies that may improve overall quality, costs, reimbursements, and other challenges that influence daily operational flow and the landscape of health care delivery in the U.S.
- Examine leadership theories and synthesize theoretical concepts with daily decision-making to optimize internal and external operations and organizational productivity.
- Identify metrics that are essential for health care leaders.
- Integrate knowledge of various disciplines in health care administration.
- Assess problems, identify and apply effective analytical techniques (e.g. Porter’s five forces, value chain analysis, the resource base-view model) to address internal and external issues.
HCA Coursework
The program is a cross-disciplinary major consisting of twelve (12) 3-hour core courses for a total of 36 credit hours.
Program of Study
HCA Core Courses - 36 hours
| HLT 2100 | Introduction to the Healthcare Industry | 3 |
| HLT 2200 | The Culture and Ethics of Health Care | 3 |
| HLT 2310 | Legal Aspects of Health Care Management | 3 |
| HLT 3010 | Health Regulations and Policy | 3 |
| HLT 3020 | Quality Initiatives and Health Administration | 3 |
| HLT 3030 | Financial Management in Health Care | 3 |
| HLT 4010 | Strategic Management in Health Care | 3 |
| BML 3150 | Biblical Perspectives and the Christian Life | 3 |
| HIT 3300 | Introduction to Health Management Information Systems and Informatics | 3 |
| HIT 3500 | Electronic Health Records | 3 |
| LTC 2010 | Introduction to Long Term Care Management | 3 |
| LTC 3020 | Palliative Care and Hospice Care | 3 |