Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration
Effective May 20, 2012, this program is no longer available for future enrollments
(Program delivered via Virtual Campus)
Healthcare professionals work in an ever changing environment designed to provide quality healthcare to individuals in a variety of settings. This Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration (BSHSA) degree for the Online platform is designed for the individual with an associate’s degree in a health related field or associate’s degree in another field who has been employed in healthcare. This program prepares you to work in a healthcare environment using skills in finance, community relations and human resource management to allow advancement into health services administration. A capstone course will complete the program to allow the student to integrate and apply earned concepts into case studies or a project.
Outcomes:
- Demonstrate leadership in the health services organization with a knowledge of forces shaping healthcare policy.
- Exercise fiscal responsibility in a health services organization considering reimbursement and factors affecting reimbursement as appropriate for a departmental budget.
- Assist with the implementation of change in the healthcare organization based on sound business, organizational behavior and human resource principles.
- Utilize the continuous performance improvement process to provide quality healthcare services.
- Support the development of appropriate strategies to market healthcare services appropriate to the organization.
- Supervise a health services department while recognizing a variety of factors affecting personnel in the workforce.
Degree Requirements
Courses: General Education
| ENGL211 | Professional Communications | 4 |
| ENGL205 | Technical Writing and Speaking | 4 |
| IT254 | Spreadsheet Applications | 4 |
| MGM110 | Principles of Business | 4 |
| MATH305 | Statistics: Data-Driven Decision Making | 4 |
| MKT210 | Fundamentals of Marketing | 4 |
| PBAD201 | Public Administration | 4 |
| PHIL320 | Ethics: The Hallmark of Leaders at All Levels | 4 |
| SOCL215 | Sociology and Understanding Human Behavior: Groups | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 36 |
Courses: Core
| HCM307 | The Health Care Industry | 4 |
| HCM337 | Current Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues in Healthcare | 4 |
| HCM367 | The Healthcare Organization | 4 |
| HCM387 | Management Principles in Healthcare | 4 |
| HCM410 | Fiscal Management in Healthcare Services | 4 |
| HRM315 | Managing Human Resources | 4 |
| HRM335 | Legal Issues in HRM | 4 |
| HRM355 | Labor Relations | 4 |
| HRM445 | Organizational Change | 4 |
| HSS483 | Healthcare Administration/Management Capstone | 4 |
| MGM335 | Organizational Behavior Principles | 4 |
| MPM210 | Introduction to Project Management | 6 |
| MPM344 | Project Risk Management | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 54 |
Associate Degree Completion (90)
Total Credit Hours: 180
Associate Degree Completion (90)