The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration provides vital preparation to individuals interested in moving into or enhancing their professional careers in healthcare leadership. The degree prepares students to understand and engage in various strategic, management, and decision-making processes to deliver cost-effective, high-quality health care to consumers. Students engage in applied, interactive learning environments that develop their analytic and critical thinking skills. The Healthcare Administration core engages students in experiences that build their  effectiveness as administrators and decision-makers in this field. It prepares students to deliver high-quality care and services in this heavily regulated, rapidly evolving, and financially challenging environment.

Graduates apply the latest theories and practices in strategic planning, finance and reimbursement, legal and regulatory policies, ethical and social issues, human resource management,  contemporary healthcare illnesses, information technologies, and the many challenges faced by organizations in an ever- changing regulatory landscape and an increasingly complex global healthcare industry. Graduates meet these challenges with integrity while delivering the highest quality of care.

The Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration offers the following majors:

Student Learning Outcomes

Students in the Bachelor of Science in Health Services Administration program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate major concepts of organizational resources through knowledge of liberal arts, health, science, social responsibility, human resources, marketing, quality, value, operations, information technology, financial resources, and management.
2. Apply technology and data to implement healthcare control systems, professional presentations, data-driven, evidence-based, decision-making, informational literacy techniques, regulatory compliance, and other aspects of healthcare management.
3. Apply effective communication skills across diverse healthcare organizations/environments/populations, including conflict resolution, negotiation, team building, collaboration, coaching, and interactions with internal and external stakeholders.
4. Demonstrate transformational leadership and best practices/principles to lead healthcare organizations in a changing healthcare environment.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of the healthcare system, quality management systems, policy, laws, regulations, standards, and ethics to improve consumer care, reduce legal  risks, and ensure appropriate utilization of resources.
6. Evaluate healthcare research and analyze the impact of health through multiple forms of data in ethical, quality, and cost-effective decision-making, identify gaps in service to diverse populations, and determine healthcare organizational needs.
7. Analyze complex healthcare problems and offer compelling solutions within the constraints of policy, law, regulations, ethical principles, and social responsibility in the  management of healthcare organizations.
8. Articulate health promotion, including the influences of individual behaviors, societal/population determinants of health, healthcare technology, and global health issues affecting the U.S. healthcare system healthcare system.