Healthcare Administration, Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration degree prepares graduates to seek entry-level healthcare administration positions in the healthcare industry. Healthcare administrators perform the vital role of planning and managing the delivery of healthcare services for hospitals, doctor's offices, outpatient clinics, home healthcare providers, and nursing homes. This program will help develop essential skills and knowledge in areas such as human relations, leadership, budgeting, developing administrative policies and procedures, applying medical coding, and reimbursements, maintaining electronic health records, the application of healthcare law, quality marketing, healthcare economics, and total quality management in the healthcare system.
Graduation
The Bachelor of Science degree in Healthcare Administration is granted by Presentation College to those candidates who have completed the 120-credit requirement as described in the curriculum plan, earned a 2.00 or above grade point average in all healthcare administration major requirement courses, and who have met all degree requirements of Presentation College. A cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher is required to graduate from the program.
120 credits
Major Requirements (50 crs)
| BI162 | Medical Terminology | 2 |
| BU233 | Accounting I | 3 |
| BU243 | Accounting II | 3 |
| BU393 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| CS2003 | Computer Management Systems | 3 |
| HCA103 | Introduction to Healthcare Information | 3 |
| HCA113 | Coding in Healthcare | 3 |
| HCA123 | Healthcare Reimbursement & Revenue Management | 3 |
| HCA133 | Principles of Healthcare | 3 |
| HCA143 | Healthcare Law & Ethics | 3 |
| HCA213 | Health Information Systems/EMR | 3 |
| HCA313 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| HCA383 | Healthcare Marketing | 3 |
| HCA413 | Healthcare Law | 3 |
| HCA423 | Healthcare Finance | 3 |
| HCA433 | Healthcare Administration | 3 |
| HCA443 | Quality Management in Healthcare Administration | 3 |
General Education Requirements (44-45 crs)
Communication Skills
| EN113 | College Composition I | 3 |
| OR | |
| EN114 | College Composition Ib | 4 |
| | |
| EN133 | College Composition II | 3 |
| | |
| CT233 | Communication Skills I: Interpersonal Communication | 3 |
Religious and Ethical Education
Cultural and Social Heritage
| Social Science/Human Culture Core course | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts Core course | 3 |
| PS133 | General Psychology | 3 |
| Other Social Science/Human Culture Elective | 3 |
| Humanities/Fine Arts electives | 9 |
Natural Science and Quantitative Reasoning
| MA243 | Statistics | 3 |
| Laboratory Science (Natural Sciences) | 4 |
College Experience
Electives (26 crs)
| Restricted Electives | 9 |
| General Electives | 11 |
| Upper Level General Electives | 6 |
Restricted electives must be outside the discipline of Healthcare Administration