Health Care Administration B.S.

Health Care Administration Program Faculty: Associate Professors Connolly, Rampa

B.S. in Health Care Administration

The B.S. in Health Care Administration (HCA) provides baccalaureate-level education and training for students considering careers in the health care industry. The program is specifically targeted for those pursuing supervisory and entry-level management positions and/or preparation for graduate education. The Health Care Administration program focuses on the organization, financing and management of health care organizations and the delivery of health care services in the United States.

Students must consult with their assigned advisor before they will be able to register for courses. A graded writing assignment is required in every course.

Note: HCA 491: Independent Study I and HCA 492: Independent Study II are available for those seeking departmental honors, with consent of program director and dean.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ACCT 201	Principles of Accounting I: Financial	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BUSI 100	Introduction to Business at RIC	2	Fall, Spring.
CIS 252	Introduction to Information Systems	4	Fall, Spring, Summer
ECON 214	Principles of Microeconomics	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FIN 301	Financial Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
HCA 330	Health Care Finance	3	Annually.
HCA 201W	Introduction to Health Care Systems	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HCA 302	Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 303W	Health Policy and Contemporary Issues	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 355	Quality Management/Improvement in Health Care	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 401W/HCA 501	Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care Management	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HCA 461W	Seminar in Strategic Health Care Management	3	As needed.
HCA 467	Internship in Health Care Administration	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 201W	Foundations of Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 320	Human Resource Management	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MKT 201W	Introduction to Marketing	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: With permission of program director, HCA 490: Directed Study may be substituted for any 300/400 level HCA course.

Note: Please note that HCA 201, HCA 302, HCA 303 and HCA 401 were previously offered as NURS 201, NURS 302, NURS 303 and NURS 401, and these courses are equivalent to the HCA courses.

Note: If CIS 251 has been taken, this satisfies the CIS 252 requirement.

 

THREE COURSES from

(It is recommended that the three courses be taken from the same category, but courses may be selected from multiple categories)

Aging Studies

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
AGNG 314/NURS 314	Health and Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
NURS 314/AGNG 314	Health and Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HCA 403	Long-Term Care Administration	3	Annually.
HCA 404	Long-Term Care Laws and Regulations	2	Annually.
SOC 217	Sociology of Aging	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SOC 313	Sociology of Death and Dying	4	Annually.
SOC 320	Aging and the Law	4	Annually.

Note: SOC 217: Fulfills the Social and Behavioral Sciences category of General Education.

Human Resource Management

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MGT 322	Organizational Behavior	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MGT 423	Compensation and Benefits Administration	4	Fall.
MGT 425	Recruitment and Selection	4	Fall.
MGT 428	Human Resource Development	4	Spring.
MGT 430W	Strategic Human Resource Management	4	Spring.

Informatics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CIS 440	Issues in Computer Security	4	Fall, Spring.
CIS 455W	Database Programming	4	Fall, Spring.
HCA 402	Health Care Informatics	3	As needed.

Management Foundations

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ACCT 202	Principles of Accounting II: Managerial	3	Fall, Spring, Summer.
COMM 230	Interpersonal Communication	4	Fall.
COMM 336	Health Communication	4	Spring.
MGT 349	Service Operations Management	4	Fall.
MKT 334	Consumer Behavior	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 301W	Foundations of Public Administration	4	Fall.

Wellness

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 309	Medical Anthropology	4	Alternate years.
HPE 406	Program Planning in Health Promotion	3	Spring or as needed.
PSYC 424	Health Psychology	4	Annually.
SOC 314	The Sociology of Health and Illness	4	Annually.

Cognates

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 108	Basic Principles of Biology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
ENGL 230W	Workplace Writing	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
	-Or-
MATH 248	Business Statistics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PSYC 221W	Research Methods I: Foundations	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Note: BIOL 108: Fulfills the Natural Science category of General Education.

Note: MATH 177, MATH 240: Fulfills the Mathematics category of General Education.

Note: Up to 8 credit hours may simultaneously fulfill General Education requirements.

Total Credit Hours: 72-78

NOTE: BUSI 100 will be satisfied for students who have completed COLL 101 or COLL 150 or HONR 150 or NURS 100.