Health Organization Administration B.B.A.

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The Health Organizations Administration degree strives to prepare individuals to train to become a health service manager with the ability to manage departments and programs in all aspects of health service organizations as well as understand the importance the collaborative efforts include public health initiatives. This degree will provide students with skills to develop, plan, and manage health care operations and services within health care facilities and across health care systems whether they manage an entire facility or system or specific departments or services.

HOA courses only offered online. All core business courses can be taken in all formats: online, blended and face to face.

Student Learning Outcomes

Develop an awareness of health care industry organizations, environments, and systems.
Develop an awareness of global / international issues as they related to health service organizations.
Develop leadership and management skills necessary to work effectively in health service organizations.
Demonstrate the ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary health service organizational settings.
Identify and analyze ethical dilemmas and propose resolution for management situations.
Apply technology skills for medication information systems.
Show evidence of critical thinking and problem solving with an integrative project or assignment.

What can I do with this degree? (pdf)

Healthcare Administration - 15 hours (1136)

HCA 4013 - Leadership, Policy and Ethics
HCA 4533 - Group Practice Management
HCA 3000/4000 level electives (3 hrs)
BADM / HCA / MGMT 3000/4000 level electives (6 hrs)

Health Informatics - 15 hours (1137)

HCA 4323 - Health Information Analytics
IS 4293 - Business Database Management Systems
MGMT 4103 - Business Decision Analysis
MGMT 4143 - Project Management
BADM / HCA / MGMT 3000/4000 level electives (3 hrs)

Transfer Agreements

HOA Degree Completion Program

The Degree Completion Program offers you the opportunity to turn your associate's degree into a bachelor's degree.

Accelerated B.B.A. Health Organizations Admin: Healthcare Admin or Health Informatics to M.B.A. Business Admin: Healthcare Admin or Health Informatics

Note: Please refer to Accelerated Bachelor’s to Master’s Degree Program for complete information concerning the Accelerated Degree Program. Refer to the current Graduate Catalog for master’s degree requirements.

IMPORTANT:

Students admitted to the Accelerated B.B.A. Health Organizations: Healthcare Administration or Health Informatics to M.B.A. Business Administration: Healthcare Administration or Health Informatics degree program will complete up to 12 hours of graduate level credit to apply toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Students may not receive credit toward both the undergraduate and the paired graduate-level course. A student completing an undergraduate course and the paired graduate-level course will only receive credit for one course toward the bachelor’s degree.
A minimum grade of C is required for all 5000 level graduate courses.
Students who do not follow the approved degree plan may become ineligible to continue in the accelerated degree program.
Prior to completing the undergraduate degree, if the undergraduate GPA, graduate GPA and/or overall GPA fall below a 3.00, the student becomes ineligible to continue in the ADP.
Students may withdraw from an approved accelerated degree pathway. Graduate credit hours completed prior to the student withdrawing or becoming ineligible to continue in the ADP apply toward the undergraduate degree only.

**ADP Paired Courses (Health Informatics Option)**
HCA 4323 - Health Information Analytics	HCA 5523 - Health Informatics Survey
IS 4293 - Business Database Management Systems	HCA 5423 - Health Services Technology and Application
MGMT 4103 - Business Decision Analysis	MGMT 5103 - Business Analytics Techniques
MGMT 4143 - Project Management	MBA 5513 - Project Management

**ADP Paired Courses (Healthcare Administration Option)**
HCA 4013 - Leadership, Policy & Ethics	HCA 5013 Healthcare Policy and Ethical Leadership
HCA 4533 - Group Practice Management	HCA 5233 Integrated Medical Practice Management
HCA 3/4000 Level Elective (3 hrs)	HCA 5423 - Health Services Technology and Application
HCA, BADM, or MGMT 3/4000 Level Elective (3 hrs)	HCA 5853 - Critical Issues in Healthcare