Health Organization Administration B.B.A.
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.
Healthcare Administration
Health Informatics
Long Term Care
Transfer Agreements
- TCC Business Administration AS to NSU Health Organizations Admin-Health Informatics BBA
- TCC Business Administration AS to NSU Health Organizations Admin-Healthcare Admin BBA
- TCC Business Administration AS to NSU Health Organizations Admin-Long Term Care Admin BBA
HOA Degree Completion Program
The Degree Completion Program offers you the opportunity to turn your associate's degree into a bachelor's degree.
General Education - 46 hours
Students seeking Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degrees are encouraged to select these courses while completing General Education requirements.
- ENGL 1113 - English Composition I
- ENGL 1213 - English Composition II
- ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics
- or ECON 2313 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- MATH 1523 - Functions and Change
- Meet computer proficiency
Business Core - 42 hours
The following core of courses is required of all business students, except as modified for Hospitality and Tourism Management. See major plan of study on the following pages.
At least 21 of the 42 credits in the BBA core must be earned at NSU.
- ACCT 2103 - Introduction to Financial Accounting
- ACCT 2203 - Introduction to Managerial Accounting
- BADM 3933 - Business Statistics
- BADM 3963 - Quantitative Methods for Business Decision Making
- BLAW 3003 - Business Law I
- ECON 2213 - Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON 2313 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- FIN 3213 - Principles of Finance
- IS 3063 - Principles of Information Systems
- IS 3113 - Business Communications
- MGMT 3183 - Principles of Management
- MGMT 3213 - Principles of Operations Management
- MGMT 4213 - Business Strategy/Policy
- MKT 3213 - Principles of Marketing
HOA Core Requirements - 21 hours
- HCA 3003 - Principles of Health Organizations Administration
- HCA 3113 - Aging Processes and Long Term Care
- HCA 3213 - Public Health & Global Initiatives in Health Care
- HCA 3313 - Finance for Health Care Management
- HCA 4223 - Quality Management and Patient Safety
- HCA 4950 - Health Care Administration Capstone (1 hour)
- HCA 4990 - Health Care Administration Practicum (2 hours)
- MGMT 4113 - Human Resource Management
Select one of the following options:
Health Informatics - 12 hours (1137)
Healthcare Administration - 12 hours (1136)
- HCA 4013 - Leadership, Policy and Ethics
- HCA 4533 - Group Practice Management
- HCA 3/4000 level electives (3 hrs)
- HCA / BADM / MGMT 3/4000 level electives (3 hrs)
Long Term Care Administration - 12 hours (1138)
- LTCA 4103 - Collaborative Care in LTCA
- LTCA 4553 - Leadership, Facilities and Environmental Management
- LTCA 4883 - Long Term Care Certification Hours
- LTCA 4993 - Clinical Administrator in Training
Note:
The following courses are required for students with non-healthcare backgrounds or who fail to pass the program entrance examination:
Major Total - 33 hours
Total Business Core & Major - 75 hours
For more information about degree requirements, visit the NSU catalog.
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 |
Minors
Certificates
- Business Analytics Certificate
- Business Basics Certificate
- Digital Marketing Certificate
- Event Management Certificate
- Healthcare Administration Certificate
- Healthcare Information Analytics Certificate
- Human Resources Management Certificate
- International Business Certificate
- Long Term Care Administration Certificate
- Operations and Supply Chain Management Certificate
- Project Management Certificate
- Quality Management Certificate
- Small Business Certificate
- Soft Skills Certificate
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