| Health Care Administration |
| Bachelor
of Arts |
| Certificate
of Proficiency |
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| Bachelor
of Arts in Health Care Administration |
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Health Care Administration Core
The Health Care Administration Core has been carefully designed to provide students
with fundamental business skills along with a broad understanding of management in a
health care setting. Health care administrators need to possess a variety of
management, communication and leadership skills. They work in various types of health
care facilities that provide a wide array of health care services and levels of care.
Techniques of analysis and evaluation will be applied to the delivery of health
services with a focus on organizational design, staffing, financing and utilization of
limited resources.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities in the health care industry are among the fastest growing in the
United States, and health care is the largest industry within the Greater Cleveland
metropolitan area. The new delivery systems in providing health care have created
many specialized industries, such as long-term rehabilitation, industrial medicine and
home health care.
Entry level positions in the health care industry include:
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- Activities Program Coordinator
- Marketing Coordinator
- Discharge Coordinator
- Human Resource Recruiter
- Coordinator of Volunteer Services
- Coordinator of Outreach Services
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- HR Generalist
- Medical Staff Coordinator
- Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk
- Compliance Coordinator
- Admissions/Discharge Clerk
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| Advanced positions in the health care industry include:
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- Admissions Director
- Community Relations Manager
- Physician Practice Manager
- Manager of Finance
- Director of Activities/Programs
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- Director of Marketing
- Director of Emergency Services
- Director of Clinical Information Systems
- Director of Volunteer Services
- Director of Wellness Programs
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The Ursuline Studies Program
The heart of an Ursuline education is the Ursuline
Studies Program. By its very nature, the Ursuline Studies Program is
committed to a values education, critical thinking, character development
and civic responsibility for the integration of the student’s vocational-career goals
within a liberal arts education. As an outcomes-based curriculum, the program views
the assessment of values clarification and analysis being an essential part of each student’s academic progress and development.
The Ursuline Studies Program involves a series of writing-intensive
interdisciplinary courses that total 49 credit hours and serve as the liberal arts
core of an Ursuline College education. The program highlights personal development,
the cultivation of academic abilities and the exploration of a coherent, integrated
body of knowledge drawn from a variety of disciplines. |
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| Course(s) |
Credit
Hours |
| Ursuline College Core Requirements |
49 |
| Health Care Administration
Core: |
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| HCA 350 |
Operations and Systems Management
of Health Care Administration |
3 |
| HCA 360 |
Health Care Economics |
3 |
| HCA 370 |
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration |
3 |
| HCA 430 |
Financial Management of Health
Care Institutions |
3 |
| HCA 450 |
Health Care Policy Formation
and Implications of Strategic Policy Initiatives |
3 |
| MGT 370 |
Managerial Accounting |
3 |
| MGT 380 |
Communication Skills and Information
Management |
3 |
| MGT 400 |
Marketing Strategies for Managers |
3 |
| MGT 450 |
Leadership Competencies |
3 |
| BU 230 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
| BU 330 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
| BU 375 |
Business Statistics |
3 |
| MC 360 |
Data Analysis for Management |
3 |
| Total credit hours: |
39 |
General Electives
Within this category
are HCA-focused electives. Students are encouraged
to sign up for:
RS 366c: Theology of Suffering & Death
for Stage III Religious Studies (3 credits)
BI 300: Medical Terminology (l credit)
HCA 300: Long Term Care Administration (3
credits)
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40 |
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| Total credit hours needed to graduate |
128* |
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Courses previously
taken at other accredited institutions may apply
toward credit hour requirements listed above. |
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| Further details about this program can
be found in the Course
Description or Degree Plan/Audit Sheet documents. |
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| Health
Care Administration Certificate of Proficiency |
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22-25 Credit Hours
Total credit hours is dependent on internship requirement.
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Classes Meet Once Per Week for 5 Weeks
Exceptions are HCA 360 and HCA 430, which meet for 10 weeks each.
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The Health Care Administration Core
The Health Care Administration Certificate has been carefully designed
to provide students with the fundamental skills and competencies needed to
manage within a health services organization that offers a wide array of services
and levels of care within a seamlessly integrated delivery system.
Techniques of case analysis and evaluation will be applied to course
content with a focus on the salient issues facing health care managers
in the areas of:
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- Organizational Behavior
- Human Resources
- Economics
- Marketing
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- Finance
- Policy Formation and Implementation
- Conducting Data Analysis with the Use of Excel
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Students may begin studies with or without a college degree, and certificate
courses may be applied towards a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Health Care
Administration.
In addition, the Certificate in HCA can significantly supplement the BA
Degree in Business Management, affording students greater employment opportunities
in the local job market in which health care is the dominant industry.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities in the health care industry are among the fastest growing
within the local Greater Metropolitan Cleveland Area. The 21st Century Model of a
vertically integrated health care delivery system provides for many specialty
health services organizations: 1) physician practices; 2) acute care (hospital)
settings; 3) outpatient clinics and surgical outpatient centers; 4) long-term care
rehabilitation centers; 5) skilled nursing (long-term care facilities); 6) assisted
living facilities; 7) continuous care retirement communities; and 8) government
agencies at the federal, state, county, and city level.
Ursuline College Mission
Ursuline College was founded in 1871 by the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland with a
mission that emphasizes academic excellence. Respecting a diverse student
population, Ursuline offers varied approaches to learning for the growth of the
whole person. Ursuline College prepares students for further education, careers,
leadership, and service to society while encouraging the search for wisdom.
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| Prerequisites to HCA Certificate: Computer Competency Equivalent to
MC 103, 105, and 107 MA 114 or MAT 125 or equivalent knowledge
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| Course(s) |
Credit
Hours |
| BU 230 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 |
| BU 330 |
Human Resource Management |
3 |
| MC 365 |
Data Analysis with Excel |
1 |
| MGT 400 |
Marketing Strategies |
3 |
| HCA 350 |
Operations & Systems Management of Health Care Administration |
3 |
| HCA 360 |
Health Care Economics |
3 |
| HCA 430 |
Financial Management of Health Care Institutions |
3 |
| HCA 450 |
Health Care Policy Formation and Implications of
Strategic Policy Initiatives |
3 |
| HS 475 |
Academic Internship |
1-3 |
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All courses may be applied to Bachelor of
Arts Degree in Health Care Administration
· Possible on-site locations
· Classes held once a week for 5 sessions
· Evening and Saturday classes
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Courses previously
taken at other accredited institutions may apply
toward credit hour requirements listed above. |
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Classes subject
to change |
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| Further details about this program can
be found in the Course
Description or Degree Plan/Audit Sheet documents. |
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