Program Description:
Husson University’s Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration is a 100% online program designed for aspiring leaders and current healthcare professionals ready to advance their careers. Whether you are looking to move into management or transition from a clinical role to an administrative one, Husson provides the technical foundation and soft skills required to ensure health organizations serve their communities efficiently and effectively.
This highly marketable degree equips you with the business acumen and operational expertise needed to succeed as a leader in the healthcare industry, one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing career sectors. As the demand for high-quality healthcare increases, so will the need for skilled administrators and managers with knowledge in policy, finance, and healthcare operations.
Program Outcomes:
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Explain basic principles and tools of budget and resource management.
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Select methods to evaluate public health programs.
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Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
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Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.
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Advocate for political, social or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
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Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity
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Apply principles of leadership, governance and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration.
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Perform effectively on interprofessional teams.
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Compare the organization, structure and function of health care, public health and regulatory systems across national and international settings.
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Advocate for means by which structural bias, social inequities and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity.
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Assess population needs, assets and capacities that affect communities’ health.
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Evaluate awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs.
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Design a population-based policy, program, project or intervention.
| General Education Requirements | ||
| CM 221 | Professional Communications | 3 |
| EH 105 | College Writing | 3 |
| HE 111 | The Husson Experience | 1-3 |
| or HE 114 | Husson Experience & Building Professional Skills | |
| MS 132 | Probability and Statistics | 3 |
| PY 111 | General Psychology | 3 |
| PY 141 | Human Growth and Development | 3 |
| Fine Arts Elective | 3 | |
| Foreign Culture and Conversation Elective | 3 | |
| Lab Science Elective | 3-4 | |
| Literature Elective | 3 | |
| Math I Elective | 3-4 | |
| Natural Science, Social Science or History Elective | 3 | |
| Perspectives Elective | 3 | |
| Philosophical Elective | 3 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| BA 101 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BY 322 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| EH 360 | Writing in the Health Professions | 3 |
| HS 101 | Foundations of Healthcare Professions | 3 |
| HS 121 | Medical Terminology | 3 |
| HS 301 | Introduction to Public Health | 3 |
| HS 302 | Global Health | 3 |
| HS 311 | Healthcare Management and Organization | 3 |
| HS 321 | Healthcare Law and Ethics | 3 |
| HS 411 | Health Economics and Policy | 3 |
| HS 421 | Health Care Studies Senior Experience | 3 |
| HS 491 | Health Care Studies Internship | 3-6 |
| SC 224 | Research Design | 3 |
| HS Electives | 9 | |
| Open Electives * | 30 | |
| Total Hours | 118-125 | |
*Depending on credit allocation, students may need to take an additional open elective to meet the minimum 120 credit requirement