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Bachelor of Arts Degree
Major: Health Service Administration
Description
Keiser University’s Bachelor of Arts degree in Health Service Administration provides a basic understanding of health services administration and of the unique skills needed by a health service administrator. Topics include coding and billing, public and private healthcare and financial and legal issues in healthcare.
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Program Objective
The following objectives are designed to meet Keiser University’s mission and its objectives.
- To develop a student’s ability to understand the social, political and economic forces affecting the health care industry
- To prepare students for jobs in the healthcare industry
- To develop a student’s ability to think critically and communicate effectively
- To assist students in becoming more proficient in the use of medical terminology, medical coding and computer skills
- To help students develop and perform analytical and technical skills in clinical chemistry, hematology, urinalysis, clinical microbiology, immunohematology and serology/ immunology
Prerequisite for Major Courses: None
Program Outline
To receive a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Health Services Administration, students must earn a total of 123.0 credit hours. Program requirements are as follows:
Lower Division Health Service Administration Major Courses (24.0 credit hours)
- Business Law 3.0 credit hours
- Entrepreneurship: 3.0 credit hours
- Principles of Health Services Administration: 3.0 credit hours
- Healthcare Computer Applications: 3.0 credit hours
- CPT Coding for Health Service Administration: 3.0 credit hours
- Healthcare Medical Terminology: 3.0 credit hours
- Principles of Management: 3.0 credit hours
- Human Resource Management: 3.0 credit hours
Lower Division General Education Courses (36.0 credit hours)
NOTE: All lower division major and general education courses should be completed before upper division courses are undertaken.
Upper Division Health Services Administration Major Courses (51.0 credit hours)
- Accounting for Healthcare: 3.0 credit hours
- Financial Issues in Healthcare: 3.0 credit hours
- Billing/Third Party Payers: 3.0 credit hours
- Public Health Management: 3.0 credit hours
- Hospital Billing: 3.0 credit hours
- Long-Term Managed Care Systems: 3.0 credit hours
- Risk Management in Healthcare: 3.0 credit hours
- Health Services Administration Capstone Project: 3.0 credit hours
- Issues in Healthcare Communication: 3.0 credit hours
- Workforce Diversity: 3.0 credit hours
- Performance Evaluation: 3.0 credit hours
- Introduction to Management and Organizational Behavior: 3.0 credit hours
- Healthcare Marketing: 3.0 credit hours
- Recruitment, Selection and Staffing: 3.0 credit hours
- Labor Relations: 3.0 credit hours
- Management Laws and Employee Relations: 3.0 credit hours
- Health Law and Ethics: 3.0 credit hours
Upper Division General Education (12.0 credit hours)
- Management Information Systems for Health Organizations: 3.0 credit hours T
- Health Psychology: 3.0 credit hours T
- Healthcare Communications: 3.0 credit hours T
- Writing for Managers: 3.0 credit hours T
The letter “T” represents a course designed for transferability between institutions |
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