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Health Care Administration Course Descriptions

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HCAD 300 Health Care Organization Theory and Management Practice (3)

An introduction to the field of health care administration, examining the background, philosophy, institutions, and mode of operation of the health care system. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 310 Management Skills Assessment (3)

An assessment of one's personal and professional life with an emphasis on career goals. In addition, this course considers future trends in health care in relation to changing careers and lifestyles. Techniques of management writing and portfolio preparation as well as an overview of the style recommended for research papers is included. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 320 Research Methods and Statistics (3)

An introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics and research design. Statistical and research concepts and procedures used in health care are utilized with an emphasis on practical healthcare applications. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 340 Personnel Management (3)

A study of human resource management functions for managers of health care programs. Course topics include personnel planning, staffing, development, and training. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 350 Health Care Information Systems Management (3)

Automated information systems operations and design are examined, together with an operational understanding of subsystems for pathology, nursing, clinical laboratory, radiology, physiology, preventive medicine, medical education, administration, and financial management. Setting up an automated information system for a medical database and networking principles for a medical subsystem are also examined. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 380 Business Data Analysis (3)

Prerequisite: ACCT 211. Accounting principles and practices applicable to health care organizations with emphasis on hospitals and ambulatory care services, including cost-finding methodologies, third-party payor negotiations, internal controls, and internal and external financial reporting. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 400 Planning in Health Care (3)

How to apply planning theory and techniques at the institutional, community, and area-wide levels in relation to governmental, political, economic, and social constraints with analysis and interpretations of health status and health care resources data. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 410 Managerial Economics (3)

Analysis and evaluation of the economic environment health care consumers, providers, and institutions. Analysis and evaluation of fiscal and monetary policies on the delivery of health care in government and private health care institutions. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 420 Health Care Finance (3)

Prerequisite: ACCT 211. An evaluation of the financial subsystems of health care organizations and the application of analytical tools toward improving the managerial usefulness of financial information. Topics include financial markets and investments, financial statement analysis, management of working capital, capital budgeting, financially based performance evaluation, and pricing policies. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 430 Legal Issues and Public Policy in Health Care (3)

An orientation to the American legal system, its principles and processes, and to such issues as public health laws, institutional and professional liability, informed consent, physician-patient relationships, forensic medicine, legislative activities, and controversial medico-legal and ethical issues. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)

HCAD 499 Guided Independent Research Project (NC)

The guided independent research project begins with the first scheduled course and ends with the last course. Students select the project in cooperation with the Health Care Administration research project advisor and their work supervisors. The project may include such items as work-related studies, experimental studies, grant proposals, and planning documents. This research project requires 250 hours of work directly related to the project. A comprehensive project write-up is required. The project receives a letter grade. (Available only through the Adult Evening Program)