The Health Care Administration program offers a relevant, comprehensive education for the advancing practitioner and aspiring health care leader. In focusing on the unique, experiences of graduate students, each student is able to customize their program in specializations of acute care, long-term care, community health and wellness, health care advocacy and navigation, and health care support services.
To enhance our program excellence, our faculty incorporate applied research design strategies in creating engaging discussion boards, work related projects, applied research papers, and critical thinking assignments that are meaningful and valued. Leadership, management, and the continuum of care are core principles that each course in the program integrates.
Health Care Administration graduates will be prepared to:
- Join the health care workforce with an ability to function at an administrative level
- Provide leadership qualities demanded in diverse health care settings
- Understand and apply best practices principles in the continuum of care
- Guide themselves and others in “Character” development and engagement
The eight week online format allows students to pace their plan of study to their personal and professional lives. Typically by taking 3 credits per eight week session, students can be position ready in just over two years. Our Leadership Institute, an HCA initiative, is designed to support college, organizational partnerships in research, grant development, program planning, and evaluation. All HCA faculty and students have an opportunity to be engaged as Associates in the Institute endeavors.
Student Learning Goals
- Identify, articulate, and exhibit leadership attributes in professional work and academic forums
- Apply systems thinking applications in personal, team, and health care organization settings
- Apply best practices in critical thinking application and creativity in guiding applied research in health care organizations
- Interpret and master project management design, development, and evaluation strategies in project work
- Identify and discern stakeholder interests in competitive and collaborative health care initiatives
