Healthcare Administration
Cottey offers an online BA in healthcare administration
Program Description
Are you interested in the administrative side of health care?
Cottey College’s Online Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration equips women with the knowledge and skills to direct, lead, and manage hospitals, medical practices, and larger health care systems.
Grounded in Cottey’s three threads – leadership, social responsibility, and global awareness – this program prepares you to serve with professionalism, care, and integrity.
Foundational Courses
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Business Courses
- AC201 Principles of Accounting I: Introduction to the business approach to accounting systems with emphasis on a) the role of accounting in starting, establishing, and operating a business, b) the accounting cycle, and c) merchandising operations. Practical applications of math, communication, and skills used in business will be integrated.
- BU480 Major Readings – Strategic Planning and Decision Making: Within this capstone course students will demonstrate their integrated knowledge, growth and broad mastery of the knowledge and skills gained throughout the program. Students will read significant works in Business and create reflections of those readings by using critical thinking and collaboration to explain, analyze and make recommendations regarding current problems within the industry. They will lead professional discussions and use multimodal communication in the examination of current industry topics such as, harassment, discrimination, diversity, and ethical dilemmas, in a professional engaged manner.
- MK330 Marketing: Concepts and techniques involved in marketing products and services to consumers and industrial users. Topics include the role of marketing, the selection of marketing targets, product planning, channels of distribution, product promotion and pricing.
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Health Science
- AH212 Medical Terminology: The purpose of this class is to familiarize the student with typical medical terminology, how these terms are constructed, and the meaning of pertinent prefixes and suffixes associated with the technical healthcare language.
- AH316 Data Analysis for Allied Health: This course focuses on statistical data and terminology as they apply to allied health practice. Students will learn the importance of statistics in performing data analysis and will be introduced to basic statistical procedures.
- HS430 Current Issues in Professional Practice: The student researches current professional literature on each of the core topic areas of the Health Sciences degree. Weekly, each student provides a formal discussion of the assigned core topic area as it pertains to their practicum experience that is supported by current professional literature. Students respond to peers weekly in constructive dialogue, and utilize current professional literature to support their peer responses. APA format is required for discussions and responses. The final project at the end of the course provides the student with the opportunity to summarize what has been learned in the course.
Potential Career Outcomes
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Career Outcomes
This degree program prepares students for careers in hospitals, medical practices, or in larger health care systems.
Healthcare Administration degree graduates will be able to:
- Communicate with healthcare businesses to access and evaluate information needed to make sound business decisions.
- Analyze records in order to make recommendations for organizational goals, or create solutions and demonstrate problem solving skills needed in the profession.
- Understand the principles of management, organizational skills, supervision, and coaching in order to effectively lead an organization.
What You’ll Experience
- Build expertise through coursework that engages and challenges students
- Participate in hands-on learning through projects, presentations, field experiences, and internships
- Obtain the educational background desired by employers in a variety of health care settings
Terms to Fit Your Schedule: Classes are either 8 or 16 weeks, providing more choice and flexibility for busy adults.
Want to learn more? Contact Manager of Online Programs, Jen Harris at jharris@cottey.edu or 417-684-2696.
