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Please do not take classes without speaking with your advisor.
HCA 3103 Health Information Systems
(Prerequisite: Junior standing). Three hours lecture. A survey of the components, functions, and processes of Information Systems and applications in healthcare organizations
HCA 3113 Managing Healthcare Organizations
(Prerequisites: Junior standing or Permission of the instructor). Three hours lecture. Management principles for large and small healthcare organizations including the fundamental principles of planning, organizing, and leading
HCA 3123 Healthcare Economics
(Prerequisites: EC 2123). Three hours lecture. The United States healthcare system and healthcare organization management from an applied economics perspective; topics include costs, profit maximization, pricing, market structure, and government intervention
HCA 3133 Healthcare Logistics and Supply Chain Management
(Prerequisite: Junior standing). Three hours lecture. A general survey of the key concepts of healthcare logistics and supply chain management including purchasing, operations, inventory management, demand forecasting, and performance analysis
HCA 3203 Healthcare Marketing
(Prerequisite: Junior standing). Three hours lecture. This course explores the principles of marketing and their application in healthcare. Students will learn the essential elements of marketing strategies, including the marketing environment, customer behavior, STP, and the four Ps and their roles in healthcare industries
HCA 3313 Healthcare Systems
Three hours lecture. This course explores the US healthcare system. Students examine access, quality and cost, public health, managed care, patient services, and mental healthcare. They examine the role of healthcare professionals and providers. Students will look at how US healthcare compares to other countries
HCA 3513 Human Resources Management in Healthcare
(Prerequisite: Junior standing or Permission of the instructor). Three hours lecture. Development of efficient programs for managing human resources in large and small healthcare settings. Emphasizes ethics, equal employment opportunity, performance evaluation, recruitment, selection, education, training, labor relations, resources and capabilities, safety, and health
HCA 3813 Healthcare Regulations
Three hours lecture. Overview of health law in the U.S. Covers major laws and regulations that apply to healthcare, the most regulated section of our economy. Students will learn that health law is overlapping layers of federal, state, and local jurisdiction
HCA 4013 Ethical Issues in Healthcare
(Prerequisite: Junior-Standing: N/A; Graduate-standing: MGT 3113 or Consent of Instructor). Three hours lecture. Managerial approaches into the ethical basis of patient care exploring the legal, theistic, cost-benefit, and humanist perspectives used to set corporate policy. (Meridian Campus)
HCA 4103 Quality Management & Process Improvement in Healthcare
(Prerequisite: BQA 2113 or ST 2113 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Concepts of monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of patient care and services provided in health care organizations; management tools and modeling techniques for improvement of clinical processes and decision-making
HCA 4123 Introduction to Health Informatics
(Prerequisite: HCA 3103 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Overview of health informatics and health data analytics; hands-on experience in analytical techniques, modeling, and software using healthcare data
HCA 4303 Financial Management for Healthcare
(Prerequisites: FIN 3123). Three hours lecture. Concepts including budgeting, revenue cycle, cash management, investing, and risk are applied to the financial management of healthcare organizations
HCA 4803 Healthcare Policy
(Prerequisite: for both HCA 4803 and 6803: HCA 3813 or Consent of Instructor). Three hours lecture. A detailed study of the health care industry using an analysis of the internal resources and external environmental policies utilized by health care providers. (Meridian Campus)
Recommended electives:
FIN 3123 Financial Management
(Prerequisites: EC 2123, ACC 2013, and BQA 2113 ). Three hours lecture. Study of objectives, tools, methods, and problems of financial management; financial analysis, planning, control, sources/uses of funds, capital budgeting decisions and working capital
EC 2123 Principles of Microeconomics
Three hours lecture. Introduction to microeconomics: emphasizes American industrial structure, demand and supply, pricing and output, income distribution, factor pricing, international trade
ACC 2013 Principles of Financial Accounting
Three hours lecture. Financial accounting fundamentals including accounting cycle, accounting systems, cash flow, assets, liabilities, equity, and forms of business organizations. Honors section available
BQA 2113 Business Statistical Methods I or ST 2113 Introduction to Statistics
BQA 2113 Business Statistical Methods I
(Prerequisite: MA 1613 or MA 1713 and BIS 1012 or equivalent). Three hours lecture. Methods of describing numerical data; probability in business decisions; random variables; sampling distributions; introduction to estimation and hypothesis testing; computer statistical packages applied
ST 2113 Introduction to Statistics
Prerequisite:ACT Math subscore 24(or higher for some sections)or grade of C or better in MA 1103 or MA 1313 or MA 1213. Two hours lecture.Two hours laboratory. Introduction to descriptive statistics, random variables, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, & hypothesis testing. Computer instruction for analysis.(Same as MA 2113)
The semesters in which these courses are offered are subject to change.
The departments control when the courses will be available.
