Bachelor of Science in Health Administration
The University of Atlanta’s Bachelor of Science program Health care Administration is designed to provide solid grounding in a broad spectrum of issues related to the health care industry: local, community, and regional healthcare facilities; occupational health and safety issues; social and public policy matters that bear directly upon healthcare industry. Studies will include, among others, courses in biological, technological, legal, administrative and social foundations areas. The program provides the student with a broad understanding of modern healthcare organizations and the workings of allied health facilitates: how they have or have not evolved, strengths and areas for reform.
Program Objectives:
* Investigate issues pertinent to the current U.S. healthcare system.
* Develop a fundamental understanding of other healthcare systems (via a comparative and contrastive understanding of other systems in other cultures).
* Apply the principles of health administration, education and promotion so as to promote effective operations of healthcare organizations and facilities.
* Analyze delivery of healthcare services, management, and human resources (as these tightly inter-relate and are, in large measure, inter-dependent).
* Identify principles of economics, leadership, marketing, planning, and legal considerations as these impact healthcare as a system and as an organizational structure.
* Apply acquired knowledge in statistical analysis, among others, so that data can be generated and serve the contextual needs of the healthcare process and the organizational systems.
* Develop strong communication skills with due emphasis on the tools of effective writing.
Career Opportunities: The successful graduate will be prepared to consider a wide-range of para-professional or pre-professional or entry-level positions in the healthcare industry, hospitals and allied health organizations, in industry, in government, in other professional arenas – or, alternatively, to assume enhanced responsibilities within the context of a currently-held (health-care-focused) position. Those who so elect will be academically prepared to pursue graduate studies in Healthcare Administration, Allied Health professions, Public Administration, Social Science and/or in a wide array of related disciplines.
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Master of Science in Health care Administration
The Master of Science in Health care Administration program seeks to develop professionals who understand how to manage non-profit, for-profit, and voluntary health care organizations in effective and innovative ways. The program focuses on the need for health care administrators to be continuous learners, critical thinkers, and ethical practitioners by recognizing the multiply-constructed nature of human, social, and organizational realities and the complex relationships between the system of health providers and the needs of the community. Students will analyze the role of health care in society, the managed care model, the need for client-centered models, alternative paradigms, and the development of health organizations in a broad array of communities. Courses integrate theoretical concepts with practical applications. The program is designed with effective professional leadership skills and the ability to develop and implement solid, creative solutions as its central objectives.
Program Objectives:
* Incorporate health science concepts into health administration management planning, analysis, development and execution.
* Develop an expansive knowledge of regulations and policies relating to health care and delivery, updated regularly, and applied to all polices and procedures implemented and sustained.
* Oversee or monitor marketing principles relative to health services and promotion.
* Evidence the ability to apply managerial concepts and technological advances to the effective administration of health care facilities.
* Demonstrate a significant knowledge of quality management theories and techniques in the health administration arena.
* Develop advanced research and analytical skills which allow one to investigate issues pertinent to the current U.S. health care system.
* Develop a rather far-reaching understanding of other health care systems (via a comparative and contrastive understanding of other systems in other cultures).
* Apply the principles of health administration, education and promotion so as to promote effective operations of health care organizations and facilities.
* Identify principles of economics, leadership, marketing, planning, and legal considerations as these impact health care as a system and as an organizational structure, particularly at the professional (managerial and leadership) levels.
* Apply advanced knowledge in statistical analysis, among others, so that data can be generated and serve the contextual needs of the health care process and the organizational systems.
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