Healthcare Administration Major | Arcadia University

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Overview

Degree Level: Undergraduate
Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Arts

school/college: School of Global Business

Bachelor’s Degree in Healthcare Administration

Providing and managing healthcare is one of today’s fastest growing professions. The Bachelor of Arts in Healthcare Administration at Arcadia University offers a challenging business-based curriculum highlighting key concepts in healthcare administration, business, planning and policy, and legal management.

Studying Healthcare Administration, you will:

Integrate general business and management skills with a working knowledge of the healthcare system.
Have the opportunity to minor in another discipline and spend a semester or more abroad, including an overseas internship experience.
Learn from professors with extensive professional experience in the field of healthcare management and current healthcare professionals.
Experience internships in hospitals, nursing facilities, insurance, rehabilitation centers and private practices as well as social service organizations to supplement academics with on-the-job experience.
Have the flexibility to complete all science prerequisite courses and degree requirements for pre-clinical masters programs.

Postgraduate Study Options at Arcadia

Meeting your course requirements in Healthcare Administration makes you eligible to apply to several of Arcadia University’s graduate programs. By taking courses in the sciences as electives, you will meet basic requirements for admittance into Arcadia’s graduate programs in Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, and Public Health.

Concentrations

Concentrations allow you to specialize in an area of business. Augment your program and further prepare for your career by selecting one of the following.

Economics

Apply microeconomics and macroeconomics to problems of business decision making and learn the effect of governmental policies on the business environment. This concentration will also provide you with a foundation for graduate programs in law, business, public administration, or economics.

Management

Learn the fundamental knowledge for supervisory roles in a variety of industries, or for entry into corporate management training programs. You will explore human resources, information systems, and be able to choose a further path in social media, agribusiness, or sport management.

Finance

Interested in working in economic and financial institutions or finance departments of corporations? Gain an in-depth background in finance with principles of financial analysis, investments, and banking.

Explore a Typical Course Path to Graduation

Healthcare Administration Abroad

Arcadia University is ranked in the top 10 in the country for study abroad. We encourage you to explore all your options.

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Healthcare Administration Minor

Non-business majors can develop Healthcare Administration skills with this added minor.

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Featured Courses

Introduction to Health Services

Required Course

This foundation course provides an overview of the current health delivery system: Issues of cost, quality and access are discussed among a variety of healthcare settings, including: hospitals, outpatient clinics, and a number of long-term care organizations. You are also introduced to the breadth and depth of career opportunities in health care.

Healthcare Planning and Policy

Required Course

This course covers the theoretical and historical foundations of healthcare planning and policy development. Current healthcare policy issues are discussed and examined both nationally and internationally.

Internship in Health Administration

Required Course

You will complete 100+ hours of internship work in a professional healthcare setting. The internship course is designed to have you apply academic concepts in a work environment and complete one or more significant projects for the organization.

Seminar in Health Administration

Required Course

The capstone course in health administration requires you to see organizations from a total management point of view and to integrate your learning from prior courses. You will work in teams to generate a business plan for a local healthcare organization.

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