Health Care Administration

Health Care Administration (HCA) majors receive a bachelor’s degree in business. You will take what you learn in the classroom and from your internship and apply it to your first professional work experience. Students enhance their HCA studies with another business major to increase their expertise and marketability in the healthcare professions. Other programs offered in business include Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Management, and Marketing.

Students that major in Health Care Administration are open to a variety of potential careers that will lead to success. You will have the opportunity to work with community businesses through internships and class projects.

Marian University has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE), located in Olathe, Kansas. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE:

• Bachelor's Degrees. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with majors in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Health Care Administration, Human Resources, Management, Marketing, Sport and Recreation Management; Bachelor of Science with a major in Information Technology; Bachelor of Business Administration with majors in General Management, Health Care Administration, Human Resource Management, Marketing, and Operations Management.
• Master Degree. Master of Science in Leadership with concentration in Organizational Leadership and Quality.

International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE)
11374 Strang Line Road
Lenexa, Kansas 66215 USA

HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM (BSBA)

General Education Program:  46-49 University requirements, including PHI 231; MAT 130 or MAT 201. TEC 102 is highly recommended. 

Business Programs Core*

40-41 credits as follows:

31 credits:

ACC 201    Financial Accounting, 3 cr. 
ACC 202    Managerial Accounting, 3 cr. 
BUA 203    Career Preparation, 1 cr. 
BUA 310    International Business, 3 cr. 
BUA 350    Business Law, 3 cr. 
BUA 402    Strategy and Policy, 3 cr. 
ECO 201    Macroeconomics, 3 cr. 
ECO 202    Microeconomics, 3 cr. 
FIN 301     Managerial Finance, 3 cr. 
MGT 213   Principles of Management, 3 cr. 
 MKT 201   Principles of Marketing, 3 cr. 

3 credits from the following: 

ENG 222    Business Communications, 3 cr. 
COM 101   Fundamentals of Communication, 3 cr. 
COM 232   Public Speaking, 3 cr. 
COM 324   Interpersonal Communication, 3 cr. (recommended for students majoring in Health Care Administration)

3 credits:

TEC 200     Fundamentals of Information Technology, 3 cr. 

3-4 credits from the following:

BUA 210    Statistical Techniques for Research Data Analysis, 3 cr. 
MAT 122   Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 4 cr. 

*For all six business majors except information technology. 

40-41 credits:   Business Programs Core including course COM 324 Interpersonal Communication, recommended alternative to COM 232 Public Speaking, or ENG 222 Business Communication in the Business Core. 

18-24 credits:

Major in a functional area of business, one of: accounting, business administration, finance, human resources, information technology, management, marketing, or sport and recreation management. 

17 - 20 credits as follows:

17 credits:

HCA 201     Introduction to Health Care Administration, 3 cr. 
HCA 411     Legal Issues in Health Care Administration, 3 cr. 
HCA 421     Financial and Economic Aspects of  Health Care, 3 cr. 
HCA 431     Health Care Management and Policy, 3 cr. 
MGT 408     Leadership in Ethical Organization, 3 cr. 
NUR 220     Introduction to Medical Terminology, 2 cr. 

0-3 credits:

HCA 397     Health Care Internship (in Functional Major), 0-3 cr. 
HCA 497     Health Care Internship (in Functional  Major), 0-3 cr. 

1-7 credits: University electives