BSBA Health Care Administration Major
The Health Care Administration (HCA) major in the BS in Business Administration combines liberal arts and an extensive professional core emphasizing the development of management and leadership skills for application in a variety of health care settings. The unique multidisciplinary design of the curriculum places HCA students together with students from other health care disciplines and business fields. Health Care Administration offers a wide array of professional opportunities in many different health care settings including hospitals, clinics, managed care providers, long-term care facilities, insurance companies, commercial vendors, and government agencies. The major is primarily offered in a 8-week (online) format with some courses offered in the 16-week traditional format.
Admission
• Students must submit an application to the program and pay the application fee. The application fee is waived for students already enrolled at Regis University.
• The applicant must submit official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended.
• Transfer students must have a minimum 2.500 cumulative grade point average. Students who do not meet this criterion may petition for provisional admission.
The applicant must demonstrate a minimum competence level in written English. Students with English as a second language are required to pass
the TOEFL examination with a minimum score of 213 (computer-based), or complete an ESL Language Center’s level 109-Academic within one year prior to acceptance into the program. Regis University reserves the right to deny admission, continued enrollment, or re-enrollment to any applicant or student who would pose an unreasonable risk of harm to self or others, or any unreasonable risk of disruption to the academic or clinical processes of the HCA Major or Regis University. Students are admitted into the HCA Major, but may not take upper division HCA coursework without chair approval until the specific prerequisites of each course are met.
Note: All documents submitted during the application process become the property of Regis University.
HCA Regulations
A minimum of 30 graded semester hours must be taken at Regis University.
• Transfer coursework is evaluated on a course-by-course basis.
• To graduate, students must have at least a 2.000 cumulative grade point average.
• Students are responsible for monitoring progress toward completion of degree requirements including meeting the 120 semester hour requirement. Each student is assigned an Academic Advisor.
| Code | Title | SHs |
|---|---|---|
| Core Studies Requirements | 36-37 | |
| Lower Division Requirements | ||
| AC 3200 | Principles of Accounting I | 3.00 |
| AC 3210 | Principles of Accounting II | 3.00 |
| EC 3300 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3.00 |
| MT 274 | Intro to Stats for Health Professions | 3.00 |
| Upper Division Requirements | ||
| HCE 435 | Ethics in Health Care Services | 3.00 |
| HCA 402A | The Evolving Healthcare System I | 3.00 |
| HCA 402B | The Evolving Healthcare System II | 3.00 |
| HCA 408 | The Politics of Health | 3.00 |
| HCA 423 | Foundations of Health Law | 3.00 |
| HCA 425 | Assessment-Quality Care & Patient Safety | 3.00 |
| HCA 432A | Leading Effective Organizations I | 3.00 |
| HCA 432B | Leading Effective Organizations II | 3.00 |
| HCA 452 | HR Mgmt in Hlth Care Settings | 3.00 |
| HCA 466 | Managing Health Services Reimbursement | 3.00 |
| HIM 450 | Health Care Informatics & Info Systems | 3.00 |
| or HCA 436 | Emerging Technologies for Health | |
| BA 4658 | Project Management | 3.00 |
| Upper division electives from HCA or BA courses | 3.00 | |
| General Electives | 29-31 | |
| HCA 480 | Applied Capstone- Health Care Admnstrtn | 3.00 |
| Total SHs | 119-122 | |