The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration (HCA) is offered through the Division of Health Services Education.
The HCA Program 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 multi-disciplinary design of the curriculum places HCA students together with students from other health care disciplines.
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.
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 Program, the Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, or Regis University.
Students are admitted into the HCA Program, 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 Policies
- A minimum of 30 graded semester hours must be taken at Regis University.
- Transfer coursework is evaluated on a course-by-course basis.
- The required internship is virtual and team-based with a professor assigned site, unless otherwise approved by the division chairs.
- 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 success coach for academic advising assistance.
A minimum of 39 semester hours of coursework must be completed before beginning the major requirements.
Course List
Code |
Title |
SHs |
| 3.00 |
| 6.00 |
| 12.00 |
| Intro to Stats for Health Professions | |
| 6.00 |
| Ethics in Health Care Services 1 | |
| 6.00 |
| 12.00 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Talent and Performance Management | |
| HR Mgmt in Hlth Care Settings |
AC 3200 | Principles of Accounting I | 3.00 |
AC 3210 | Principles of Accounting II | 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 |
HIM 450 | Health Care Informatics & Info Systems | 3.00 |
or HCA 436 | Emerging Technologies for Health |
HCA 458 | Project Management in Health Care Sector | 3.00 |
HIM 460 | Health Stats/Research Methods | 3.00 |
HCA 466 | Managing Health Services Reimbursement | 3.00 |
HCA 480 | Applied Capstone- Health Care Admnstrtn | 3.00 |
HCA 485 | Administrative Internship | 3.00 |
| 30 |
Total SHs | 120 |
Fast Forward Dual Degree Program
The combined Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration and Master of Science in Health Services Administration in Rueckert Hartman College for Health Professions allows students to the Master of Science program during the junior year of their Bachelor of Science program to work towards both the BS and the MS degrees. The combined degree can be completed with a total of 144 semester hours and allows four graduate courses to be taken as part of the Bachelor of Science degree, early planning of the Master of Science portion of the program and more flexible and efficient course scheduling.
Course List
Code |
Title |
SHs |
| 3.00 |
| 6.00 |
| 12.00 |
| Intro to Stats for Health Professions | |
| 6.00 |
| Ethics in Health Care Services 1 | |
| 6.00 |
| 12.00 |
| Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Talent and Performance Management | |
| HR Mgmt in Hlth Care Settings |
AC 3200 | Principles of Accounting I | 3.00 |
AC 3210 | Principles of Accounting II | 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 432A | Leading Effective Organizations I | 3.00 |
HIM 450 | Health Care Informatics & Info Systems | 3.00 |
or HCA 436 | Emerging Technologies for Health |
HCA 458 | Project Management in Health Care Sector | 3.00 |
HIM 460 | Health Stats/Research Methods | 3.00 |
HCA 466 | Managing Health Services Reimbursement | 3.00 |
HCA 480 | Applied Capstone- Health Care Admnstrtn | 3.00 |
HCA 485 | Administrative Internship | 3.00 |
HSA 601 | Ldrshp/Org Dev in Healthcare Settings | 3.00 |
HSA 624 | Assessment-Quality Care & Patient Safety | 3.00 |
| 6.00 |
| 24 |
HCE 600 | Orgznl Ethics & Health Care Compliance | 3.00 |
HSA 602 | Strategic Planning/Dvlp in Hlth Services | 3.00 |
HSA 660 | Methods of Inquiry & Research | 3.00 |
HSA 680 | Cont Iss Hlth Services Delivery Systems | 3.00 |
HSA 696 | Masters Project in Health Services | 3.00 |
HSA 604 | Fnds Hlth Care Ec/Acc/Fin Management | 3.00 |
MSHI 650 | Health Care Informatics & Info Systems | 3.00 |
or HSA 636 | Emerging Technologies for Health |
HSA 663 | Advanced Concepts of Health Care Finance | 3.00 |
Total SHs | 144 |