School of Health Professions
Undergraduate

Term: Fall 2026
Session: Full Term (Aug 31 - Dec 18)
Start Date: Monday, Aug 31, 2026
End Date: Friday, Dec 18, 2026
Availability: On Campus
Day(s): Tues./Thurs.
Time: 09:30 AM to 10:45 AM

This course provides an overview to functional areas of health services administration including the areas of leadership strategic planning patient/consumer insurers and government roles healthcare informatics and technology human resources patient safety quality management and operations finance and performance management. The student will gain an understanding of the patient as a person their healthcare needs their family's needs and demographic trends and responding healthcare organizational structure and healthcare roles. Students will begin to become familiar with the language of healthcare services administration. The student will be grounded in the current challenges and have insight into future direction of healthcare system design and reform.3 Credits