Online Bachelor's in Healthcare Administration Courses
Curriculum Details
- 40 courses
- 120 credits
- 16-week course duration
AUM’s online Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Healthcare Administration program helps working adults build career-ready skills for management roles in healthcare settings. Through sixteen-week courses, you’ll gain a strong understanding of healthcare systems and policy, while developing practical skills in accounting, budgeting, financial decision-making, and quality improvement.
Coursework emphasizes real-world application, including analyzing financial statements, evaluating healthcare policies, understanding organizational strategy, and how to identify improvement opportunities and create corrective actions. Interested students may be prepared to pursue the Nursing Home Administrators licensing exam.
With the ability to transfer up to 64 credits from prior learning, you can accelerate your path to graduation and complete the program in as little as two to four years.
Courses
Credits
This course explores the principles of health policy in the United States, examining the roles of government, key stakeholders, and public policy processes in shaping healthcare. Students will analyze how policy decisions are formulated, implemented, and evaluated, and how data on health, economics, and quality inform policymaking. The course emphasizes the role of healthcare professionals in influencing policy at the local, state, and federal levels.
This course introduces students to the basic economic principles that shape the U.S. healthcare system. Students will identify key economic concepts such as supply, demand, cost, and choice, and describe how these concepts apply to healthcare services and decision-making. The course will also help students explain how health insurance works, how consumers and providers make choices, and how public policy affects the healthcare economy.
This course provides an overview of the structure, financing, and regulation of the U.S. healthcare system. Students will explore major healthcare settings, payment systems, and the roles of government, providers, and payers in shaping access, quality, and cost. The course also examines current policy issues and the use of technology to improve healthcare delivery.
Managers and administrators involved in the delivery of healthcare must understand their contribution to the financial viability of the organization. Healthcare managers must be able to identify, select, and use accounting information for management decision making with an emphasis on management’s control responsibilities and the financial impact of management’s decisions on the firm.
- Methodology Course (any field with approval) – 3 credits
- University Success and Areas I-IV – 44 credits
- Area V. Major Courses – 42 credits
- Major Electives, 3000 or above – 36 credits
- Area VI Free Electives, 1000 or above – 29 credits
Production of a major interdisciplinary project and other projects that demonstrate command of subject matter and/or methods.
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