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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration, BSHCA


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The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration will prepare students to work in management and administration in hospitals, clinics, and other organizations providing health care services. Their roles include aspects of finance, budgeting, billing, human resources management, facilities managements, marketing, and quality measurement and improvement. In addition, holding a BSHCA will allow students to purse further education at the graduate level. 

Several sources of information reported that employment of health care administration professionals is projected to grow steadily over the next 20 years. The increase in need is largely due to the depth of services being sought out and a wider spectrum of medical procedures in a growing amount of health care facilities. 

The degree curriculum requires a minimum of 122 semester hours. The curriculum follows Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) baccalaureate certification standards for health care administration programs. The curriculum serves as an outstanding platform to expose students to the concepts necessary for success in the workplace, further education and life-long learning. A required practicum provides students with the opportunity to receive training linked to practice. An important component of health care administration training is the integration of learning with practical experience. The program will provide students with exposure to health professionals and/or institutions that engage in health care administration. 

Of the 122 credit hours required to complete, 80-82 are dictated by the major; 45 credits are taken in the Department of Public and Allied Health, and 35-37 are supportive courses taken outside the Department but required by the major. Students accepted into the Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration program will be required to fulfill all BGSU General Education requirements(i.e. BG Perspective requirements which equate to at least 36 credit hours) and related undergraduate graduation requirements. 

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate, students in the Health Care Administration Degree program are expected to be able to:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the United States health care system.
  • Analyze socio-cultural factors associate with the distribution and etiology of health and disease using epidemiological concepts and principals to develop health intervention strategies. 
  • Demonstrate entry-level management skills to plan, organize, direct, and control the function and processes of health care organizations. 
  • Apply budget information and financial analysis to decision making and strategic planning in health care organizations. 
  • Evaluate ethical matters, laws and policy regulations as well as apply appropriate legal decisions to the administration of health care organizations. 
  • Apply health information data and technology to improve overall health care performance. 
  • Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels. 

BG Perspective (BGP) Requirements


Must complete at least 1 course in each of the following:

   English Composition and Oral Communication
   _____________________________    ________

   Quantitative Literacy
   _____________________________    ________

Must Complete at least 2 courses in each of the following:

   Humanities and the Arts
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________    

   Natural Sciences - at least one Lab Science required
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________                                                                                      

   Social and Behavioral Sciences
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________                                                                        

Complete total required BGP credit hours by selecting courses from any of the above categories:

   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________ 
   _____________________________    ________                                                                                    

University Requirements

Designated courses in Humanities and the Arts and the Social and Behavioral Sciences domains may be used to fulfill both the BGP requirement and one of the following university requirements:

Cultural Diversity in the US    ____________
International Perspective       ____________

Composition Requirement:
WRIT 1120                              

Total BGP Credits: Must be at least 36                      

Practicum and Capstone (minimum 6 hours)


Notes:


Accelerated Bachelor’s to BGSU MHSA Program

Students with Undergraduate Accelerated Status may choose up to 6 credit hours form the following courses which will count for both the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees:
† MHSA 6400 Healthcare Law and Ethics (3)
†† MHSA 6890 Internship (3)

No S/U Grade Option for any degree program courses. Based upon an average of 15 credit hour semester, students entering the major as freshman are expected to complete degree requirements in 8 semesters. Students transferring to the university or major may require additional time depending upon transfer credit awarded. 

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