History

Business Majors:

All business students must take the following pre and posttests prior to graduation.

• Associate Degree – Pre-Test First Semester & Post-Test prior to graduation. • BaccalaureateDegree – Pre-Test First Semester and

Post-Test prior to graduation PLUS the Major Field Test in Business or an assigned equivalent.

Degree Requirements:

For a complete listing of requirements, see the Business Management section of this catalog.

Bachelor of Technical Studies Applied Health CareAdministration (2+2 Program) (50513) Holzer School of Nursing & Allied Health College of Professional & Technical Studies

The School of Allied Health offers students who have

completed an Associate's Degree in an Allied Health field

to continue their education with the Bachelor of Technical Studies (BTS) - Applied Health Care Administration (2 + 2 Program). Students who have not completed an Allied Health Associate's Degree but are interested in the Health Care Administration field, have the opportunity to major in Business Management with a Minor in Health Care Administration. See the School of Business’ Business Management section for more information about this program.

The 2+2 program is designed to provide health care professionals with an associate degree from an accredited institution, an opportunity to complete a bachelor degree in Health Care Administration by completing 42 credit hours of specified courses and 18 general education credit hours (please refer to the listed degree requirements). The majority of the courses in the HCA BTS Program are offered online allowing convenient degree completion for the working professional.

TheApplied Health CareAdministrationBTS degree is offered through the School ofAllied Health and consists of:

• Aminimum of forty-eight (42) credit hours in core courses. • Aminimum of eighteen (18) hours of general education hours for completion of the required General Education

Program. • A minimum of thirty-three (33) credit hours at the 300/400 level. • Amaximum of 125 total credit hours necessary to graduate with a BTS degree in HCA(based on an

associate degree with a minimum of 65 hours).

Associate Degree in related health care profession............ 65 General Education must include: MTH21404 Intro Probability &Statistics ..................4 PSY 11103 General Psychology.................................3 PHR 21403 Medical Ethics........................................3 Total General Education hours..........................................18

Business core required courses ACC 11403 Principles ofAccounting I......................3 ACC 12403 Principles ofAccounting II....................3 BM 20403 Principles of Business Management ........3 Total Business Core hours.................................................... 9

MajorArea required courses BM 31403 Human Resource Management ................3 BM 44503 Project Management ................................3 BM 46403 Operation Management............................3 COM 33103 Health Communication .........................3 FIN 35403 FinancialAdministrationof

Healthcare Facilities................................................ 3 HCA31104 Fundamentalsof Health Care

Management...........................................................4 HCA31204AdministrationofAcute Care

Facilities.................................................................4 HCA31303 Population Health ..................................3 HCA41104 Concepts in Acute Care Facility

Management...........................................................4 HCA41203 Healthcare &Aging Patient ...................3 Total MajorArea hours .....................................................33 Total required hours for degree.......................................120

ForAdditional Information

Health CareAdministrationprogram information can be found at https://www.rio.edu/nursingandalliedhealth/healthcare-administration/ or contact Dr. Stephanie Wells-Mullins, Program Advisor &Professor at 1-800-282-7201, ext. 7139 or by e-mail at swmullins@rio.edu

Admissions Office 1-800-282-7201 URG/RGCC – www.rio.edu OnlineAdmissionApplicationhttps://www.rio.edu/admissions/apply/

Bunce School of Education & Liberal Arts College of Arts and Sciences

Robert S. Wood Hall 740-245-7182 office; 740-245-7432 fax schoolofsocialscience@rio.edu

Mission Statement

A study of history should make the past more intelligible, give an insight into continuing human problems, and develop a confidence in humankind’s ability to cope with new environmental conditions. Moreover, an understanding of