UCAP Healthcare Administration

Bachelor of Arts – Healthcare Administration

Ursuline College Accelerated Program

Bachelor of Arts – Healthcare Administration Ursuline College Accelerated Program (UCAP)

The Health Care Administration Core has been carefully designed to provide students with fundamental business skills along with a broad understanding of management in a health care setting. Health care administrators need to possess a variety of management, communication and leadership skills.

They work in various types of health care facilities that provide a wide array of health care services and levels of care. Techniques of analysis and evaluation will be applied to the delivery of health services with a focus on organizational design, staffing, financing and utilization of limited resources.

THE URSULINE STUDIES PROGRAM The heart of an Ursuline education is the Ursuline Studies Program.

By its very nature, the Ursuline Studies Program is committed to the development and enrichment of all students. As an outcomes-based curriculum, the program views assessment of academic progress as an essential part of each course and each stage of development. The Ursuline Studies Program involves a series of writing-intensive interdisciplinary courses that total 49 credit hours and serve as the liberal arts core of an Ursuline College education. The program highlights personal development, the cultivation of academic abilities and the exploration of a coherent, integrated body of knowledge drawn from a variety of disciplines.

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE URSULINE STUDIES PROGRAM Your Ursuline Studies courses will give you opportunities to: • • • •

Meet one-on-one with faculty for writing conferences Discover your learning style Collaborate on projects with other students Explore and experience Cleveland’s rich cultural heritage such as The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra and The Cleveland Play House

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS Required Coursework Ursuline College Core Requirements

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Health Care Administration Core HCA 350 Operations and Systems Management of HCA 3 HCA 360 Health Care Economics 3 HCA 370 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration 3 HCA 430 Financial Management of Health Care Institutions 3 HCA 450 Health Care Policy Formation & Implications of Strategic Policy Initiatives 3 HCA 475 Academic Internship 3 AC 210 Introduction to Financial Accounting 3 AC 211 Introduction to Managerial Accounting 3 BU 220 Principals of Marketing 3 BU 330 Human Resource Management 3 BU 336 Organizational Behavior 3 BU 375 Business Statistics 3 MC 360 Data Analysis for Management 3 EC 103 Microeconomics 3 C redit s 42 General Electives

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION Career opportunities in the health care industry are among the fastest growing in the United States, and health care is the largest industry within the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area. The new delivery systems in providing health care have created many specialized industries, such as long-term rehabilitation, industrial medicine and home health care.

Entry level positions in the health care industry include: Activities Program Coordinator HR Generalist Marketing Coordinator Medical Staff Coordinator Discharge Coordinator Accounts Receivable/Payable Clerk Human Resource Recruiter Compliance Coordinator Coordinator of Volunteer Services Admissions/Discharge Clerk Coordinator of Outreach Services Advanced positions in the health care industry include: Admissions Director Dir. of Marketing Community Relations Manager Dir. of Emergency Services Physician Practice Manager Dir. of Clinical Information Systems Manager of Finance Dir. of Volunteer Services Dir. of Activities/Programs Dir. of Wellness Programs

“If you are trying to find the best in you, there is no better place than Ursuline to do that. Regardless of what is different about you, they are going to find what’s best about you and that is what you are going to walk away with. You are going to be a much better person, reach your goals and accomplish things that you never thought would happen will finally be right at your fingertips.”

Annette Blackwell Mayor of Maple Heights Current Student

“Choosing to enroll in UCAP was the best decision I ever made for completing my undergraduate degree. This program allowed me to complete my program one class at a time.”

Glenda Harper-Moore AVP & Senior Account Manager PNC International Asset Management UCAP Grad 2016

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Call 440 684 6130 for more information.

Ursuline College Accelerated Program