Health Care Administration Program (BS)

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The UM-Flint Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration program is offered fully online.

The demand for health care is increasing, making it essential to train empathetic, ethical, and effective health care administrators. UM-Flint offers students a world-class education that results in professional success, personal advancement, and patient well-being.

Health care administrators work in a variety of settings, including hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices, government agencies, health insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and more. Their duties vary but can include improving efficiency and quality in delivering health care services, ensuring compliance with ever-changing laws and regulations, recruiting and supervising staff members, creating work schedules, maintaining and securing patient records and other data, managing facility finances, and preparing and monitoring budgets, among many others.

Prerequisites (11-14 credits)

Grades in transferred courses must be C (2.0) or better.

ECN 202 - Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) (3)
ENG 112 - Critical Writing and Reading (3)
HCR 201 - Introduction to Health Careers (1)
HCR 212 - Health Care in the United States (3)
PHS 306 - Overview of Disease Processes (1)
One of:
MTH 090 - Intermediate Algebra (3) , with a grade of C (2.0) or better
Placement into MTH 109 or a higher-level MTH course

Requirements

A. Health Administration Foundation (21 credits)

B. Public Health Foundation (15 credits)

C. Functional Areas of Health Administration (24 credits)

D. Managing Diversity (3 credits)

HCR 362 - Cultural Competence in Health Care (3)

E. Electives in Health Care (5-6 credits)

Two from:

F. Capstone/Internship (3 credits)

A minimum grade of B- (2.7) in one from:

G. Additional Requirements

Minimum of 30 major credits in residency
Completion of Exit Survey for assessment purposes
All University of Michigan-Flint graduation requirements including General Education requirements.

Minimum Credits for the Degree: 124 credits

Honors Program

All bachelor-degree-seeking students with GPAs of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply to the University of Michigan-Flint Honors Program. Please contact the Honors Program Manager or the Honors Program Director for further information.