Healthcare Management and Administration

Healthcare Management and Administration

Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management and Administration

Required Credits: 120

Format: Full-time or Part-time

Partnerships: This program is available through the 3+1 Partnership Program with RCBC

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DOCTOR OR NURSE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PATIENTS.

Why choose a career in Healthcare Management & Administration? This field stands out as one of the fastest-growing careers, as highlighted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides professionals with the unique opportunity to contribute to the daily operations of healthcare facilities and institutions. 

Healthcare managers and administrators oversee all of the elements of a healthcare facility helping to maintain compliance, budgets, staffing, records, etc. The degree offers graduates a meaningful way to enhance their career opportunities in the healthcare industry without being a doctor or nurse. The program is tailored to meet the growing challenges of an in-demand profession by placing an emphasis on competencies such as leadership, critical thinking, marketing, finance, strategic and operations management, and quality control.

Find additional program information here.

A degree in Healthcare Management and Adminstration opens up a wide range of career paths you can take, including:

  • Accounting and Financial Reporting
  • Finance and Business Strategy
  • Legal and Regulatory Compliance
  • Operations Management
  • Medical Records and Administration
  • Human Resources
  • Health Information Systems
  • Social and Community Service Managers
  • Training and Development Managers
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Medical Practice Manager 
  • Health Insurance Specialist

Program Advisors

Charles C Stewart III | stewartc@rowan.edu | (856) 256-5159 | Students over 25 credits

Marren Magee | mageem@rowan.edu | (856) 256-4980 | Students under 25 credits

Program Resources

Program Guide 

See the Healthcare Management and Administration program guide(pdf) for a complete listing of courses.

Internship

The required internship offers students experiential learning that combines knowledge and theory learned in the classroom with real world healthcare experiences. Resources: Internship Requirements, Internship Intake Form, Internship Waiver and Acknowledgement Form

Visit our internship page for more information.

Minors and Certificates of Undergraduate Study

Minors offer a concentrated area of study, encompassing 18 to 29 credit hours of both lower and upper-level undergraduate courses. A minor constitutes a cohesive area of study associated with or drawn from a major or discipline. Alternatively, it may include courses from various programs across different departments or colleges. For more information and a complete list of Minors click here.

Certificates of Undergraduate Study (CUGS) provide a credential for students completing an area of study totaling 12 to 17 credit hours. Upon completion, the CUGS is acknowledged on students' transcripts, designed to complement their other areas of study. A CUGS can be a great option to help students explore academic areas of interest and prepare for their professional futures. For more information and a complete list of CUGS click here

Students are encouraged to inform and work with their program advisor in selecting minors and CUGS that should be relevant to their professional goals.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

HCM 51.101 Introduction to Healthcare Management
This introductory course discusses the roles of patients, physicians, hospitals, insurers, and pharmaceutical companies within the context of healthcare and the interaction among these groups. Students will be introduced to resource management, managing people, complex systems, and processes within healthcare services in the changing environment of healthcare delivery and services.
HCM 51.201 Healthcare Informatics
Healthcare management professionals need to know information management practices within healthcare delivery systems. This course will cover a variety of data management strategies and security practices that conform to HIPPAA in various healthcare settings, including: in hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, nursing homes, pharmacies, insurance companies, to improve healthcare quality, respond to regulations, and contain costs. Additional topics covered in this course include ethical issues related to the patient record, electronic health records (EHRs), data collection standards, legal aspects of health information, medical coding, and reimbursement.
HCM 51.255 Data Analytics in Healthcare Management
This introductory level course provides foundational skills and knowledge in healthcare data analytics that will acclimate students with the use of technology in the capture, delivery, and analysis of health data. The course focuses on the use of electronic health records, data mining, statistical collection of health data, quality data management, report generation and health data project management that enables decision-making. Students will also focus on information governance strategies in the healthcare field and information planning throughout a healthcare organization. Students will analyze clinical information and data to identify trends of quality, safety, and effectiveness of healthcare.
HCM 51.280 Healthcare Law and Ethics
This course introduces students to the laws, regulations, and ethical principles governing structure, delivery, and reimbursement in the health services industry. Emphasis is placed on analysis of the legal and healthcare environment and its relationship to medical ethics. The course examines the legal aspects of the relationship between the patient and the obligations of health care service providers. Students will learn about the structure and forces impacting the U.S. Healthcare system and examine case studies to identify and respond to legal and ethical issues. Additionally, the health information management profession, the role of health informatics, and the role of technology in today’s healthcare environment will be discussed.
MGT 98.242 Legal Environment of Business
Students in this course examine the legal process and the legal environment within which business must operate, as well as the interrelationship of government and business. Students develop an understanding of the methods by which legal decisions are formulated as they affect both individual rights and business transactions.
HLT 00.344 US Healthcare Systems
This course provides an overview of public health’s role in healthcare history, delivery, financing, and policy in the United States. The roles and policies of governmental agencies, as well as healthcare statistics, are considered as they shape public health.
MGT 06.300 Organizational Behavior
This course examines human relations in management. The course studies the concern for both task and process in the light of structure, goals and human relationships found in organized efforts. It also covers the application of new management theories in the areas of motivation, leadership, and group problem-solving by a variety of means, including simulation, case studies, and role playing.
HCM 51.301 Healthcare Delivery and Quality
This course provides an overview of the healthcare system, delivery of care, and the quality of care. Specific parts of the course will emphasize payment, delivery, and emerging healthcare issues, including quality measurement, patient safety, and technological advancement. The course aims to help students understand incentives that drive healthcare quality and delivery decisions, such as financing, public programs, consumer safety, and economic incentives in healthcare. Additionally, the course will emphasize the impact of various federal and state implications for providers, payers, and consumers within larger healthcare systems. Students will learn to understand, analyze, and evaluate options and best practices for addressing healthcare delivery and quality issues.
HLT 00.345 US Healthcare Policy, Ethics and Advocacy
This course will explore the legal and ethical foundations of the U.S. public health system and the subsequent conflict between personal choice and government, as well as public health’s role in protecting the health of the population. The course will take an in-depth examination of public health policy creation that benefits the health of the population and the ethical considerations of the policy. Finally, the course will consider strategies that public health specialists utilize to advocate for the well-being of society. Case studies in obesity, HIV treatment, communicable diseases, as well as other areas, will be used throughout this course.
ECON 04.351 Health Economics
This course conducts an in-depth economic analysis of the healthcare industry, exploring the interplay between markets and government. Key topics covered include access to care, strategies for cost containment, the pivotal role of insurance, and the profound impact of information and technology on the healthcare landscape.
HCM 51.351 Healthcare Finance and Decision-Making
This course examines the current system of financing care within the healthcare industry related to the revenue cycle, disbursement, budgeting/forecasting, internal control, financial reporting, contract management, reimbursements, budgeting/forecasting, and financial reporting within the healthcare industry in order to use data to make financial decisions.
HCM 51.344 Strategic Management in Healthcare
Students will learn key principles of strategic management within a broadly defined healthcare setting to include the ongoing planning, monitoring, analysis, negotiating, problem solving, and decision making necessary within a risk-based environment. The course examines strategic management and the role of managers at every level of healthcare organizations designed to meet organizational goals and objectives within healthcare enterprises including: public health organizations, physician practices and clinics, hospitals and health systems, agencies and service organizations, for-profit firms, and not-for-profits.
DPEM 00.412 Healthcare Operations Management
This course will introduce students to fundamental operations management principles in the healthcare setting with specific operations management approaches employed across a range of healthcare settings to include clinical, management and support processes in the medical and public health system. A key focus of this course will be the identification of operations management issues and the use of techniques to help healthcare leaders make informed management decisions and apply techniques to build and maintain a productive healthcare organization.
DPEM 00.422 Healthcare Organization Leadership
This course provides an introduction and overview to leadership, management, and organizational behavior in healthcare, reflecting the uniqueness of this sector. By integrating theory with practice, students gain a better understanding of the sector from different organizational perspectives. Finally, the course examines the complex healthcare industry, with specific emphasis on emergency medical services, and the challenges facing its leaders at all levels of the healthcare sector including departments, laboratories, units, emergency medical units, clinics/hospitals, or residential/outpatient care facilities.
DPEM 00.444 Emerging Health Threats: Risks and Surveillance
This course will focus on the risk and surveillance of infectious diseases as part of an overall disaster preparedness and emergency response operations plan both nationally and internationally. Students will understand various types of public health interventions to address the rapid spread of disease. Case studies will be used to illustrate emergency management approaches to threats from infectious diseases and other strategies deployed to understand and control disease emergence and spread. Principles of ethical practice, treatment of infectious population, and quarantine will also be examined.
HLT 00.301 Health and Diverse Populations
The goal of this course is to enable students to understand the powerful influence of social, economic, geographic, and demographic factors on the health-related attitudes, beliefs and actions of individuals and communities. Students explore the concepts of health literacy, health disparities, and the impact of public policy on the health status of different populations from a social justice perspective. Social Capital is explored as a model for effectively improving the health status of diverse populations.
HCM 51.329 Research Methods for Healthcare Managers
This course introduces basic methods for undertaking research and program evaluation within health services organizations and systems. The course develops the basic skill of critically analyzing research findings and the role and scope of research as it relates to the support of decision making. Research methods are introduced with emphasis placed on analyzing key elements of research reports as a basis for determining the appropriateness of the research results for evidence-based health service’s practice. Students examine the basic components required to conduct health-related research and are provided with the analytic tools needed to understand and assess research methods described in scientific literature. They will also propose, design, and conduct a small research project, work collaboratively and effectively with other people to meet a common goal, and present their research findings through written and oral communication.
HCM 51.488 Healthcare Administration Internship I
The Internship I course provides students with the opportunity for a meaningful healthcare management career-related experience in a variety of organizational settings. It is expected that students will practice and expand upon their knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in a substantive healthcare environment. This experience should provide a better understanding of healthcare organizations to facilitate the transition from the classroom to the career environment. While each placement will have unique opportunities, students will be expected to complete 120 clock hours as part of this experience.
HCM 51.489 Healthcare Administration Internship II
Continuation of Internship I