BSPH Health Care Administration
Health care administrators are the backbone of the medical professions. They ensure that health professionals have the tools, supplies, and working environment necessary to properly care for their patients, community members, and other populations.
Who Should Enroll
The bachelor of science in health administration program was designed to meet the needs of the adult learner or working professional who has already taken previous coursework to complete a bachelor's degree or has earned an associate's degree at another accredited college or university. A minimum of one year of coursework should be completed prior to transferring in. At least two years is preferred.
Many of our students have full-time employment as well as busy lives. The BSPH program is designed to take one evening a week to complete, with additional work completed online.
Learner Outcomes
Health care administration is a broad-base discipline. The Health Care Administration Program leading to the BSPH degree prepares individuals to support health-care professionals such as clinicians, researchers, and executives in settings such as assisted living and skilled-nursing facilities; rehabilitation centers; private, public, and proprietary clinics; and medical centers.
Upon completion of this degree, the graduate will be skilled in:
- communicating with and effectively managing information and groups of people;
- developing team rapport and good working relationships;
- facilitating employee in-time access to needed equipment and supplies in appropriate quantities;
- developing budgets and managing operations;
- developing strategic and marketing plans; and
- managing personnel in accordance with pertinent health-care law.
Program Requirements
The BSPH requires a minimum of 192 quarter-units of coursework. This includes:
| General education requirements |
68 units |
| Public Health core |
18 units |
| Health Care Administration core | 48 units |
| Electives | 58 units |
| Total credits needed to graduate | 192 units |
Required General Education Credits
A minimum of 68 credits from four domains are needed to complete the general education requirements. These domains are:
- Spiritual and Cultural Heritage
- Scientific Inquiry and Analysis
- Communication
- Health and Wellness
See more information on specific course requirements for each domain, including transfer patterns and limits.
The BSPH in Health Care Administration has the flexibility of allowing a student to pursue a double major or devote considerable coursework to other areas of interest.
See more information on transfer limits and LLU residency requirements.
The student has ample room for credit applied from previous associate's degrees, or may add a second major.
Public Health Core
- ENVH 414 Introduction to Environmental Health (3)
- EPDM 414 Introduction to Epidemiology (3)
- HPRO 414 Personal Health and Fitness (4)
- PHCJ 401 Essentials of Public Health (4)
- STAT 414 Introduction to Biostatistics I (3)
- STAT 415 Computer Applications in Biostatistics (1)
Health Care Administration Core Courses
- HADM 305 Health Care Communication (4)
- HADM 316 Economics for Health Care Managers (4)
- HADM 328 Organizational Behavior in Health Care (4)
- HADM 336 Legal Environment of Health Care (4)
- HADM 359 Health Care Marketing (4)
- HADM 374 Human Resources in Health Care (4)
- HADM 375 Introduction to Health Care Information Systems (4)
- HADM 401 Health Care Operations Management (4)
- HADM 409 Principles of Administration in Public Health (4)
- HADM 446 Accounting for Health Care Managers (4)
- HADM 464 Fundamentals of Health Care Finance (4)
- HADM 498 Health Care Policy and Strategy (4)
BSPH Contact Information
Contact: Brad Jamison, PhD, MPH
Email: bsph@llu.edu
Direct Phone: (909) 558-7662
Toll-free: (877) 558-1600
Extension: 87662
