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HSAD 313: Evolution of Health Care in the United States
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course will cover the evolution of health care in the U.S. from pre-colonial times to the present by discussing improvements in treatment institutions, modalities, philosophies and access to care, as well as the impact of major events in history on health-care discoveries on the delivery and administration of health services in the United States.
HSAD 314: Aging in a Global Context
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course explores essential aspects of aging and provides a multidisciplinary perspective on global aging. It provides an important context for understanding the global patterns of aging around the world, including the demographic and epidemiological patterns. The course emphasizes how these changes have affected the support and services for those over 60 around the world. International efforts to address the emerging global opportunities and challenges related to population aging will also be discussed.The course will cover specific programs and patterns in specific countries.
HSAD 319: Women and the Health Professions
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course explores women’s early and controversial roles as health-care providers, the influence of government on women, and key contributions by women in the health professions.
HSAD 320: Managed Health Care
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course provides the student an opportunity to survey the major concepts and operational considerations of the provision of health-care services in a managed-care environment. The regulatory landscape as well as the physician/patient relationship is considered as a key to understanding the managed health care environment.
HSAD 321: Health-Care Human Resources
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
An introduction to the basic principles of human-resource management and their practical application in today’s complex health-care organization. This course examines the role of human resources as a strategic partner within the organization.
HSAD 322: Health-Care Law
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Provides an overview of the major laws affecting health-care professionals and examines the current legal climate in health care.
HSAD 325: Issues in Health Care System
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course provides the student with the opportunity to analyze management problems that are of current importance in today’s health-care industry on a national and international level.
HSAD 330: Financial Management in Health Care
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Emphasizes basic financial management theory related to the health-care industry, as well as accounting practices for health-care organizations.
HSAD 331: Non-profits and Health Care
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Provides an overview of the not-for-profit and advocacy sector of health care, explores business fundamentals and current models, selects a health topic, assesses the market, and assists students in developing their own not-for-profit and/or advocacy business.
HSAD 332: Health-Care Marketing
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Provides a comprehensive review of marketing’s role in the health-care field by examining the history of health-care marketing, the contributions of marketing to the strategic objectives of health-care organizations, and the effects of marketing on public relations and the consumer.
HSAD 334: Management of Health Services
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
In this course, students will learn forms and uses of traditional management functions - plan, direct, monitor, evaluate - as well as contemporary functions that are used in an array of health care services organizations. Students match skills and competencies within the respective domains of health services management.
HSAD 335: Health-Care Policy
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course provides an introduction to the development and implications of U.S. health-care policy, including key governmental and non-governmental participants and the political process.
HSAD 337: Health Care/Quality Improvement
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Quality Improvement (QI) is a critical component of the health-care-delivery system in the United States. Because errors and reliability issues have major implications, standards and measures are imperative to ensure consistency and safety. As such, this course examines existing programs in place and best-industry practices.
HSAD 340: Leadership in Health Services Administration
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course discusses issues in management and leadership in a health-care-administration setting by focusing on alternative organizational structures and the managerial role in these structures, as well as exploring managerial and leadership roles in specific health organizations and project management.
HSAD 341: Risk Management in Healthcare Organizations
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course is an introduction to risk management in health care. It describes the roles of a risk manager and the risks associated with various health care settings. Regulatory, contractual and medical malpractice exposures are discussed and techniques for controlling and preventing loss are evaluated. Students prepare a risk management plan for a healthcare organization.
HSAD 342: Children and Health Care
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course will focus on a range of issue facing the health-services industry in providing care to children with the goal of better understanding and meeting the special needs and challenges from both a direct care and systematic point of view.
HSAD 343: Health and Illness in Film
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course analyzes various films with themes and stories related to health and illness in view of conceptual theories on health and illness and conceptual elements of film as a representational medium.
HSAD 345: Ethics in Health Care Management
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course focuses on one aspect of the role of health care management professionals: the ethical dimension. The course combines an understanding of ethical theory with the practical application of ethical principles to management issues that arise in the health care arena. Discussions will be guided by cases drawn from real work experiences.
HSAD 357: Health Information Systems
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This is an introductory course into Health Information Systems. The course will cover a wide range of healthcare information technology topics including management, governance, regulatory compliance and how to align with information technology. There is a growing trend and need for healthcare providers to align their practices with information technology in order to achieve the common goal of quality patient care while ensuring government and regulatory mandates are met. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand and apply the concepts discussed in class within their respective work places. We will relate the course materials to active cases to bring real life experience into the classroom. This course will focus on the partnership between technology and healthcare.
HSAD 362: Madness, Mental Health and Psychiatry in the Modern West
Credits: 4.0
Level: UG
This course will examine changing assumptions, attitudes and ideas about behavior variously labeled madness, insanity, or mental illness; the development of professions, treatments, institutions and policies dealing with it; and the changing experiences of those afflicted.
HSAD 500: Historical Influences on the US Healthcare System
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course provides a historical context for understanding the sociological, political, and economic forces that have shaped the evolution of healthcare in the U.S. Forces impacting health care are viewed from the perspectives of health care professionals, academic observers, economists, and the patient / consumer experience that parallels milestone periods in U.S. history.
HSAD 501: Managerial Epidemiology
Credits: 3.0
Level: GR
The focus of the course is on the role and use of epidemiologic tools in the field of health care administration. Epidemiologic techniques are applied to specific areas of health administration including needs assessment, planning, quality assurance, financing and economic analysis for the delivery of healthcare services to various populations.
HSAD 505: Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare Management and Policy
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
Ethics and law are central to any health profession, including health administration. This course will focus on those central aspects. This course will survey classic and contemporary theories to understand the meaning of ethics and law, to make clear, effective decisions that respect both. Students will explore ethical dilemmas that often confront healthcare managers and administrators, with the ultimate goal always in mind of improving patient care. Problem-based learning will be utilized.
HSAD 515: Practice issues in Healthcare Management
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
Students are introduced to the applications of quality management in healthcare organizations. They will apply appropriate methods and distinguish the types of quality issues that prompt particular methods. Concepts such as team processes, patient involvement in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI), outcome model of quality, customer satisfaction, and the role of Health Information Technology (HIT) in quality improvement will be covered in the context of current regulatory environment.
HSAD 522: Applied Management Project
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
The Applied Management Project (âResidencyâ) continues work begun in HSAD 515: Practice Issues in Healthcare Management. Students work in groups for a week conducting observations and preparing a report and oral presentation of audit findings.
HSAD 525: National Health Expenditures
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course examines the fundamental theory and tools used in determining the cost and quality of healthcare at the macro level. Students will learn what drives the cost of healthcare, government payer expenditures, and private services and care covered, health vs. illness expenditure, and cost-shifting models to conserve resources.
HSAD 527: Intro to Long Term Care & Post Acute Care Admin
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course covers organization, administrative of long-term care services and post-acute services addressing the needs of the elderly and disabled populations. Long term care and post- acute care involves a description of the continuum of care, the types of providers and the range of services including nursing facilities, assisted living, housing, community-based services, and informal care giving. Also covered are the issues affecting integration across the continuum.
HSAD 530: Politics and Policy of Healthcare Resources
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course enables the student to delve deeply into the process of policy development at the federal, state and local levels. A review of the factors that influence actual legislation will provide a vantage point for understanding the power struggles in law-making and the role of a responsible citizenry.
HSAD 540: Resources, Recruitment and Retention in Healthcare
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
The principles and functions of modern human capital management will be examined against the backdrop of a complex and evolving healthcare system. The course focuses on the role of human resources as a strategic partner in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of a 21st century healthcare organization. Projections of future workforce needs in response to a changing healthcare system will be analyzed.
HSAD 550: Strategic Planning for Healthcare Administration
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
Combines principles of management with formal strategic planning to meet the healthcare needs of a defined population. Students learn how contemporary tools of organizational strategy are used in the health care environment, such as formulating goals and objectives, environmental scans, identifying core competencies, market analysis, strategic intent, and competitive advantage.
HSAD 561: Risk Management
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of healthcare risk management. Students are introduced to factors considered when creating a culture of safety, risk factors that influence the provision of evaluating levels of compliance and techniques that aid in evaluating conditions that may or may not alter desired clinical outcomes.
HSAD 562: Group Dynamics & Leadership in Health Care Management
Credits: 4.0
Level: GR
This course explores issues of group dynamics, interdisciplinary teamwork, and leadership in the health care administration setting by focusing on the qualities, characteristics, and behaviors that successful teams and team leaders must manifest. The specific challenges inherent in todayâs current health care setting require broad leadership capabilities that are responsive to a fast-changing and risky global macroeconomic environment.
HSAD 210: Health-Care Ethics I
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course addresses introductory concepts and basic issues in health-care ethics. The topics include but are not limited to decision-making, professionalism and advocacy, confidentiality, truth-telling and informed consent.
HSAD 212: Careers in the Health Professions
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course prepares students for career development by presenting various career options in health management introducing various methods of self-assessment and allowing students to learn about how to find a mentor, interview for a job and learn about the various career options in health management, the various professional organizations dedicated to health management careers, and the networking opportunities linked to those organizations.
HSAD 215: Physician Practice Management
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This is an introductory course covering physician practice management. It will focus on the historical development of the physician practice within the United States, relevant key management conceptsâorganizational structure and governance, strategic planning, marketing, finance/operations, human resources, quality, and information systems, for exampleâas well as related future trends.
HSAD 225: Perspectives on Disability
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course surveys the major theories, political strategies, historical events, cultural critiques/interventions and policy goals of the Disability Rights Movement in the United States.
HSAD 305: Aging & the Law
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Obtaining adequate health care is a critical issue for many older adults; providing it is a significant societal challenge. Our society, as many others, has developed legislative and other social policies to address the increased frailty, both physical and/or cognitive, and the corresponding needs which accompany age. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of how legal institutions (legislatures and courts) have responded to these needs for the ostensible protection of older adults. The instruments that these legal institutions have developed will be examined as their purposes, effectiveness, desirability, costs (economic and otherwise), and possible alternatives will be evaluated.
HSAD 309: Advanced Health-Care Ethics
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This course builds on the foundation provided in Health Care Ethics and discusses such issues as chronic care, end of life, beginning of life, distributive justice and the right to health care.
HSAD 310: Introduction to Health-Systems Administration
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
The course is designed to assist the student in understanding and preparing for the unique challenges presented to managers in a health services administration career. History and current milieu of U.S. health care are considered, as well as the ever changing infrastructure of the health-services industry.
HSAD 318: Health and Vulnerable Populations
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
Vulnerable populations, those with special needs for care or barriers to access care, have a significant impact upon health care, both in terms of concepts of justice and in systems of delivery. This course will look at the just distribution of health care through the eyes of various distinct vulnerable populations.
HSAD 366: Global Aging Intensive Course Abroad
Credits: 3.0
Level: UG
This Intensive Course Abroad provides students the opportunity to explore global aging in the context of a specific country chosen for this term. Students will recognize significant patterns in demography throughout the world. They will apply methods of epidemiology and place the country in the context of global trends. After learning key historical events and figures affecting the current society, students will describe the placement of this country in the context of global demographic trends. Students will visit the host country, visit various sites significant for the aging population and will report on particular programs or interventions.