The BSHA Program is designed to integrate a foundation of general education and applied sciences with the expertise that prepares the graduate for professional careers in a variety of health care or related health settings. The BSHA curriculum addresses the basic body of knowledge, understanding, and skills identified as relevant to health care services such as management, finance and accounting, legal and ethical parameters, health and disease factors, and human and information resources. In addition, majors provide the student with initial educational preparation for careers in long term care and health information systems.
| Course # | Course Title | Credits | Length |
| Foundation Courses |
| GEN/300 | Skills for Professional Development | 3 | 5 weeks |
| MGT/331 | Organizational Behavior | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/438 | Statistical Applications | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/310 | Health Care Delivery in the United States | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/320 | Health Care Communication Strategies | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/330 | Introduction to Health and Disease | 3 | 5 weeks |
| Total | | 18 | |
| Core Courses |
| HCS/413 | Health Care Management Strategies | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/427 | Human Resources Principles and Practices in Health Care | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/435 | Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/430 | Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/451 | Health Care Quality Management and Outcome Analysis | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/457 | Public and Community Health | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/405 | Health Care Financial Accounting | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/440 | Economics: The Financing of Health Care | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/483 | Health Care Information Systems | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/490 | Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/475 | Leadership and Performance Development | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/455 | Health Care Policy: The Past and the Future | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/446 | Facility Planning | 3 | 5 weeks |
| HCS/449 | Health Administration Capstone | 3 | 5 weeks |
| Total | | 60 | |