Бакалавр по Администрированию Здравоохранением

About

The BHA requires the successful completion of a total of 120 credit hours of study.

A student must complete at least 30 credit hours in General Education to receive a BHA degree. A student must also complete 27 credit hours of Health Administration core courses and a BHA capstone course. The remaining credit hours consist of elective courses.

HA 101 is mandatory for students who neither have prior work experience in the field of Health Administration nor have taken similar courses prior to enrolling in this program.

BHA Program Objectives

Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

• Utilize a broad knowledge of the foundation concepts and advanced topics in health administration and management.
• Apply management theories in practice, especially as applied to health administration and management.
• Conduct health information searches using up-to-date information technology.
• Analyze healthcare data using statistical knowledge to guide management decision making.
• Operate in the healthcare management field in various organizations and work with health professionals.

BHA Core Courses

• HA 100 Introduction to Health Services
• HA 230 Healthcare Organization Management
• HA 270 Information Technology for Health Professions
• HA 310 Epidemiology and Community Health
• HA 340 Introduction to Healthcare Law and Ethics
• HA 350 Healthcare Management
• HA 410 Managed Healthcare
• HA 420 Long-Term Care Management
• MKT 320 Health Services Marketing

BHA Capstone Course

• HA 499 Health Politics and Policy

BHA Recommended Electives

• COMM 200 Business Communication
• COMM 330 Organizational Communication
• HA 105 Essential Medical Terminology
• MGT 311 Human Resources Management
• MGT 450 Project Management
• STAT 200 Basic Statistics

About UMT

The University of Management and Technology (UMT) was established in Arlington, Virginia in January 1998. UMT is chartered by the State Council of Higher Education of Virginia (SCHEV) and accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC). UMT's degree programs in project management are also accredited by the Global Accreditation Center (GAC) of the Project Management Institute (PMI). UMT is an institutional member of the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and a Global Registered Education Provider of PMI.

UMT is authorized by the U.S. Department of Education to provide Federal Student Aid (FSA) to eligible students enrolled in eligible programs at UMT. UMT is authorized by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to accept F-1 visa students. UMT is authorized by the U.S. Department of State to sponsor J-1 visa international exchange students.

UMT is approved by the Virginia State Approving Agency for purposes of various veterans' education benefits programs.

UMT offers undergraduate-level and graduate-level education to those who desire to obtain up-to-date knowledge, skills, and insights in management and technology needed to operate effectively in modern, fast-paced, and complex enterprises. UMT is committed to excellence in management and technology education. Its courses focus on contemporary management and technology issues. Faculty members are carefully screened to assure that UMT instructors possess a balance of scholarly and practical insights on current management practice and technology applications. The members of the UMT community believe firmly that universities must stay on the cutting edge of technological change. UMT is committed to employing modern teaching delivery technology to offer its students the best management and technology education available.

UMT faculty and staff have extensive management and education experience working with major universities, companies, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. These entities include government branches, such as The White House, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of States, the National Health Institute, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Social Security Administration; large corporations, such as AT&T, Lucent Technologies, NCR, SITA (France), ABB (Switzerland and Sweden), IBM, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Verizon; and international organizations, such as the World Bank. UMT's faculty and staff possess extensive international experience having worked in more than twenty countries and recognize that management today requires a global outlook.

Through online education, students throughout the United States and in eighty-seven countries are enrolled at UMT. With its global outreach, UMT is committed to bringing the best knowledge, practice and professional skills to students everywhere.

UMT is located in Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia, just minutes from downtown Washington, DC. Rosslyn is a busy commercial and federal government agency district. Rosslyn is easily accessible throughout the greater Washington metropolitan area by Metro and is convenient to air transportation via Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.