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This hybrid program is built around a career-focused curriculum leading to an associate's degree. Use it to advance your career or as a prerequisite for earning your bachelor’s degree.
Our degree will provide the next step in a foundation and framework for growth and success as a healthcare manager by reinforcing important business knowledge and skills.
This Healthcare Administration AAS program requires at least one year's experience working in healthcare. To apply for acceptance to the program, complete a selective admissions application. Email the HCA selective admissions application and current resume that validates your healthcare work experience to the Dept. Chair at nwri@tjc.edu. You may also mail or drop off the information. Please call (903) 510-2873 for the mailing address and/or office location.
Note: Resumes should include your work references, contact information, titles and telephone numbers. If you do not have the one-year work experience as required for admission, please get in touch with the Dept. Chair for alternative considerations.
- Catalog Year
- 2023-2024
- Degree Type
- AAS
- Available Online
- No
- Available Hybrid
- Yes
- TSI
- Reading & Writing Complete
- Degree Plan
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Major Courses 41 Credits HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I
BMGT 2311 Change Management
HRPO 2307 Organizational Behavior
BMGT 1301 Supervision
BMGT 1344 Negotiations and Conflict Management
HRPO 2301 Human Resources Management
HITT 2340 Advanced Medical Billing and Reimbursement
HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals
MRKG 2348 Marketing Research and Strategies
HITT 2326 Project Management for Health Professions
HITT 2471 Portfolio I
HITT 2326 Project Management for Health Professions
HITT 2370 Credentialing and Managed Care Contracts
HITT 2471 Portfolio I
HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals
HITT 2370 Credentialing and Managed Care Contracts
HITT 2472 Portfolio II
General Education Courses 19 Credits Every Associate of Applied Science degree plan must contain at least 15 semester hours of general education courses. At least one course must be taken from each of the following areas: humanities/fine arts (language, philosophy & culture/creative arts), social/behavioral science (social and behavioral sciences/American history/government/ political science), and natural science/mathematics (life and physical sciences/mathematics).
Major Courses: 41
General Education Requirements: 19
Total Semester Hours: 60Recommended Course Sequence:
First Semester Credit Hours HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I
3 BMGT 2311 Change Management (#)
3 HRPO 2307 Organizational Behavior
3 ENGL 1301 Composition I
3 SPCH 1321 Bus. & Professional Communication OR
SPCH 13153 Second Semester Credit Hours BMGT Supervision (+)
3 BMGT 1344 Negotiations and Conflict Management (+)
3 HRPO 2301 Human Resources Management
3 HITT 2340 Advanced Medical Billing and Reimbursement (+)
3 ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing OR
ENGL 1302 Composition II3 Third Semester Credit Hours MRKG 2348 Marketing Research and Strategies (#)
3 HITT 2326 Project Management for Health Professions (#)
3 HITT 2471 Portfolio I (#)
4 BIOL 2404 Anatomy & Physiology* OR
BIOL 14084 Fourth Semester Credit Hours HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals (+)
3 HITT 2370 Credentialing and Managed Care Contracts (+)
3 HITT 2472 Portfolio II (+)
4 PSYC 2301 General Psychology OR
PSYC 23143 PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics OR
PHIL 1301 OR
PHIL 1304 OR
Creative Arts Core3 Total Semester Hours 60 Courses titled in bold type represent general education courses.
*All degree plan courses can be taken online except BIOL 2404 and associated labs.
All required major courses of the HCA program must be completed with a “C” or better.
NOTE: Some courses are only offered during Fall or Spring semesters but not both. Please plan accordingly.
# Indicates course only taught in the fall semester
+ Indicates course only taught in the spring