Degrees Offered - Healthcare Administration (AAS)

Record details

Are you looking to develop your leadership skills and have at least one-year practical experience in healthcare? If so, then our Healthcare Administration degree program might be the perfect fit for you. Our degree will provide you the next step in a foundation and framework for growth and success as a healthcare manager by reinforcing important business knowledge and skills.

The Healthcare Administration program emphasizes a career-focused curriculum with practical, hands-on projects. The criterion for enrollment into the program requires a minimum of one-year healthcare work experience.

To apply for acceptance into the program, complete a selective admissions application. Email the HCA selective admissions application and current resume to validate 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 work references, including contact information, titles and telephone numbers. Interested individuals who do not have the one-year work experience as required for admission may contact the Dept. Chair for alternative considerations.

Catalog Year

2023-2024

Degree Type

AAS

Available Online

Yes

Available Hybrid

Yes

TSI

Reading & Writing Complete

Degree Plan

Major Courses	41 Credits
HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I
BMGT 1301 Supervision
HRPO 2307 Organizational Behavior
BMGT 1344 Negotiations and Conflict Management
HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals
HRPO 2301 Human Resources Management
HITT 2340 Advanced Medical Billing and Reimbursement
HITT 2326 Project Management for Health Professions
HITT 2370 Credentialing and Managed Care Contracts
HITT 2471 Portfolio I
MRKG 2348 Marketing Research and Strategies
BMGT 2311 Change Management
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: 60

Recommended Course Sequence:

First Semester	Credit Hours
HITT 1305 Medical Terminology I	3
BMGT 1301 Supervision (+)	3
HRPO 2307 Organizational Behavior	3
ENGL 1301 Composition I	3
SPCH 1321 Business & Professional Communication OR SPCH 1315	3

Second Semester	Credit Hours
BMGT 1344 Negotiations and Conflict Management (+)	3
HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals (+)	3
HRPO 2301 Human Resources Management	3
ENGL 2311 Technical and Business Writing OR ENGL 1302 Composition II	3
HITT 2340 Advanced Medical Billing and Reimbursement (+)	3

Third Semester	Credit Hours
HITT 2370 Credentialing and Managed Care Contracts (+)	3
HITT 2326 Project Management for Health Professions (#)	3
HITT 2471 Portfolio I (#)	4
BIOL 2404 Anatomy & Physiology OR BIOL 1408	4

Fourth Semester	Credit Hours
MRKG 2348 Marketing Research and Strategies (#)	3
BMGT 2311 Change Management (#)	3
HITT 2472 Portfolio II (+)	4
PSYC 2301 General Psychology OR PSYC 2314	3
PHIL 2306 Introduction to Ethics OR PHIL 1301 OR PHIL 1304 OR Creative Arts Core	3

Total Semester Hours	60

Courses titled in bold type represent general education courses. 

*Every course in the degree plan can be taken online except BIOL 2404 and associated labs. 

All required courses of the HCA program must be completed with a “C” or better. 

(#) - Indicates that course is only taught during fall semester

(+) - Indicates that course is only taught during spring semester