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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
- 2022-2023
- 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 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: 60Recommended 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 13153 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 14084 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 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.
*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