THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY’s online B.S. in health care administration with a concentration in emergency medical services management prepares students to pursue leadership roles in EMS environments aligned with health care. Designed for EMTs, firefighters, first responders, or any other emergency personnel that wishes to expand their knowledge and skills related to the field of emergency medical services, this degree program offers a broad administrative foundation to new and seasoned professionals.
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Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration – Emergency Medical Services Management
The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration degree program prepares students for entry-level leadership roles in health care. Emphasis is placed on building strong communication skills and organizational competence in managing and developing professional standards, procedures, and policies for various institutional healthcare activities. The degree program offers a broad administrative, educational foundation for individuals who are just entering the field as well as those who are currently working in the field.
Upon completion of the program, students should be able to do the following:
- Analyze the ethics of professional standards in healthcare organizations.
- Assess the impact of leadership styles within the healthcare system.
- Evaluate the management of a healthcare organization’s strategic goals.
- Apply business principles to the healthcare environment.
- Evaluate legal issues relative to EMS providers and organizations.
- Examine current issues impacting EMS systems within communities.
The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Administration degree program prepares students for entry-level leadership roles in health care. Emphasis is placed on building strong communication skills and organizational competence in managing and developing professional standards, procedures, and policies for various institutional healthcare activities. The degree program offers a broad administrative, educational foundation for individuals who are just entering the field as well as those who are currently working in the field.
Prepares students for the growing field of emergency medical services through academics, research, and leadership. Designed for EMT’s, firefighters, first responders, or any other emergency personnel that wishes to expand their knowledge and skills related to the field of emergency medical services. Students who complete this concentration will be able to pursue leadership roles in professions aligned to health care. The curricula and coursework are clearly defined and challenging, focusing on principles of management, emergency response operations, and the planning and preparedness of emergency situations. Courses in this program encompass emergency management and preparedness, public health, public safety, injury prevention, legal, political and regulatory issues, and public health emergencies.
Major Requirements | Total Required Semester Hours: 36
Major Requirements – Group A : Total Required Semester Hours: 30 HOURS
BHA 3501 Community Health
BHA 3501 Community Health(``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides practical guidance in the areas of community health, health education, and health promotion. This course also covers information about the design, development, and evaluation of programs in the community. Consideration is given to racial, ethnic, socio-economic, political, and residential patterns of health and the impact that each has on community health.
Outcomes
- Determine strategies to confront prevalent community health issues facing the United States.
- Discuss how epidemiology is used to prevent and control disease.
- Recognize effective organization and promotion of health programming for community health on a global scale.
- Compare and contrast the different approaches of caring for different age groups in community health.
- Explain competencies necessary to provide culturally appropriate services to diverse populations.
- Evaluate the current treatment of mental disorders and any necessary changes in these approaches.
- Formulate plans to educate the community on issues of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.
- Distinguish the various forms of healthcare delivery in the United States and methods for improvement.
- Recommend methods for controlling pollution and diseases caused by pollution.
- Propose ideas for dealing with intentional and unintentional injuries within the community.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Introduction to community and public health
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2014)
Author: Sharma, M., Branscum, P. W., & Atri, A.
ISBN: 978-1-118-41055-4
Price: $89.70
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BBA 2201 Principles of Accounting I
BBA 2201 Principles of Accounting I (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an introduction to business accounting. Topics include accounting concepts and principles, financial statements, internal control design, and accounting for partnerships. Students demonstrate knowledge and comprehension of the foundational theories and methodological tools utilized in accounting. Theoretical constructs are applied to solve real-world accounting applications.
Outcomes
- Examine the accounting cycle.
- Identify business transactions.
- Generate inventory systems and costing methods.
- Appraise the classes and transactions of liabilities.
- Formulate financial statements according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Analyze financial statements to inform decision makers.
- Evaluate internal accounting controls.
- Compare International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Horngren’s accounting (Rev: 11th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2016)
Author: Miller-Nobles, T., Mattison, B., & Matsumura, E. M.
ISBN: 978-0-13-385678-1
Price: $267.61
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BBA 3551 Information Systems Management
BBA 3551 Information Systems Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides a comprehensive overview of the management of information systems and the combination of hardware, software, and people vital to the successful business operation. The strategic role of information systems is examined, as well as the characteristics of computer systems, software applications, programming languages, and relational databases.
Outcomes
- Analyze the key differences between data, information, information technology (IT), and information systems (IS).
- Explain the similarities and differences of personal knowledge management tools.
- Examine the importance of mobile systems with regard to securing information and knowledge.
- Explain how information systems can be used to gain and sustain competitive advantage.
- Evaluate the approaches to developing organizational knowledge management strategies.
- Assess the key issues involved in managing the components of IT infrastructure.
- Summarize the requirements for successful collaboration in information systems management.
- Evaluate major types of hardware and software used by organizations.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Using MIS (Rev: 10th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2018)
Author: Kroenke, D.
ISBN: 9780134606996
Price: (No information available)
UCertify: Integrated Learning Resource.
Publisher: UCertify
Author: Pearson.
ISBN: (No information available)
Price: (No information available)
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHR 3352 Human Resource Management
BHR 3352 Human Resource Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides a management-oriented exploration of human resource management, structure, functional applications, and labor management relations. Focus is placed on managers and leaders within organizations and their responsibility to optimize performance and make decisions based on ethical criteria.
Outcomes
- Compare and contrast effective human resource management strategies.
- Estimate the impact of legal provisions on human resource management.
- Evaluate the components of workforce planning.
- Recommend basic human resource management (HRM) principles to develop a recruiting program for an organization.
- Relate different selection criteria and selection methods to organizational considerations.
- Appraise the importance of project management processes for launching training programs in organizations, to include planning, design, implementation, and evaluation.
- Analyze the roles and responsibilities of organizational leaders in the safety and health of employees.
- Critically evaluate the challenges to human resource management in a global corporation.
- Formulate a compensation strategy that aligns with an organization’s business strategy.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Wiley (2015)
Author: Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G.
ISBN: 9781119185635
Price: $147.23
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHA 3002 Health Care Management
BHA 3002 Health Care Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces the field of modern healthcare management through a systematic analysis of the important areas of concern to the healthcare manager. Topics covered include the planning process and how planning is used in healthcare administration; the organizing process and job design; supporting and implementing decisions; building the quality of clinical service; and providing human resources and plant services.
Outcomes
- Explain the emergence of the modern healthcare organization.
- Describe how the design of healthcare organizations reflect their environment.
- Analyze the structure of governing boards for healthcare organizations.
- Outline the characteristics of the executive office.
- Categorize marketing procedures in a healthcare organization.
- Analyze the finance system in a healthcare organization.
- Examine information services in a healthcare setting.
- Evaluate ways to improve the quality and economy of patient care.
- Compare and contrast clinical support services.
- Explain how an effective human resource system operates.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Fundamentals of health care administration
Publisher: Pearson (2014)
Author: Safian, S. C.
ISBN: 9780133065633
Price: $58.96
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHA 4201 Health Care Law
BHA 4201 Health Care Law (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides background and legal principles for problems concerning our healthcare delivery system. Focus is placed on professional regulation and the managed care and hospital certification programs that impact professional practice. The course is designed to prepare clinical and administrative healthcare personnel for the challenges of understanding today’s important issues, from handling patient records and avoiding malpractice, to addressing topics of abortion, AIDS, and the right to die.
Outcomes
- Examine the similarities and differences among laws, ethics, and bioethics.
- Determine why an understanding of the law is necessary for the healthcare professional.
- Evaluate ethical and legal considerations of the physician-patient relationship.
- Relate concepts of professional liability and medical malpractice to the healthcare profession.
- Assess the public duties of the physician.
- Analyze the regulations defined by workplace laws and ethics.
- Explore the components of patient privacy, to include laws and regulations used to protect medical records.
- Examine bioethical issues faced by physicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Explain ethical issues related to the protection of life.
- Defend ethical and legal issues relating to international health and human rights.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Medical law and ethics (Rev: 5th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2016)
Author: Fremgen, B. F.
ISBN: 978-0-13-399898-6
Price: $62.21
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BBA 3201 Principles of Marketing
BBA 3201 Principles of Marketing (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an introduction to the functions of marketing. Discusses the influence of social, economic, ethical, legal, and technological forces on marketing activities, and marketing around the globe in a socially responsible way. Features real-world examples that show concepts in action and how marketers address today’s marketing challenges.
Outcomes
- Explain the concept of value proposition.
- Apply the market segmentation process to identify target markets.
- Use a target market to develop a marketing mix.
- Relate the importance of product positioning to brand strategy.
- Examine an organization’s pricing strategies.
- Discuss supply chain and logistics management in marketing.
- Explore factors that influence promotional strategies.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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Author: (No information available)
ISBN: (No information available)
Price: (No information available)
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHA 3801 Critical Issues in Health Care
BHA 3801 Critical Issues in Health Care (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an overview of the nature of the healthcare system, factors influencing the distribution of health care, mainstream and alternative health manpower, and the social distribution and meaning of illness in the United States. Topics including bioethical issues, and contemporary issues such as bioterrorism, human genome project, rising prescription drug costs, and urbanization, social stress, and mental illness are covered.
Outcomes
- Critique arguments related to the impact of social factors that influence the U.S. healthcare system.
- Defend an opinion on critical issues facing the U.S. healthcare system in the 21st century.
- Analyze the factors necessary to create a more equitable healthcare system.
- Explore the differences between various healthcare providers.
- Explain the impact of technology on the healthcare industry.
- Compare the government’s impact on health regulations and reform in various healthcare systems.
- Discuss common ethical principles applied to critical bioethical issues.
- Summarize the effect of health literacy on the healthcare system.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Health care ethics: Critical issues for the 21st century (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning (2014)
Author: Morrison, E. E., & Furlong, B. (Eds.).
ISBN: 978-1-4496-6535-7
Price: $108.97
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHA 4053 Financial Management in Health Care Organizations
BHA 4053 Financial Management in Health Care Organizations (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces key aspects of financial management for today’s healthcare organizations, addressing diverse factors that impact the provision of medical services in our dynamic and competitive environment. Students will gain knowledge and skills in the various types of healthcare budgeting and financial reporting, applying these skills through practical case scenarios and problem-solving activities.
Outcomes
- Explain the basic concepts of financial management in healthcare organizations.
- Explain the aspects of managing short-term and long-term assets and liabilities in healthcare organizations.
- Analyze agency relationships in healthcare and how organizations can ameliorate agency costs.
- Explain the similarities and differences among the major approaches to valuation of healthcare firms.
- Distinguish variable versus fixed, and direct versus indirect costs, for a healthcare service or process.
- Calculate net present value, internal rate of return, and profitability indexes given assumed cash flows and discount rates in healthcare operations.
- Compare and contrast the choices for external financing faced by healthcare organizations.
- Evaluate the basic principles of working capital management as rooted in controlling opportunity costs in healthcare firms
- Discuss the financial approach to strategic healthcare planning and how managers can participate effectively in that process.
- Describe key impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the financial management of U.S. healthcare organizations, providers, patients, payers, and employers
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Fundamentals of health care financial management: A practical guide to fiscal issues and activities (Rev: 4th ed.)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2014)
Author: Berger, S.
ISBN: 978-1-118-80168-0
Price: $81.90
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HCA 4320 Development and Strategic Planning in Health Care
HCA 4320 Development and Strategic Planning in Health Care (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Promotes understanding of the dynamics of strategic planning for medical organizations of all kinds through an integrated capstone course. Students cultivate skills in environmental assessment, diagnose organizational problems, identify opportunities for im-provement, formulate and select strategic alternatives, and create strategic management action plans for effective implementation. Leadership for effective planning in healthcare organizations is emphasized.
Outcomes
- Evaluate the importance and value of strategic planning for health care organizations.
- Create a stakeholder analysis for a health care organization.
- Develop vision and mission statements for a health care organization.
- Identify problems and improvement opportunities within a health care organization.
- Determine which issues should or should not be addressed within the strategic planning process.
- Formulate strategies and plans within health care organizations.
- Explain how entrepreneurial budgeting works within health care organizations.
- Construct a strategic management action plan for your own health care organization or one which you plan to lead.
- Discuss the importance of effective leadership within a health care organization.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Strategic management of health care organizations (Rev: 7th ed.)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2013)
Author: Ginter, P. M., Duncan, W. J., & Swayne, L. E.
ISBN: 978-1-118-46646-9
Price: $85.02
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Major Requirements – Group B : Total Required Semester Hours: 6 HOURS
BHA 3202 Standards for Health Care Staff
BHA 3202 Standards for Health Care Staff(``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Equips students with the knowledge of the traits and professional standards that are required to be a successful member of the healthcare industry. Topics discussed include work ethic, professional traits, teamwork, cultural competence, communication, morals, and career development.
Outcomes
- Summarize the essential qualities of a healthcare professional.
- Evaluate how ethical behavior affects the workplace.
- Recommend methods that foster teamwork among colleagues.
- Discuss the impact personal skills have on the workplace.
- Discuss the importance of healthcare organization values.
- Develop a job search strategy.
- Formulate a plan for advancing in a career.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Career success in health care: Professionalism in action (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Cengage Learning (2016)
Author: Colbert, B. J., & Katrancha, E. D.
ISBN: 9781285866888
Price: $85.14
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BBA 3651 Leadership
BBA 3651 Leadership (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Presents the importance of leadership in conjunction with various leadership traits, styles, and qualities. Enhances the importance of having a vision, the motivation to lead, social motives in the workplace, levels of morality and values, and the significance of empowerment for effective leadership. Topics include situational leadership, organizational climate, moral dilemmas, personal integrity, servant leadership, participative management, human relations, high-performance teams, diversity, cultural and interpersonal differences, workplace stress, performance management, and organizational change.
Outcomes
- Analyze the significance of the concept of leadership and the different leadership styles.
- Distinguish between the importance of vision, the motive to lead, and organizational climate.
- Explore various aspects of effective leadership, to include influence, follower motivation and effective followership.
- Illustrate the role of ethics and values in guiding organizational behavior.
- Articulate globalization and the resulting cultural implications of leadership, including unique considerations for leading multicultural teams.
- Analyze the role of leadership in decision-making processes that serve to establish an organizational climate oriented to meet business goals.
- Analyze methods used to effectively manage groups and teams.
- Evaluate different aspects of organizational change.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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Author: (No information available)
ISBN: (No information available)
Price: (No information available)
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Major Requirements – Group B : Total Required Semester Hours: 12 HOURS
EMS 3301 EMS Management
EMS 3301 EMS Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces the core functions of the emergency medical services (EMS) administrator and concepts associated with the administration of an EMS service. Areas of study include a broad overview of key elements including strategic planning, customer service, marketing, quality management, and data collection. Essential knowledge relevant to all aspects of the EMS profession is introduced, and assignments are provided to allow for application of these concepts.
Outcomes
- Discuss the role of strategic planning in the overall management and sustainability of an EMS organization.
- Describe the role of a customer service program for an EMS organization.
- Explain the importance of marketing concepts for an EMS organization.
- Examine the significance of a quality management program for an EMS organization.
- Apply techniques and activities that are essential for a comprehensive, quality EMS management program.
- Analyze the relationship between accurate data collection and EMS operations, including quality improvement initiatives.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Management of EMS
Publisher: Pearson (2010)
Author: Evans, B. E., & Dyar, J. T.
ISBN: 9780132324328
Price: $70.33
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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EMS 3302 EMS Planning and Development
EMS 3302 EMS Planning and Development (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Presents an overview of emergency medical services (EMS) system design and development. A history of EMS in the areas of public and private services is examined, along with a comparison of service delivery, strategic planning, and model system development and implementation, as well as their impact on emergency healthcare delivery.
Outcomes
- Examine the history of prehospital emergency medical care.
- Evaluate local, state, and federal regulations pertaining to EMS personnel, agencies, and operations.
- Discuss current issues impacting EMS systems related to planning and development.
- Examine relationships between public and private EMS.
- Assess legal requirements to determine the most appropriate model for provision of emergency medical services.
- Evaluate the benefit to institutions for pursuing EMS accreditation.
- Develop a business model for an EMS system.
- Formulate a strategic plan for managing an EMS system within the current healthcare environment.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Management of ambulance services
Publisher: Pearson (2015)
Author: Kirkwood, S. (Ed.).
ISBN: 978-0-13-502829-2
Price: $32.96
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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EMS 4303 Legal, Political, and Regulatory Environment in EMS
EMS 4303 Legal, Political, and Regulatory Environment in EMS (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Identifies the key points of the legal, political, and regulatory environment associated with the administration and workings of a modern emergency medical service (EMS). The importance of the collective body of laws and regulations are examined as it relates to EMS. This course focuses on the mechanics of the legal system, specific laws directly related to the provision and management of EMS, due process and disciplinary procedures for EMS personnel issues, the importance of quality documentation, and the study of specific acts of federal legislation such as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Consolidated Omnibus Budget Recoliation Act (COBRA).
Outcomes
- Analyze major components of the American legal system as related to the provision and management of emergency medical services (EMS).
- Summarize federal and state legislation that govern EMS.
- Explain the relevance of employment laws for the EMS administrator.
- Discriminate between intentional torts, criminal conduct, and criminal liability relative to providing EMS.
- Evaluate the benefits of documentation for protecting the EMS professional and organization.
- Outline the legal concerns associated with personnel management.
- Discuss the models of insurance, insurance laws, and regulation of insurance that apply to the EMS professional.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Legal, political and regulatory environment in EMS
Publisher: Pearson (2015)
Author: Murphy, J. K.
ISBN: 9780135036037
Price: $47.45
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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EMS 4306 EMS Roles During Emergencies and Disasters
EMS 4306 EMS Roles During Emergencies and Disasters (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Highlights proper planning and response of emergency medical services (EMS) to public emergencies and crisis situations. Reviews some of the primary types of emergencies the EMS leader should be aware of in order to meet legal, political, or regulatory guidelines relevant to the role of the organization in the community. Focus is placed on participation in community-wide planning, the development of effective systems and operational plans, and a multi-professional approach to emergency and disaster response.
Outcomes
- Assess emergency response functions of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) organizations.
- Interpret behaviors associated with emotional responses to disasters and emergencies.
- Examine key components of a communications plan during a disaster.
- Summarize key components of an internal emergency operations plan.
- Evaluate legal, political, and regulatory responsibilities of EMS during an emergency.
- Recommend strategies to promote community resilience.
- Explain the significance of EMS participation in emergency exercises.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Emergency public health: Preparedness and response
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett (2011)
Author: Kapur, G. B., & Smith, J. P.
ISBN: 9780763758707
Price: $112.35
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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GENERAL EDUCATION | Total Required Semester Hours: 36
History
HY 1120 American History II
HY 1120 American History II (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores the social, political, and economic history of the United States from the advent of the Gilded Age to the early 21st century.
Outcomes
- Describe the impact of industrial expansion on the evolution of big business in the United States.
- Identify influences toward urban blight in 19th-century America.
- Compare and contrast the turn-of-the-century values of Twain’s Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.
- Summarize the impact of the Civil Rights Movement on America’s societal infrastructure.
- Contrast varied perspectives concerning America’s presence in the world.
- Explain the United States’ role as a superpower during and after the world wars.
- Describe the modern challenges and opportunities concerning the United States around the globe.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HY 1020 Western Civilization II
HY 1110 American History I (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores the social, political, and economic history of the United States from discovery through the conclusion of post-Civil War Reconstruction.
Outcomes
- Identify American cultures with an emphasis on identifying Native American tribes and their associated settlements, tools, agriculture, and trade.
- Identify the rifts that developed between the European powers and their American colonies.
- Recognize the characteristics of the distinct regions of Colonial America.
- Summarize the impact foreign and local governments had on the evolution of American government.
- Identify the impact foreign aggression had on American civilian morale.
- Compare the influence of political parties on American society, government, and culture.
- Discuss the evolution of American philosophies or ideals.
- Explain the impact new technologies had on the evolution of gender and social roles.
- Summarize the factors leading to the American Civil War.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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Author: (No information available)
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* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Humanities and Fine Arts
ART 1301 Art Appreciation I
ART 1301 Art Appreciation I (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Presents a diverse array of art works to help students distinguish artistic form, content, and importance in society. Original art works are analyzed through their historic style, elements of design process, and impact on cultural heritage.
Outcomes
- Justify visual arts in relation to history and culture.
- Examine the characteristics of works of art, including the purpose and structure of the work.
- Interpret artworks using the elements of design.
- Analyze artworks using the application of media, techniques, and processes.
- Recognize an artwork or artist by style and time period.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Prebles’ artforms: An introduction to the visual arts (Rev: 11th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2014)
Author: Frank, P.
ISBN: 9780205968114
Price: $140.53
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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PHL 1010 Critical Thinking
PHL 1010 Critical Thinking (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores different methods of enhancing the quality of learning and life by systematically improving an individual’s way of thinking.
Outcomes
- Recognize the traits of the fair-minded thinker.
- Explain the concept of intellectual standards for thinking.
- Develop questions that result in critical thinking.
- Apply analytical reasoning to a variety of situations.
- Identify strategies for self-assessment.
- Apply decision-making patterns that result in problem-solving.
- Recognize bias and fallacies in messages from mass media and other sources.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your learning and your life (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2012)
Author: Paul, R., & Elder, L.
ISBN: 9780132180917
Price: $72.09
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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English Composition
EH 1010 English Composition I
EH 1010 English Composition I (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces the basic concepts and requirements of college-level writing. This course provides students with the opportunity to implement effective communication skills via the written word.
Outcomes
- Demonstrate proper use of Standard Written English and the conventions of APA documentation style.
- Employ the concepts of audience and perspective when approaching others in the writing situation.
- Construct different genres of writing.
- Effectively incorporate relevant academic sources containing both qualitative and quantitative data.
- Demonstrate critical reading skills that translate to improvement in writing practices, such as the crafting of effective sentences and paragraphs.
- Utilize pre-writing and planning strategies for the writing process.
- Assert argumentative thesis statements that are supported by structured essays that have an introduction, body, and conclusion.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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EH 1020 English Composition II
EH 1020 English Composition II (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an advanced introduction to the basic concepts and requirements of college-level writing. The course includes additional skills, methods, and techniques to improve and polish the student’s completed written documents.
Outcomes
- Implement ideas of the writing situation, genre, and audience learned in English Composition I.
- Develop an academically valid research topic.
- Identify parts of an argument through persuasive writing.
- Conduct research resulting in an annotated bibliography.
- Produce an argumentative research paper.
- Utilize the accepted APA style and conventions.
PreRequisites
- EH 1010
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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Author: (No information available)
ISBN: (No information available)
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Mathematics
MAT 1301 Liberal Arts Math
MAT 1301 Liberal Arts Math (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces non-technical applications of mathematics in the modern world. Cultivates an appreciation of the significance of mathematics in daily life and develops students’ mathematical reasoning. Subjects include quantitative information in real-world situations, geometry, statistics, and probability.
Outcomes
- Apply mathematical principles used in real-world situations.
- Relate numerical concepts to problem-solving applications.
- Perform computations with real numbers.
- Apply geometric principles to solve problems.
- Demonstrate counting techniques.
- Demonstrate understanding of basic concepts of statistics.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Mathematics all around (Rev: 5th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2014)
Author: Pirnot, T.
ISBN: 978-0-321-83699-1
Price: $97.89
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Natural Science
BIO 1100 Non-Majors Biology
BIO 1100 Non-Majors Biology (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores the principles of biology, including the scientific method, cell theory, cellular process, theories of heredity, evolutionary theory, ecology, human physiology, and a survey of the diversity of organisms.
Outcomes
- Evaluate concepts of basic biological sciences.
- Explain processes that occur across various levels of organization.
- Identify characteristics of living organisms.
- Relate chemical processes to living organisms.
- Relate cell theory to the development of different cell types.
- Describe human anatomical systems and their disease states.
- Evaluate relationships between living organisms and nonliving factors in ecosystems.
- Apply lab simulations and activities for further scientific understanding.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Biology: Science for life with physiology (Rev: 4th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2013)
Author: Belk, C., & Meier, V. B.
ISBN: 978-0-32-176783-7
Price: $126.62
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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CHM 1030 General Chemistry I
CHM 1030 General Chemistry I (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces core chemical concepts to help the student acquire a long-term, meaningful understanding of the basic principles and relevant connections to those principles operating in everyday life.
Outcomes
- Describe the states of matter, their properties, and the effect of chemical measurements on chemical calculations.
- Utilize the correct units of measurement in calculations to represent mass, length, temperature, volume, density, and energy.
- Analyze Dalton’s atomic theory with respect to the structure of the atom.
- Describe the organization of the periodic table, and compare and contrast properties of the main group elements.
- Relate the properties of the transition elements to the formation of coordination compounds.
- Solve chemical problems relating to stoichiometry, and differentiate between various types of chemical reactions.
- Summarize the applications of various gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory.
- Analyze the various theories of chemical bonding, and compare and contrast ionic and covalent bonds.
- Determine the orbital configuration for each element and describe the use of electron configurations to explain the internal energy of an element.
- Name chemical compounds, write chemical formulas, and balance chemical equations.
- Define and determine the implications of the first law of thermodynamics and the law of conservation of energy.
- Calculate the concentration of a solution using molarity, mole fraction, and mass percent.
- Apply the laws of thermodynamics to evaluate reaction heat changes qualitatively and quantitatively.
- Derive and discuss the three-dimensional structure of simple molecules.
PreRequisites
- MAT 1302
Textbook(s)
Chemistry: The central science (Rev: 12th ed.)
Publisher: Prentice Hall (2012)
Author: Brown, T. L., LeMay, H. E. Jr., Bursten, B. E., Murphy, C. J., & Woodward, P. M.
ISBN: 9781256923633
Price: $169.26
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Behavioral Sciences and Social Sciences
SOC 1010 Introduction to Sociology
SOC 1010 Introduction to Sociology (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an in-depth study of the basic concepts of sociology. Specific attention is given to culture characteristics, societal changes, inequalities in social classes, and how they relate to different groups in society.
Outcomes
- Recognize the ideas of sociological theorists in terms of the historical, economic, and social contexts.
- Express the relationship between one’s beliefs and one’s group memberships.
- Describe the transmission of cultures through socialization.
- Interpret patterns of behavior through sociological skills and theory.
- Apply micro theories of self, using one’s own digital footprint.
- Explain how social structure shapes an individual’s life chances.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
SOC 2016 (Rev: 4th ed.)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (2016)
Author: Witt, J.
ISBN: 9780078130755
Price: $92.38
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PS 1010 American Government
PSY 1010 General Psychology (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Surveys the principles, theories, and methods of psychology as a basis for the understanding of human behavior and mental processes.
Outcomes
- Outline the historical development of the psychology field.
- Differentiate research methodologies used in the field of psychology.
- Recognize factors that influence human behaviors and cognitions.
- Describe ways in which humans learn new behaviors.
- Interpret basic cognitive functions.
- Identify symptoms of various abnormal conditions.
- Identify contributors to human action, motivation, and drive.
- Summarize a scholarly, peer-reviewed psychology journal article.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Psychology (Rev: 12th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2017)
Author: Wade, C., & Tavris, C.
ISBN: 9780134240831
Price: (No information available)
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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PS 2010 American State and Local Politics
PS 2010 American State and Local Politics (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces components and processes inherent to state and local government in the United States. Acquaints students with the structures and functions of state and local governments as well as the methods and motivations behind political decisions.
Outcomes
- Explain the nature of politics.
- Analyze the political processes in local government.
- Differentiate between powers allocated to the federal government and those allocated to the states.
- Distinguish between liberal and conservative ideology in state and local politics.
- Explain how policy responsibilities vary among state and local governments.
- Summarize the processes of changing state laws or state constitutions.
- Explain how citizen attitudes influence policies adopted by governments.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Politics in states and communities (Rev: 15th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2015)
Author: Dye, T. R., & MacManus, S. A.
ISBN: 978-0-205-99472-4
Price: $104.65
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Electives | Total Required Semester Hours: 36
BBA 2026 Organizational Communication
BBA 2026 Organizational Communication (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Examines the communication process as it pertains to modern organizations from the perspectives of various organizational members. Topics include elements of the communication process, responsibilities of communicators at various levels, methods of verbal and nonverbal communication in organizations, factors that affect intercultural communication, role of organizational culture, and strategies to manage conflict.
Outcomes
- Determine communication processes that guide organizational behavior.
- Employ communication techniques for effective strategic planning.
- Explain communication techniques that improve employee trust and engagement.
- Relate effective communication techniques to public relations and marketing.
- Recommend communication techniques that are effective in managing conflict.
- Integrate strategies of communication for managing organizational performance.
- Summarize the differences in communication styles of managers vs. leaders.
- Create a communication strategy that fosters change and innovation.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Integrated Learning Resource
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ISBN: (No information available)
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BBA 2551 Intercultural Management
BBA 2551 Intercultural Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Presents an overview of the impact of culture on international business. Review of intercultural skills needed to develop successful management strategies across cultures. Emphasis is placed on assessing the environment, ethics and social responsibility, communication skills, and formulating business strategies.
Outcomes
- Explain how the political and economic environment affects decision making.
- Compare universal cultural variables that affect job behaviors.
- Describe the necessary steps involved with developing international business strategies.
- Examine the influence of culture on strategic choice.
- Explain the processes of preparation, adaptation, and repatriation in relation to intercultural management.
- Discuss new demands leaders face in relation to human rights and ethical conduct.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
International management: Managing across borders and cultures (Rev: 8th ed.)
Publisher: Pearson (2014)
Author: Deresky, H.
ISBN: 978-0-13-306212-0
Price: $180.25
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BBA 2926 Introduction to Project Management
BBA 2926 Introduction to Project Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores the history and development of project management and the project management process framework. This course provides an overview of the five project management process groups, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling and monitoring, and closing.
Outcomes
- Implement a basic project schedule.
- Define project management as a series of activities and tasks.
- Explain how the project triple constraint is used to manage a project.
- Discuss risk as a measure of not achieving a defined project goal.
- Design a simple project communication plan.
- Analyze the growth of project management from 1945 until present day.
- Clarify the role of project procurement.
- Identify factors impacting the control of project costs.
- Create a general overview of quality project management techniques.
- Examine project teams.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Project management in practice (Rev: 5th ed.)
Publisher: Wiley (2014)
Author: Meridith, J. R., Shafer, S. M., Mantel, S. J., Jr., & Sutton, M. M.
ISBN: 978-1-118-67466-6
Price: $136.02
Project management absolute beginner’s guide (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Que (2013)
Author: Horine, G. M.
ISBN: 978-0-7897-5010-5
Price: $38.99
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BHA 4001 Budgeting in Health Care
BHA 4001 Budgeting in Health Care (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides an overview of financial management principles commonly encountered in healthcare organizations. This course introduces the basic concepts of managerial financial functions, processes, financial reports, and factors affecting the financial aspects of providing healthcare services in today’s dynamic and competitive environment.
Outcomes
- Analyze the financial statements of health care organizations using horizontal analysis, vertical analysis, and ratio analysis
- Calculate and interpret liquidity ratios, profitability ratios, activity ratios, and capital structure ratios.
- Evaluate various capital investment alternatives
- Calculate and interpret internal rate of return.
- Interpret the major budgets and explain their relationship to each other, as well as to the income statement and balance sheet.
- Analyze standard costs classifications to include fixed, variable, indirect, and direct costs.
- Demonstrate how financial implications can be applied to current medical technology.
- Evaluate management’s responsibility for staffing and how staffing is affected by different financial circumstances.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Essentials of health care finance (Rev: 7th ed.)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett (2011)
Author: Cleverley, W. O., Song, P. H., & Cleverley, J. O
ISBN: 978-0-7637-8929-9
Price: $138.54
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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BSL 4060 Team Building and Leadership
BSL 4060 Team Building and Leadership (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Examines high performance skills, innovation, management, and effective development of cross-cultural teams in relation to leadership. Analysis of leadership styles in both social and professional situations, the importance of making wise business decisions within a team-based environment, and overcoming unhealthy agreements are covered. This course examines leaders’ communication styles, leadership power, situational leadership, creativity and leadership, resolving conflict, teamwork, motivation, coaching skills, emotional intelligence, and the impact of leaders on organizational decision making.
Outcomes
- Summarize the determinants of high-performance teams.
- Construct a team member skills–motivation matrix.
- Examine the impact of shared leadership on team competencies.
- Explain the importance of teamwork in an organization.
- Describe team-building activities leaders can incorporate for better managing internal teams and interorganizational alliances.
- Distinguish between the coaching and facilitating roles of a team leader.
- Identify problems-solving approaches to resolving conflict between and within teams.
- Predict major challenges teams will face in the future.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Team building: Proven strategies for improving team performance (Rev: 5th ed.)
Publisher: Jossey-Bass (2013)
Author: Dyer, W. G., Jr., Dyer, J. H., & Dyer, W. G.
ISBN: 9781118105139
Price: $44.46
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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CS 1010 Computer Essentials
CS 1010 Computer Essentials (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Explores computer literacy topics in a very basic, hands-on environment. Presents the fundamentals of computer hardware and software, the Internet, operating systems, and current application software within Microsoft Office Suite.
Outcomes
- Describe the relationship between digital basics and computer hardware.
- Generalize the impact of software applications on computer software and hardware.
- Explain the relationship between peripheral equipment, networks, the Internet, and intranets.
- Apply the principles of basic Excel functions.
- Examine the current electronic media sources to include the components that make the World Wide Web operate with webmail.
- Discuss the impact recent trends within the computer industry have on information systems.
- Describe file and database concepts such as data management tools, database design, structured query language (SQL), and database security.
- Identify the computerized tools and practices utilized in today’s business sector.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
New perspectives on computer concepts 2014, comprehensive (Rev: 17th ed.)
Publisher: Course Technology (2014)
Author: Parsons, J. J., & Oja, D.
ISBN: 978-1-285-09692-6
Price: $184.54
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HCA 3310 Health Care Marketing
HCA 3310 Health Care Marketing (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Provides a background in the principles and concepts of marketing and instructs students on the importance of marketing in the healthcare sector. Topics discussed include healthcare marketing trends, consumer decision making, ethical and legal considerations in healthcare marketing, and strategies for marketing in health care. Discusses how marketing in the healthcare sector contrasts with marketing in other sectors.
Outcomes
- Examine the principles and concepts of marketing.
- Defend the importance of marketing in the healthcare sector.
- Analyze current healthcare marketing trends.
- Evaluate how marketing impacts consumer decisions.
- Explain the ethical and legal considerations in healthcare marketing.
- Develop marketing strategies for the healthcare setting.
- Contrast marketing in health care to marketing in other medical-related industries.
- Describe the impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on marketing for healthcare services and health plans.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Marketing health services (Rev: 3rd ed.)
Publisher: Health Administration Press (2015)
Author: Thomas, R. K.
ISBN: 9781567936780
Price: $119.60
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HCA 4303 Comparative Health Systems
HCA 4303 Comparative Health Systems (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Examines the structure of the major healthcare systems in the United States in a comparative analysis with other countries, focusing on financing, reimbursement, delivery systems and adoption of new technologies. Students study the relative roles of private sector and public sector insurance and providers; the effect of system design on cost, quality, efficiency, access to primary and specialty care; and equity of medical services.
Outcomes
- Identify and evaluate cultural, historical, geographic, environmental, economic, and political factors that influence health care in specified countries.
- Recognize and explain basic factors influencing the use of health services and systems.
- Analyze and evaluate national health care services and systems by addressing the health status indicators of populations and the determinants of health and illness.
- Assess health care reform efforts and models being used in other countries to effectuate changes, including health policy development.
- Evaluate elements of the health care professions in select national health care systems, including health workforce changes.
- Examine the various cultures, values, norms, behaviors, communication, and ethical issues existing in health care systems.
- Recommend solutions for national health care problems and global health problems.
- Synthesize major issues effecting select national health care systems by offering sustainable solutions to problems through observation, evidence, and research.
PreRequisites
- BHA 3002
Textbook(s)
Global health systems: Comparing strategies for delivering health services
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett (2014)
Author: Lovett-Scott, M., & Prather, F.
ISBN: 978-1-4496-1899-5
Price: $96.29
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HCA 4304 Project Management for Health Professionals
HCA 4304 Project Management for Health Professionals (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Reviews the principles of project management, reengineering, and work redesign. Students focus on developing strategies necessary to initiate, plan, implement, and disseminate the results of a health-science project.
Outcomes
- Explain the steps in a project life cycle.
- Identify tools and resources for managing projects.
- Describe the activities related to creating a project plan.
- Compare and contrast scope, change, risk, and stakeholder management.
- Develop a project plan that incorporates the project life cycle, required tools, and activities associated with a project plan.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Healthcare project management
Publisher: Schwalbe (2013)
Author: Schwalbe, K., & Furlong, D.
ISBN: 978-0982800355
Price: $76.34
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HCA 4307 Health Care Quality Management
HCA 4307 Health Care Quality Management (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Examines the history and scope of healthcare quality movement efforts in the United States. Methods of assessing quality and techniques for process improvement are addressed as well as opportunities for preventing adverse events. Quality improvement tools such as Lean Six Sigma, constraints theory, and other key approaches are reviewed with an emphasis on developing, executing, and reporting the outcomes of quality improvement initiatives in health care.
Outcomes
- Analyze the impact that goals of quality management have on the healthcare industry from the historical perspective.
- Compare and contrast components of traditional quality assurance processes in the healthcare industry.
- Apply various quality improvement methods used in the healthcare industry.
- Describe how managed care aligns with healthcare quality goals.
- Explain the key measures used to assess performance outcomes in healthcare organizations.
- Analyze the role of major healthcare accreditation organizations in the U.S.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
McLaughlin and Kaluzny’s continuous quality improvement in health care (Rev: 4th ed.)
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning (2013)
Author: Sollecito, W. A., & Johnson, J. K.
ISBN: 978-0-7637-8154-5
Price: $107.28
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HCA 4308 Research Methods for Health Professionals
HCA 4308 Research Methods for Health Professionals (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Focuses on basic concepts of statistics such as measures of central tendency and variability; concepts of test validity, reliability, and objectivity; and on basic techniques used in inferential statistics. Also examine the basic components required for designing, conducting, and interpreting health-related research. Topics discussed include research design, methodologies, observational studies, experimental and quasi-experimental design, inherent biases, ethical considerations, the use of primary and secondary data, and statistical techniques.
Outcomes
- Analyze peer reviewed materials for health professionals to examine trends and issues in health care.
- Apply various types of research study designs to health care research.
- Evaluate ethical issues related to research methods in health care.
- Analyze practical means to ensure the integrity of health care research methods.
- Describe a variety of techniques that may be used with data collection in health-related research.
- Examine the types of primary and secondary analysis used in research methods.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Principles of evaluation and research for health care programs
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning (2015)
Author: Perrin, K. M.,
ISBN: 9781449674366
Price: $98.03
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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HTH 1301 Medical Law and Ethics
HTH 1301 Medical Law and Ethics (``3 SEMESTER HOURS``)
Description
Introduces the key principles governing release of information and confidentiality of patient information. An overview of healthcare delivery systems and the roles of healthcare professionals is also presented. Other topics include confidentiality; release of information; legislative process; the court system; legal vocabulary; record retention guidelines; patient rights/advocacy; advance directives; and ethics.
Outcomes
- Describe the legal and ethical aspects of healthcare information.
- Apply policies and procedures to proper access and disclosure of personal health information.
- Apply current compliance standards related to health information initiatives.
- Explore ethical standards of professional practice in healthcare settings.
- Explain procedures regarding the release of patient information to authorized users.
- Explain the importance of patient’s rights, advance directives, and other aspects of informed consent in American health care.
- Differentiate the roles of various providers throughout the continuum of health care.
PreRequisites
None
Textbook(s)
Law & ethics for health professions (Rev: 7th ed.)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2016)
Author: Judson, K., & Harrison, C.
ISBN: 9780073513836
Price: $106.86
* Disclaimer: Textbooks listed are based on the last open revision of the course. Prior revisions and future revisions may use different textbooks. To verify textbook information, view the course syllabus or contact the AU Bookstore at [email protected]
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Students may select electives from courses not used to meet other requirements.
Students must take into consideration the 36 semester hour upper-division requirement when selecting courses. Each student is encouraged to speak with his or her Academic Advisor for more information.
