Program: Business Administration, B.S.: Option in Healthcare Administration - California State University, Los Angeles - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 02, 2025

University Catalog 2023-2024

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with the option in Healthcare Administration prepares students for understanding organizational tools and processes required to perform general management tasks in healthcare contexts. It may also be an excellent preparation for continued business studies such as in a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Master of Science in Healthcare Management (MS HCM) degree program.

This option builds on the degree core administrative knowledge and managerial skills to give business management students a competitive edge for operating in the complex and changing healthcare environments. Healthcare administrators are management or clinical professionals who perform in supervisory and leadership roles in the healthcare organizational settings. As cost pressures and quality-assurance imperatives become increasingly important for the viability of healthcare services, administrators with appropriate business knowledge and skills continue to be in demand.

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Learning Outcomes

Requirement for the Major (72 units)

Core Requirements (45 units)

Lower Division Core Courses (15 units)

ACCT 2100 - Principles of Financial Accounting [3]
ACCT 2110 - Principles of Managerial Accounting [3]
ECON 2010 - Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics [3]
ECON 2020 - Principles of Economics II: Macroeconomics [3]
FIN 2050 - Legal and Regulatory Environment of Business I [3]
Note: ECON 2010 or ECON 2020 is double-counted in GE Block D.

Upper Division Core Courses (30 units)

BUS 3050 - Business Communications [3]
BUS 4150 - Contemporary Issues in Global Business [3]
BUS 4970 - Strategic Management [3]
CIS 3010 - Management Information Systems [3]
ECON 3060 - Statistics for Business Analysis and Decision Making [3]
FIN 3030 - Business Finance [3]
MGMT 3060 - Operations Management [3]
MGMT 3070 - Management and Organizational Behavior [3]
MGMT 3080 - Business Responsibilities in Society [3]
MKT 3100 - Principles of Marketing [3]
Notes
- BUS 4970 is the capstone course and requires completion of all the core courses. It is strongly recommended that the course be taken toward the end of the program.
- It is strongly recommended that when taking the upper-division core courses, students follow the sequence: CIS 3010 , BUS 3050 , FIN 3030 , ECON 3060 , MKT 3100 , MGMT 3060 , MGMT 3070 , MGMT 3080 , BUS 4150 , and BUS 4970 .
- ECON 3060 is double-counted in upper division GE Block B: Natural Science and Mathematics
- MGMT 3080 is double-counted in GE Block C: Upper Division Requirement: Arts and Humanities.
- BUS 3050 is designated as a Writing Intensive (wi) course.

Option Requirements (27 units)

Required Courses (18 units):

Complete 18 units which includes a 3-unit skills course.

MGMT 4108 - High Performance Management [3]
MGMT 4300 - Leading and Managing in Healthcare Environments [3]
MGMT 4330 - Healthcare Regulations and Ethics [3]
MGMT 4335 - Financial Management of Health Care Institutions [3]
Select one course:
MGMT 4315 - Comparative Healthcare Organizing [3]
PH 3140 - Health Care Delivery System [3]
Select one course:
MGMT 4345 - Healthcare Operations Management [3]
MGMT 4506 - Service Management [3]

Electives (9 units)

Select 9 units from the following:

ACCT 3100 - Accounting Information for Decision Making [3]
BUS 3950 - Community Service in Business [1-3]
CIS 4860 - Managing Information Systems Projects [3]
CIS 4870 - Decision Support Systems [3]
ECON 4720 - Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining [3]
ENGL 3010 - Advanced College Writing [3]
ENGL 3030 - Professional and Technical Writing [3]
FIN 4340 - Cases in Financial Management [3]
MGMT 4409 - Career Development [3]
MGMT 4400 - Strategic Human Resource Management [3]
MGMT 4505 - Project Management [3]
MKT 3950 - Community Based Social Marketing [3]
MKT 3310 - Nonprofit Marketing [3]
MKT 4449 - Marketing Strategy [3]
PH 3120 - Introduction to Epidemiology [3]
PH 4150 - Critical Issues in Health Policy [3]
PH 4220 - Vulnerable Populations [3]
PH 4320 - Introduction to International and Global Health [3]
PHIL 3040 - Ethics I [3]
PHIL 4850 - Philosophy of Science [3]
PSY 4280 - Introduction to Analysis of Behavior [3]
PSY 4450 - Community Psychology - Service Learning [3]
POLS 4620 - Public Policy [3]
SOC 4330 - Bioethics and Sociology [3]
SW 3761 - Child Welfare [3]
SW 3762 - Cross Cultural Practice with Older Adults [3]
Other electives may be selected from the following areas with advisor approval: COMM, HHS, KIN, LBS, NURS.