| BHSA 300 | Survey of Health Care Delivery | An introduction to the national and global health care delivery systems. The course focuses on the evolution of health care, payer, provider, and supplier aspects of health systems. |
| BHSA 303 | Writing for Health Care Professionals | A structured, writing intensive course designed to prepare health care professionals to write analytical papers. The writing process, writing style, organization, and clarity of communication are major emphasis in this course. |
| BHSA 305 | Cultural Competency in Health Care | This course is designed to increase awareness of the need to provide health care to patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors. Emphasis will be placed on tailoring health care delivery to meet patients' social, cultural, and linguistic nee... |
| BHSA 307 | Epidemiology | Introduction to the nature and scope of epidemiology; survey of basic epidemiological methods and their application to selected acute and chronic health problems. Students will gain knowledge in the prevention and treatment of infectious and chronic... |
| BHSA 308 | Foundations of Disease and Health | The interface of health and basic disease processes. Topics include the definition, symptoms, etiology, treatment, and prognosis of each disease process. |
| BHSA 310 | Principles of Management in Health Care | Management and leadership theories, functions, and skills required for success in the health care organization, with an emphasis on supervisory management. |
| BHSA 311 | Introduction to Research | An introductory study of research design with an emphasis on the analysis, synthesis, and application of evidence-based information in the health care delivery system. |
| BHSA 313 | Health Education in Health Care Systems | An introduction to health education programs for the health care professional working in health care facilities and systems. Includes development and delivery of programs and current problems in continuing professional health education. |
| BHSA 319 | Interdisciplinary Health Studies | An introductory study of the intersecting concepts, skills, facets, tenets, and trends of the modern health care delivery industry. |
| BHSA 320 | The Role of Quality Improvement in Health Care | This course examines the organization and operations of hospitals. The respective roles of hospital staff will be discussed. |
| BHSA 326 | Human Resources in Health Care | Principles and policies of personnel administration including interviewing, evaluating, and compensating with emphasis on health care settings. |
| BHSA 330 | Introduction to Statistics | An introductory course in statistical decision-making methods including sampling, measures of central tendency, frequency distributions, probability, probability distributions, sampling methods, hypothesis testing, statistical inference, correlations... |
| BHSA 401 | Introduction to Global Health | This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of principles and theoretical perspectives of health education in global settings. |
| BHSA 406 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care | An introductory study of legal and ethical issues in health care. Topics include ethical theories, end of life care, living wills, confidentiality, risk management and quality review, HIPAA, and electronic health record. |
| BHSA 408 | Organizational Behavior in Health Care | An overview of the nature of employee behavior and the function of management in the health care organizational setting. Human behavior will be examined at individual, group, and organizational levels, including strategies to increase productivity. |
| BHSA 409 | Intro to Policy, Advocacy, & Ethics | An introduction to the study of interrelationships between political issues, sociological issues, ethical issues, public policy information, and legal implications in the health care delivery system. This course covers the basic forms for advocacy, p... |
| BHSA 420 | Leadership Development | An introduction to the theory and practice of leadership. Students will explore how leadership theory can inform and direct the way leadership is practiced in the health care environment. |
| BHSA 423 | Health Promotion | An in-depth review of interventions, programs, and strategies for promoting the prevention of common disease influenced by cultural, social, economic, and educational factors. |
| BHSA 424 | Current Issues and Trends in Health Care | This course explores significant trends in health care and the major political, social and economic problems affecting the United States' health care system and its stakeholders. Topics such as access to health care, health disparities and health-rel... |
| BHSA 425 | Health Behavior | An examination of attitudes and beliefs of personal wellness and healthy living designed to improve health behavior. |
| BHSA 427 | Finance and Reimbursement in Health Care | Introduction to health care budgeting and finance, including legislation, federal programs, managed care, and subscription programs |
| BHSA 430 | Strategic Decision Making in Health Care | The application of applied statistics and data analysis for strategic decision making in health care organizations. |
| BHSA 455 | Capstone Seminar | A capstone course in which students utilize the knowledge, skills and insight gained from previous coursework in the BHSA program to develop a project related to the student's area of focus/interest. Projects may be designed to improve some facet of... |
| BHSA 490 | Special Topics | Inter-professional elective. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director. |
| DOM 501 | Direct Medical Support Operator I | A study of advanced medical support, including concepts related to crush injury, cardiovascular emergencies, and musculoskeletal traumas. |
| DOM 503 | Direct Medical Support Operator II | A study of advanced medical support, including concepts related to neurological, abdomen, chest, and pelvic traumas, burns, toxidones, and K9/Working dog management. |
| DOM 505 | Direct Medical Support Operator III | A study of advanced medical support, including concepts related to advanced pharmacology and resuscitation. This course is optional and designed for paramedics who want additional advanced training. |
| HS 300 | Survey of Health Care Delivery | An introduction to the national and global healthcare delivery systems. The course focuses on the evolution of healthcare, payer, provider, and supplier aspects of health systems. |
| HS 302 | Computer Applications in Health Care | A hands-on course using computers with emphasis on applications for health sciences. |
| HS 303 | Writing for Healthcare Professionals | A structured, writing intensive course designed to prepare healthcare professionals to write analytical papers. The writing process, writing style, organization, and clarity of communication are major emphasis in this course. |
| HS 304 | Professionalism in Health Care | A study of theory and principles of organizational and interpersonal communication focusing on writing skills, problem solving, team building, cultural proficiency, and conflict resolution. |
| HS 305 | Cultural Competency in Healthcare | This course is designed to increase awareness of the need to provide healthcare to patients with diverse values, beliefs, and behaviors. Emphasis will be placed on tailoring healthcare delivery to meet patients? social, cultural, and linguistic needs... |
| HS 306 | Medical Terminology | A study of current clinical concepts in diseases and their treatments with emphasis on medical language. |
| HS 308 | Foundations of Disease and Health | The interface of health and basic disease processes. Topics include the definition, symptoms, etiology, treatment, and prognosis of each disease process. |
| HS 309 | Health Information Privacy & Security | A study of the history and continuing evolution of American law regarding health information use as currently presented in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. |
| HS 310 | Principles of Management in Healthcare | Management and leadership theories, functions, and skills required for success in the healthcare organization, with an emphasis on supervisory management. |
| HS 311 | Introduction to Research | An introductory study of research design with an emphasis on the analysis, synthesis, and application of evidence-based information in the healthcare delivery system. |
| HS 312 | Continuing Education in Healthcare | An introduction to continuing education programs for healthcare facilities and systems. Includes development and delivery of programs and current problems in continuing education. |
| HS 313 | Health Education in Healthcare Systems | An introduction to health education programs for the healthcare professional working in healthcare facilities and systems. Includes development and delivery of programs and current problems in continuing professional health education. |
| HS 314 | Professional Communication in Health Car | A study of theory and principles of organizational and interpersonal communication focusing on writing skills, problem solving, team building, cultural proficiency, and conflict resolution. |
| HS 319 | Interdisciplinary Health Studies | An introductory study of the intersecting concepts, skills, facets, tenets, and trends of the modern healthcare delivery industry. |
| HS 320 | The Role of Quality Improvement in Healt | This course examines the organization and operations of hospitals. The respective roles of hospital staff will be discussed. |
| HS 326 | Human Resources in Healthcare | Principles and policies of personnel administration including interviewing, evaluating, and compensating with emphasis on healthcare settings. |
| HS 330 | Introduction to Statistics | An introductory course in statistical decision-making methods including sampling, measures of central tendency, frequency distributions, probability, probability distributions, sampling methods, hypothesis testing, statistical inference, correlations... |
| HS 332 | Scientific Foundations I | Functions of the cells, tissues, organs and organ systems and how they relate to the disease process. The inflammatory process including the immunologic response and healing will be included. |
| HS 334 | Scientific Foundations II | Continued study of the immune response and an introduction to pharmacological principles and biochemistry associated with human meta bolism. |
| HS 340 | General Pathology | A study of the etiology and symptomatology of the general pathological conditions affecting the body. |
| HS 341 | Pharmacology | A basic introduction to drug actions and their mechanisms when introduced to the body under specific conditions and the reactions of the body to these drugs. |
| HS 344 | Physiology | Process of maintaining homeostasis and mechanisms of functional control. |
| HS 346 | Biochemistry | A study of some fundamental chemical processes associated with the human biochemistry. |
| HS 370 | Management of Medical Emergencies | A comprehensive study of the prevention, recognition, management and treatment of medical emergencies for the non-medical provider. Topics include basic pathophysiology and management of cardiac, respiratory, endocrine, neurological, trauma, and othe... |
| HS 380 | Spanish for Health Care Professionals | Basic Spanish to aid the health care professional in communication with Spanish-speaking patients or colleagues. Emphasis on medical terms and conversational Spanish. |
| HS 382 | Computer Apps in Health Care- Adv | HS382 - Advanced computer applications in health care. A hands-on computer course emphasizing advance spreadsheet use and database management software for health care applications. |
| HS 401 | Introduction to Global Health | This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of principles and theoretical perspectives of health education in global settings. |
| HS 404 | Political and Sociological Issues Health | The impact of public policy, social, economic and political systems on access and quality of care across demographic and socio-economic groups. |
| HS 405 | Introduction to Policy, Law, and Ethics | An introduction to the study of interrelationships between political issues, sociological issues, ethical issues, public policy formation, and legal implications in the healthcare delivery system. |
| HS 406 | Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care | An introductory study of legal and ethical issues in health care. Topics include ethical theories, end of life care, living wills, c onfidentiality, risk management and quality review, HIPAA, and implementation of the electronic health record. |
| HS 408 | Organizational Behavior in Healthcare | An overview of the nature of employee behavior and the function of management in the healthcare organizational setting. Human behavior will be examined at individual, group, and organizational levels, including strategies to increase productivity. |
| HS 409 | Intro to Policy, Advocacy & Ethics | An introduction to the study of interrelationships between political issues, sociological issues, ethical issues, public policy information, and legal implications in the healthcare delivery system. This course covers the basic forms for advocacy, pu... |
| HS 410 | Honors Seminar | The honors seminar is a health related research oriented seminar for students who have demonstrated academic excellence and who are capable of independent research. A minimum 3.5 GPA and the recommendation of the faculty are required to enroll in the... |
| HS 412 | Marketing and Outreach in Health Care | An overview of marketing and its role in health service organizations. Prerequisite: HS 303 |
| HS 414 | Supervisory Management in Health Care | A review of the management process with special emphasis on the middle manager?s role and function in health care organizations. |
| HS 415 | Pedagogical Concepts in Health Education | An introduction to methods and practices of teaching for the health educator. |
| HS 416 | Pedagogical Concepts in Health Education | An introduction to methods and practices of teaching for the health educator. |
| HS 417 | Principles of Education in Health Care | An introduction to the principles and methods of education as applied to patient and inservice education in health care. |
| HS 418 | Community Health | This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of principles and theoretical perspectives of community health and underserved populations. |
| HS 420 | Leadership Development | An introduction to the theory and practice of leadership. Students will explore how leadership theory can inform and direct the way leadership is practiced in the healthcare environment. |
| HS 421 | History of Modern Medicine | An overview of medical history designed to illustrate the process of the evolution of ideas of select developments and discoveries influencing modern medicine rather than to provide massive lists of names and dates of specific discoveries to include. |
| HS 422 | Diagnostic Imaging in Health Care | An overview of the vast array of imaging technologies in modern medicine, to include study of the conventional xray, fluoroscopy, fi beroptic endoscopy, internal cameras, the use of contrast media, computerized axial tomography, nuclear magnetic reso... |
| HS 423 | Health Promotion | An in-depth review of interventions, programs, and strategies for promoting the prevention of common disease influenced by cultural, social, economic, and educational factors. |
| HS 424 | Epidemiology | A study of the causes, incidence, and distribution of common diseases including the humanistic and economic implications of these diseases. |
| HS 425 | Health Behavior | An examination of attitudes and beliefs of personal wellness and healthy living designed to improve health behavior. |
| HS 426 | Issues in Health Education | A study of current issues in health education. |
| HS 427 | Finance and Reimbursement in Healthcare | Introduction to healthcare budgeting and finance, including legislation, federal programs, managed care, and subscription programs. |
| HS 428 | Managerial Accounting in Health Care | Use of accounting information and financial statements in operations, finance, administrative control and decision making in health care organizations. |
| HS 429 | Evidence-Based Decision Making in Health | Data collection methodologies and display of data in health care settings. The use of sampling, measures of central tendency, conf idence intervals, and chi square are included. |
| HS 430 | Strategic Decision Making in Healthcare | The application of applied statistics and data analysis for strategic decision making in healthcare organizations. |
| HS 451 | Senior Directed Study for Hlth Care Prac | Projects designed to enable health care practitioners to demonstrate their expanded capabilities resulting from the knowledge and analytical skills gained in the health sciences coursework. Projects will involve case research and presentations from t... |
| HS 452 | Program Planning and Implementation | A directed study or project involving a healthcare issue or problem.The student will work with a supervising faculty member and a mentor/preceptor. Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of the program director are required. |
| HS 454 | Health Promotion and Implementation | A capstone course in which students develop, implement and evaluate a health promotion project utilizing the theoretical concepts, knowledge, and skills gained from previous courses taken in the BSHS program. Prerequisite: Senior standing and permiss... |
| HS 455 | Capstone Seminar | A capstone course in which students utilize the knowledge, skills and insight gained from previous coursework in the BSHS program to develop a project related to the student?s area of focus/interest. Projects may be designed to improve some facet of... |
| HS 490 | Special Topics | Interprofessional elective. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director. |
| HS 520 | Essentials of Pathophysiology | This course focuses on the physiologic changes that occur as a result of disease processes, the clinical manifestations indicative of altered health and the therapy used to treat or affect these disease processes. Topics to be covered will include ce... |
| HS 527 | Advanced Human Musculoskeletal Anatomy | A comprehensive study of human anatomy in which is designed mainly for students whose clinical responsibilities require detailed knowledge of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. This course will incorporate an extensive review of histology and a... |
| HS 550 | Health Systems Management | This course has been designed to provide the student with an overview of the systems perspective of health care management. Topics will include organizational behavior, organizational theory, and their effect on organizational design. Utilization of... |
| HS 600 | Personal and Ethical Leadership | An exploration of applied leadership, personal leadership skills, and the similarities and differences between leadership and management. |
| HS 601 | Strategic Management in Healthcare | A study of strategic management of healthcare organizations, including the formulation of long term strategic directions, the planning of objective and supporting strategies, and the control of strategic implementation. |
| HS 602 | Legal/Ethical Concepts in Healthcare | An examination of the legal, ethical and social issues that arise in the management of health services organizations. |
| HS 604 | Organizational Behavior | An exploration of organizational structure and processes including interpersonal relations and team development with a particular focus on healthcare environments. Additionally, this course will provide the healthcare manager with a framework for de... |
| HS 608 | Healthcare Law | An examination of the legal regulation of healthcare processes and the healthcare industry including access to care, finance, antitrust, contracts, medical malpractice, administrative law, patient rights, licensure, and risk management. |
| HS 612 | Data Analysis and Outcomes Assessment | A study of basic applied statistical methods used in the summarization of management and health data for decision making, especially as they relate to the interpretation of data. |
| HS 616 | Healthcare Administration | A practical and quantitative approach to operation and management of healthcare delivery systems including administration, financial systems, staffing, departmental functions, and performance evaluation. |
| HS 630 | Health Policy and Society | An examination of theory and methods of health policy analysis in the public, nonprofit, and private health sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of analysis during various phases of the public policy formulation and implementation cycle. |
| HS 650 | Resource Management | An examination of the functions of administrators in healthcare and academic environments in relation to personnel, finance, resource allocation and strategic planning. |
| HS 651 | Quality & Risk Management in Healthcare | An examination of healthcare quality improvement and risk management in the U.S. including the methods that are utilized to achieve improvements in the healthcare setting. |
| HS 652 | Program Development and Implementation | An exploration of program planning and development that includes market conditions, needs assessment, planning, implementation, allocation of resources and evaluation. |
| HS 653 | Research for Health Professionals | A study of research design and methods with a focus on critically evaluating published research. |
| HS 654 | Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Finan | A study of current issues in health economics including problems and options in the financing of healthcare, physician and hospital services, mental health, long term care, and healthcare reimbursement. |
| HS 656 | Grant and Proposal Development | A practical application of the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare a grant or business proposal for submission to a board of directors or other funding source including the identification of a suitable area to address, needs assessment, identif... |
| HS 658 | Workforce Development | An examination of issues in healthcare workforce development including the knowledge and skills necessary to assess needs and develop and facilitate interventions designed to educate/train, recruit, prepare and retain a viable employee workforce. |
| HS 690 | Special Topics | Selected issues, problems, research techniques, materials, and policies. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director. |
| HS 699 | Integrated Healthcare Leadership | A capstone course in which students utilize the knowledge, skills and insight gained from previous courses taken in the MHS program and from their individual life experiences to develop, implement, and evaluate a project designed to improve some face... |
| MHSA 501 | Strategic Management in Healthcare | A study of strategic management of healthcare organizations, including the formulation of long term strategic directions, the planning of objective and supporting strategies, and the control of strategic implementation. |
| MHSA 516 | Healthcare Administration | A practical and quantitative approach to operation and management of healthcare delivery systems including administration, financial systems, staffing, departmental functions, and performance evaluations. |
| MHSA 550 | Resource Management | An examination of the functions of administrators in healthcare and academic environments in relation to personnel, finance, resource allocation and strategic planning. |
| MHSA 551 | Quality & Risk Management in Healthcare | An examination of healthcare quality improvement and risk management in the U.S. including the methods that are utilized to achieve improvements in the healthcare setting. |
| MHSA 601 | Strategic Management in Health Care | A study of strategic management of health care organizations, including the formulation of long term strategic directions, the planning of objective and supporting strategies, and the control of strategic implementation. |
| MHSA 602 | Legal/Ethical Concepts in Health Care | An examination of the legal, ethical, and social issues that arise in the management of health services organizations. |
| MHSA 604 | Organizational Behavior | An exploration of organizational structure and processes including interpersonal relations and team development with a particular focus on health care environments. Additionally, this course will provide the health care manager with a framework for d... |
| MHSA 612 | Data Analysis and Outcomes Assessment | A study of basic applied statistical methods used in the summarization of management and health data for decision making, especially as they relate to the interpretation of data. |
| MHSA 616 | Health Care Administration | A practical and quantitative approach to operation and management of health care delivery systems including administration, financial systems, staffing, departmental functions, and performance evaluation. |
| MHSA 630 | Health Policy and Society | An examination of theory and methods of health policy analysis in the public, nonprofit, and private health sectors. Emphasis is placed on the role of analysis during various phases of the public policy formulation and implementation cycle. |
| MHSA 650 | Resource Management | An examination of the functions of administrators in health care and academic environments in relation to personnel, finance, resource allocation and strategic planning. |
| MHSA 651 | Quality & Risk Management in Health Care | An examination of health care quality improvement and risk management in the U.S. including the methods that are utilized to achieve improvements in the health care setting. |
| MHSA 652 | Program Development and Implementation | An exploration of program planning and development that includes market conditions, needs assessment, planning, implementation, allocation of resources and evaluation. |
| MHSA 653 | Research for Health Professionals | A study of research design and methods with a focus on critically evaluating published research. |
| MHSA 654 | Contemporary Issues in Health Care Finance | A study of current issues in health economics including problems and options in the financing of health care, physician and hospital services, mental health, long term care, and health care reimbursement. |
| MHSA 690 | Special Topics | Selected issues, problems, research techniques, materials, and policies. Content varies. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Permission of program director |
| MHSA 699 | Integrated Health Care Leadership | A capstone course in which students utilize the knowledge, skills, and insight gained from previous courses taken in the MHSA program and from their individual life experiences to develop, implement, and evaluate a project designed to improve some fa... |
| MSS 501 | Medical & Pharmacological Terminology | A study of basic medical and pharmacological terminology with emphasis on clinical and patient record documentation. This course also introduces common medical equipment abbreviations, descriptions and uses in clinics, hospitals and emergency departm... |
| MSS 505 | Body Systems and Diagnostics | This course examines the fundamentals of human anatomy. Relationships and organization of the major structures of the body will be covered, along with medical procedures pertaining to body systems and the vocabulary of key anatomic structures necessa... |
| MSS 510 | App of Electronic Hlth and Med Records | This course emphasizes basic computer theory and application important for successful use of computers in a medical setting, applications of electronic health records, electronic medical records and patient safety. |
| MSS 515 | Prin of Billing, Coding, & Reimbursement | This course provides an introduction to billing processes, medical coding used within electronic health records (EHR), and reimbursement guidelines. This course also includes overviews of HITECH policies, Meaningful Use, MACRA, MIPA and Alternate Pay... |
| MSS 520 | Legal Guidelines & Ethics for HC Prof | An examination of the application of ethical principles; legal issues pertaining to the confidentiality of health information; regulatory agencies and laws; privacy standards and rules, HIPAA in relation to health information disclosure and legal asp... |
| MSS 525 | Quality Improvement and Workflow | A study of quality improvement outcomes relating to disease processes and treatments, preventative medicine and health and wellness. This course also provides an overview of workflow in various health care settings including outpatient, emergency dep... |
| MSS 530 | Applied Practicum | Clinical education practicum in simulated modules and affiliated clinical sites. |