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Healthcare Administration Program at Fredonia

What we offer

Healthcare Administration BS

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Biology Department

Biology@fredonia.edu

716-673-3282

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Lead the Systems Behind Better Healthcare

Built jointly by the School of Business and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the program pairs management skills with a deeper understanding of the people you'll serve. The Healthcare Administration B.S. prepares you to step into any role with the knowledge and practical skills to understand healthcare policy, manage operations and finances, lead people ethically and effectively, and respond to the needs of diverse populations.

What You’ll Gain

  • Business and financial skills: Create and manage budgets, billing, and financial operations.
  • Policy and compliance: Implement healthcare policy within legal and ethical frameworks.
  • Technology and data: Use healthcare information systems to coordinate care and support decisions.
  • Leadership: Manage and support staff effectively and ethically.
  • Human insight: Serve clients and communities from diverse backgrounds.
  • Your choice of setting: Tailor your electives to long-term care, pediatrics, mental health, addiction services, and more.

Career Opportunities for Healthcare Administration

  • Assisted Living Administrator
  • Healthcare Financial Analyst
  • Health Insurance Organizations
  • Medical Billing
  • Practice Manager
  • Community-based Health Services
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Long-Term Care Administrator
  • Patient Services Coordinator
  • Public Health Agencies
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What does a 4-year degree look like?

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What are all the required and elective courses offered to obtain this degree?

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BUAD 319 Healthcare Finance

An introductory course on the application of financial management techniques in the health care industry. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the unique problems facing the industry in the financial relationships among hospitals, patients, physicians and other providers, insurance, capital suppliers and governmental agencies.

HCA 401 Healthcare Informatics

This course examines health information technology (HIT) and its impact on safety, cost, health policy, quality, and overall health of the population. An overview of the functionality of health informatics as it relates to the interprofessional practice team is included along with the concepts of safety and confidentiality. The student will focus on integrating HIT, data mining, and epidemiologic concepts into one or more of the following areas: clinical settings; aggregate populations; patient education; health promotion; collaborative partnerships with administration and information systems personnel that select and manage information systems designed to improve health-related outcomes.

SOC 312 Plagues and Peoples

The course explores the impact of disease on human populations in terms of demographic, cultural and social changes. The rise of health care delivery systems is addressed as a response to epidemics. Examples include the bubonic plague of the 14th and 17th centuries, cholera, influenza, polio and AIDS.

A Degree that Matters

Fast-growing Management Field

Employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 23% from 2024 to 2034.

62K Jobs

Every Year

Employers project about 62,000+ openings annually for medical and health services managers over the next decade.

Healthcare Leads U.S. Job Growth

Projected to be the nation’s fastest-growing major sector from 2024 to 2034, growing 8.4% and adding about 2 million jobs.

Flexible Career Pathways

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Leadership From the Start

Rather than simply preparing students to work in healthcare, the degree prepares them to eventually lead people, processes and organizations.

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Multiple Healthcare Career Pathways

Graduate ready for careers in hospitals, physician practices, long-term care, mental health, addiction services and other healthcare organizations.

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Healthcare + Business + Human Insight

Learn about both the healthcare environment and the financial, operational and organizational principles needed to run it.

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Lead Healthcare with Heart

Our B.S. in Healthcare Administration pairs management, economics, and finance from the School of Business with sociology, psychology, and communication from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Graduate ready to lead teams, run operations, and solve the challenges that matter most.

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