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Health Service Administration Program Description Keiser University’s Associate of Arts degree in Health Service Administration provides instruction in basic health services administration skills. Students use laptop computers to learn computer skills and software applications necessary to prosper in a healthcare business environment. The program prepares students in both business and health service administration, providing courses on business law, management and marketing principles, medical anatomy, physiology and terminology and front office management.

Health Service Administration Program Objectives The following objectives are designed to meet Keiser University’s mission and its objectives. To develop students’ understanding of software systems used in administrative healthcare To familiarize students with medical terminology, anatomy and physiology To train students in the application of business principles to healthcare administration To assist graduates in obtaining entry-level employment in health services administration Prerequisites for Major Courses: None Health Service Administration Program Outline To receive an Associate of Arts in Health Service Administration, students must earn 60.0 credit hours. Program requirements are as follows. Health Service Administration Major Courses (24.0 credit hours) Course Title Course Credits Business Law 3.0 credit hours Entrepreneurship 3.0 credit hours Principles of Health Service Administration 3.0 credit hours Healthcare Computer Applications 3.0 credit hours CPT Coding for Health Service Administration 3.0 credit hours Healthcare Medical Terminology 3.0 credit hours Principles of Management 3.0 credit hours Human Resource Management 3.0 credit hours General Education Courses (36.0 credit hours) Credit hours in parentheses indicate the required number of credit hours in each discipline. Behavioral/Social Science (6.0 credit hours) Course Credits Strategies for Success 3.0 credit hours T Political Science 3.0 credit hours T Introduction to Psychology 3.0 credit hours T Sociology 3.0 credit hours T Communications (3.0 credit hours) Course Credits Speech 3.0 credit hours T Computers (3.0 credit hours) Course Credits Introduction to Computers 3.0 credit hours T Economics (6.0 credit hours) Course Credits Microeconomics 3.0 credit hours T Macroeconomics 3.0 credit hours T English (6.0 credit hours) Course Credits English Composition I 3.0 credit hours T English Composition II 3.0 credit hours T Foreign Language Course Credits Conversational Spanish 3.0 credit hours T Humanities/Fine Arts (3.0 credit hours) Course Credits American History Pre 1876 3.0 credit hours T American History Since 1876 3.0 credit hours T American Literature 3.0 credit hours T English Literature 3.0 credit hours T Mathematics (6.0 credit hours) Course Credits College Algebra 3.0 credit hours T College Mathematics 3.0 credit hours T Statistics 3.0 credit hours T Natural Science (6.0 credit hours) Course Credits General Biology 3.0 credit hours T General Biology Laboratory 1.0 credit hours T Environmental Science 3.0 credit hours T Advanced Biology 3.0 credit hours T Advanced Biology Laboratory 1.0 credit hours T General Chemistry 3.0 credit hours T General Chemistry Laboratory 1.0 credit hours T Advanced Chemistry 3.0 credit hours T Advanced Chemistry Laboratory 1.0 credit hours T General Marine Biology 3.0 credit hours T The letter “T” represents a course designed for transferability between institutions

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