HCAL COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Credit Hours: 3                          
Term Offered: Fall                    
Duration: 8 weeks

This course offers an introduction to the analytical techniques to the agency’s investment, financing, and dividend decisions. The course will have a focus on the healthcare industry, particularly long-term care and home and community-based service agencies. It will address financial considerations unique to healthcare, including third-party payers, civil monetary penalty funds, and reimbursement policies through the Affordable Care Act.

Credit Hours: 3                          
Term Offered: Winter                              
Duration: 8 weeks

This course applies principles of quality improvement processes across stages of planning, development, implementation/execution, monitoring, and evaluation to the long term care and community-based environment. Students will learn how to develop, track, and report on quality improvement processes consistent with regulatory requirements within the long term care or community-based care setting.

Credit Hours: 3                          
Term Offered: Summer                          
Duration: 8 weeks

This course provides an overview of the federal regulations that apply to health facilities and agencies, including LTC, Residential Care, and Home and Community Based Services. The course focuses on reviewing regulations and competence to write policies and procedures to maintain compliance. Students will develop skills to manage the survey and inspection processes, including the maintenance of staff training, quality monitoring, and quality improvement systems.

NOTE: This course is only for students who matriculate in the Fall 2025 cohort or after.
Credit Hours: 3                          
Term Offered: Fall                    
Duration: 8 weeks

This course integrates contemporary leadership theory with practical skill development, emphasizing inclusive leadership approaches for today's diverse organizational environments. Students will examine foundational and emerging leadership frameworks while developing their own authentic leadership plan through reflection and practical application.

Credit Hours: 3                          
Semester Offered: Winter                      
Duration: Full semester

This course provides students with an understanding of the core components of a health system, management and administration of health systems, and where public health fits within the system. Topics include health system infrastructure, health system management and administration, health policy overview, role of health and other policies in health disparities, related reforms of policy, international comparisons of health systems and policies, and population health indicators. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing the reciprocal relationships between public health practitioners, the health policies, and systems within which they practice, and related health disparities.

NOTE: Students who matriculate into this program with previous academic credit and/or professional experience in healthcare administration may be eligible to take an elective in lieu of this course.