Health Administration
Bachelor of Science
Fall
- HESA 101: Intro to US Healthcare............ 3cr.
- CORE 100: First Year Seminar............ 3cr.
- CORE 101: Transition to Xavier ............ 0cr.
- PHIL 100: Ethics as Intro to Philosophy............ 3cr.
- ENGL 101 Composition OR ENGL 115 Rhetoric............ 3cr.
- Second Language I............ 3cr.
Spring
- HESA 120: Healthcare Management and Human Resources ............ 3cr.
- CORE 102: Beyond your First Year............ 0cr.
- THEO 111: Theological Foundations............ 3cr.
- Second Language II............ 3cr.
- MATH 116 or 156............ 3cr.
- ECON 200: Microeconomics ............ 3cr.
Fall
- HESA 110: Medical Terminology............ 3cr.
- HESA 210: HC Mktg & Strategic Mgmt............ 3cr.
- Scientific Perspectives............ 3cr.
- Historical Perspectives............ 3cr.
- ACCT 200: Financial Accounting............ 3cr.
Spring
- HESA 230: Healthcare Finance............ 3cr.
- HESA 250: Public Health ............ 3cr.
- Humanities Elective............ 3cr.
- BAIS 220: Managing Info Technology ............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
Fall
- HESA 320: HC Reimbursement Systems............ 3cr.
- HESA 355: Quantitative Methods for HSA ............ 3cr.
- HESA 370: Professional Development ............ 1cr.
- MKTG 300 Principles of Marketing............ 3cr.
- HESA Elective............ 3cr.
- Natural Science Elective............ 3cr.
Spring
- HESA 380: Quality Mgmt & Perf Improvement ............ 3cr.
- HESA Elective............ 3cr.
- ENGL 205: Lit & Moral Imagination............ 3cr.
- Theological Perspectives............ 3cr.
- HESA 371: Internship............ 3cr.
Fall
- HESA 401: Health Policy............ 3cr.
- PHIL 200: Philosophy Perspectives............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
Spring
- HESA 390: Foundations of HC Law & Ethics............ 3cr.
- Creative Perspectives............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
- General Elective............ 3cr.
- CORE 499............ 0cr.
Alumni Employers
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, The Christ Hospital, CareStar, Caracole, Good Samaritan Hospital, Medpace, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, TriHealth, UC Medical Center
Career Preparation
Xavier's Career Development Office assists students in their search for employment by offering individual career counseling sessions, conducting workshops and maintaining an employer database.
Intro To US Health Care (HESA 101)
This course is an introduction to the structure, operation and financing of the US healthcare system. It examines the major industry participants; how healthcare services are allocated and financed; the factors that influence the cost and quality of care; and opposing positions on the future of healthcare reform.
Health Care Management (HESA 120)
This course is about learning how to manage in health care organizations. Students will learn key principles, practices and personalities of management. As an introductory course, the purpose is to expose participants to a wide range of areas and topics relevant to management, including the four major topical divisions: Plan, Organize, Lead, and Control.
Health Policy (HESA 201)
This course provides students with a basic framework for health policy analysis and examines major strands of the US health policy. Detailed consideration and discussion are given to the relationship of national policy to the planning, implementation and funding of health care services, with particular emphasis on low income and minority populations. This course will cover topics such as the healthcare policy environment in the U.S., government-funded healthcare through Medicaid and Medicare.
Healthcare Marketing & Strategic Management (HESA 210)
Marketing in healthcare has changed drastically in the last ten years. In the past, most health care professionals scorned the idea and interpreted it solely as advertising. This has changed as the healthcare environment continues to evolve at a fast pace and it is necessary for all health care professionals to understand the principles and applications of marketing in a new competitive environment.
Health Care Finance (HESA 230)
Managerial aspects of financial analysis. Includes analysis of financial statements, costs, capital projects and working capital; Medicare, Medicaid, changes and rate setting under reimbursement schedules; budgeting, return on investment methodology, forecasting and strategic planning.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement Chapter
Members of this club have a vision of a world where everyone has the best care and health possible. Their mission is to Improve health and health care worldwide.
Business Leaders for Tomorrow
Members of this student organization explore business processes firsthand by networking with and learning from various business leaders in Cincinnati and beyond. Events from past years have included trips to Silicon Valley and Chicago, job shadowing days and guest lecturers.
Program Features
Full-time internship experiences range from working in hospitals and healthcare organizations to health insurance companies and nonprofit organizations.
As part of the health services administration curriculum, you’ll have the option to earn a minor in business to help prepare for the management side of healthcare.
Benefit from a curriculum that emphasizes holistic learning, critical thinking, problem-solving, and ethical decision-making.
Our longstanding relationships with hospitals and healthcare organizations provide students with multiple out-of-classroom opportunities to learn from healthcare administrators.
See what Dayton loves most about the health administration major, Xavier’s campus community and Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dr. White teaches quantitative methods (biostatistics) for health services, public health, intro to the U.S. healthcare system, and applied epidemiology and population health.
Health Administration Program at Xavier University
The undergraduate Health Services Administration program at Xavier University is a multi-disciplinary major preparing students for entry-level professional positions in a variety of health-care areas, including information systems, finance, marketing and organizational planning in hospitals, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, long-term or acute care facilities, and government agencies. All students have a minor in business and choose one of three concentrations as a focused area of interest: Analytics: Health Information Management; Analytics: Population Health; and Long-Term Care. Xavier's BSHSA program has been developed to meet the requirements for Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) certification.
Xavier University's College of Professional Sciences prepares undergraduate and graduate students intellectually, morally and spiritually for careers and professions of service. CPS challenges students to strive for academic excellence and life-long learning through promoting collaboration and community partnerships, and incorporating research, scholarship and innovation.
Xavier University is a private university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, providing a liberal arts education in the Jesuit Catholic tradition. Founded in 1831, the University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation. It has been ranked among the top 10 master's-level universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report for the past two decades. The Princeton Review names it one of the "Best 385 Colleges in America."