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2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Health Care Administration (HCA) Courses
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Health Care Administration
Health Care Administration
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HCA 202 - Introduction to Health Care in America
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Completion of one GE foundation course
US health care system with its delivery and financing mechanisms as well as the technical, economic, political and social forces responsible for changes in the health care system. Contemporary issues such as access, cost and quality, health disparities among minority groups as well as gender disparities including sexual orientation.
Letter grade only (A-F).
General Education: Lower Division D - Social Sciences -
HCA 300 - The Health Care System
(3 units)
Overview and developmental summary of the American health care system and its driving forces: Organizational forms; financing mechanisms; principal industry stakeholders; professional groups and workforce issues; public health and government.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not open for credit to students with credit in: HCA 402.
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HCA 312 - Health Personnel Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA 300 . HCA certificate, Pre-HCA and HCA majors only. Freshmen excluded.
The management of human resources in health care setting. Principles and methods of personnel work such as employee, recruitment, selection, retention, training, evaluation, and wage and salary administration, and labor management relations.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 320 - Operations Management in Health Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in HDEV 190 or PSY 110 or SOC 170 or STAT 108 or STAT 118 or equivalent.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA 300 .
The application of the concepts and methods of operations management to health care organizational setting. Emphasis on planning and control in management process.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 327 - Medical Billing & Coding
(3 units)
Overview of medical coding and billing for non-clinical health care administrators so that fundamental knowledge is available when reviewing medical charts, and talking with health care providers, payers, staff, patients, and family members.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 340 - Legal Aspects of Health Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA 300 . Health Care Administration majors only. Freshmen excluded.
Overview of health law issues. Government regulation including legal constraints; liability; negligence; patient rights; confidentiality; and corporate/administrative responsibility. Emphasis on business applications of health law.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 341 - Financial Management of Health Care Institutions
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Completion of entire foundation courses. Open to Health Care Administration majors only and a grade of “C” or better in ACCT 201 .
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA 300 .
Application of the concepts of financial management within health care organizations, to include financial planning principles, reimbursement procedures, governmental regulation and legal restraints.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
General Education: Upper Division B - Scientific Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning -
HCA 353 - Marketing for Health Services Organizations
(3 units)
Prerequisites: “C” or better in ECON 101 or ECON 300 .
Prerequisites/Corequisites: HCA 300 . Health Care Administration majors and certificate students only. Freshmen excluded.
Development of marketing strategies and analyses in a health care setting. Design of services to include pricing, communication, distribution channels, and client motivation and services.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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HCA 410 - Health Management and Organization
(3 units)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: HCA 300 . Health Care Administration majors and certificate students only. Freshmen excluded.
Introduction to health care management practices and concepts. Planning, decision-making, influencing, controlling, effecting change. Effects of environment, technology and human behavior on organizational design.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 416 - Management and Information Systems
(3 units)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: HCA 300 . Health Care Administration majors only. Freshmen excluded.
Evaluation of concepts, analysis and design of management information systems; management decision models, strategies for implementing system changes.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 417 - Technology, Ethics, and Society
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Upper division standing; GE Foundations; Score of 11 or higher on the GWAR Placement Examination or completion of the necessary portfolio course that is a prerequisite for a GWAR Writing Intensive course.
A framework for understanding the ways in which human societies transform themselves through technological innovation. Ethical questions concerning the social effects of technological change.
Letter grade only (A-F).
General Education: Upper Division D - Social Sciences -
HCA 422 - Global Issues in Health Services
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation, one or more Exploration courses and upper division standing.
Examination of factors that impact global health; analysis of health care delivery systems and the governmental, economic, social and political forces that influence them.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
General Education: Upper Division D - Social Sciences -
HCA 428 - Population Health Management for Health Care Administrators
(3 units)
Corequisite: HCA 300 and HCA majors only. Freshmen Excluded.
A systematic approach to managing and improving specific populations and nations health status, with emphasis on the distribution of health within a population, the determinants that influence the distribution, and the policies and interventions that impact the determinants.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 432 - Leadership in Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 300 , HCA 312 , HCA 410 .
Introduction to the major theories and models of leadership and their application to health care. Concepts and principles of leading change, leadership development, followership, and leadership ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture) Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 438 - Perspectives on Long-Term Care Across the Lifespan
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Health Care Administration majors only; HCA 300
Functions and essential skills to manage long-term care (LTC) organizations and facilities; institutional arrangements; patient/family/community relations; workforce management; marketing; ethical issues; abuse and mandated reporting.
Letter grade only (A-F) (3 hours lecture)
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HCA 450 - Quality Assurance in Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 300 with a grade of “C” or better. Health Care Administration majors only. Freshmen excluded.
Basic elements of quality improvement and organizational responsibilities related to quality assurance. Data analysis for quality improvement, clinical practice guidelines, and future of healthcare quality.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 451 - Economics of Health
(3 units)
Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in ECON 101 or ECON 300 .
Microeconomic principles and their application to healthcare such as opportunity cost, production of good health, demand for medical care, production and cost theory and cost-benefit analysis. Behavior of health care markets and organizations.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture)
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HCA 452 - Medical Group Practice Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 300 and HCA 341 . Health Care Administration majors only. Exclude freshmen.
Fundamental operational responsibilities of medical group administration today, with emphasis on finance, operations and management skills.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture) Double Numbered with: HCA 552
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HCA 457 - Working Around the World
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation requirements, one or more Exploration courses, upper division standing.
The effects of religion, language and culture, political structure, economics, and physical environment on the development of the workplace and people’s perceptions of work and occupations.
Letter grade only (A-F).
General Education: Upper Division D - Social Sciences -
HCA 465 - Analysis and Evaluation of Health Care Services
(3 units)
Prerequisites: A grade of “C” or better in HDEV 190 or PSY 110 or SOC 170 or STAT 108 or STAT 118 . Open to Health Care Administration majors only. Freshmen excluded.
Techniques of analysis and evaluation applied to health services with respect to organizing, staffing, financing and utilization. Emphasis on the analytic process, program evaluation, and report of findings.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 468 - Principles of Risk Management and Patient Safety
(3 units)
Prerequisite(s): A grade of “C” or better in HCA 340 , HCA 341 and HCA 450 . HCA majors only. Freshmen excluded.
Study and application of risk management in health services. Measuring and managing risk factors, patient and staff safety, loss prevention and claims, and designing risk management models for health care providers and caregivers.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 470 - Latinas/Latinos: Health Status and Health Care Access
(3 units)
Prerequisites: GE Foundation, one or more Exploration courses, upper division standing.
Interdisciplinary exploration of policies, epidemiologic, cultural factors influencing disease within Latino subpopulations, their impact upon efficient, equitable service delivery.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture) Same course as CHLS 470 . Not open for credit to students with credit in CHLS 470 .
General Education: Upper Division D - Social Sciences -
HCA 472 - Applications of Health Care Risk Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HCA 468.
Introduction to the fundamentals of economic and insurance theories related to government intervention in insurance markets. Covers theories, costs, assessment and applications related to both the supply and demand for insurance; explore the nature of economic security and insecurity, and analyzes healthcare alternative theories of the demand for health insurance.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 473 - Global Warming and Health System
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing.
Introduces the health effects of Extreme Heat Events (EHEs) and provide illustrative examples of what health systems can do to promote climate readiness and heat resiliency. Course focuses on earth’s warming climate and the relationship to heat waves.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 474 - Managing Public Information
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing.
Prepares personnel who are assigned or may be designated to perform public information duties during a community response to a disaster or emergency. Addresses public information requirements for disasters and emergencies, interpersonal skills for public information officers, emergency communication methods, design and development of public messaging, media relations and press conferences, risk communication, and strategic communications and planning.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 475 - Framework for Healthcare Emergency Risk Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division standing.
Development, implementation, and administration of an emergency management program and associated plans for a healthcare facility. Overview of relevant standards, regulations and organizations.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 476 - Public Safety and Planning
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing.
Small-and rural-community public safety personnel, as well as local officials in regards to risk and health safety concerns and considerations involved with planning any event.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 478 - Healthcare Organizations and Disaster Preparedness
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Upper Division Standing.
Introduces the fundamentals of preparedness frameworks for healthcare organizations and the community. Provides discussion of preparedness assistance, and explains the reliance on interdependencies of healthcare organizations.
Letter grade only (A-F). Not repeatable for credit.
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HCA 480 - Internship in Health Care Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ”C” or better in HCA 300 , HCA 312 , HCA 341 , HCA 410 , HCA 416 , HCA 465 , (H SC 150 or HCA 327 ). HCA majors only. Freshmen and sophomores excluded.
Minimum 120 hours of structured work experience in a health care organization, under direct supervision of a preceptor-employee.
Letter grade only (A-F). Course fee may be required. (Workshop/Activity 6 hours). Double Numbered with: Double numbered with HCA 580.
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HCA 481 - Internship and Career Development in Health Care Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA majors only and a grade of “C” or better in HCA 480 . Exclude Freshmen.
A minimum of 120 hours of structured work experience in a health care organization, under the direct supervision of a preceptor-employee. Career development planning, job search and networking.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Workshop/Activity 6 hours)
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HCA 490 - Selected Topics in Health Care Administration
(1-3 units)
Prerequisites: Freshmen are prohibited from enrolling in upper division courses. Department consent.
Topics of special interest in health care administration selected for intensive study.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HCA 499 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Independent study of special topics under supervision of a faculty member.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with approval of Health Care Administration Program Director.
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HCA 502 - The Health Care System
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Open to HCA graduate students only.
Overview, developmental summary of the American health care system and its driving forces. Major elements of the healthcare system; today’s major health policy issues in a historical, economic and political context.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 503 - Health Care Economics
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ECON 101 or ECON 300 . Open to HCA graduate students only.
Application of economic principles to health care; the flow of funds through the health care system including physicians, hospitals, managed care, nursing home and pharmaceutical firms. Third party payment, asymmetric information, and behavior health care systems.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 505 - Organization and Systems of Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisites/Corequisites: HCA 502 and HCA majors only.
Analysis of operational activities and managerial functions essential to the health care delivery system, with emphasis on management and leadership influence on developing effective systems of care within various institutional arrangements.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 510 - Human Resources Management in Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisite(s): Health Care Administration majors only.
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA 502
Management of human resources in the health care system including human resource planning and staffing, training and development, performance appraisal, job design and analysis, and compensation.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 515 - Advanced Financial Management in Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisites: ACCT 201 or ACCT 500 ; HCA 502 ; Health Care Administration graduate students only.
Financial environment, payment systems, discounted cash flow analysis, risk, financial statements, capital investments, and capital budgeting. Emphasis on decision making using accounting and finance theories, principles, concepts and techniques.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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HCA 517 - Advanced Healthcare Information Systems Management
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HCA majors only and HCA 502 .
Broad overview of healthcare information systems; close examination of business needs for the information technology (IT) to deliver cost-effective quality health services.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 524 - Advanced Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HCA 502 and Health Care Administration majors only.
Federal and state regulation of health care facilities, employees, patients and programs. Ethical and legal perspectives on malpractice, liability, contracts, informed consent, end-of-life decisions, reproductive health, medical records, confidentially and required disclosures.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 527 - Research Methods in Health Care Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: PSY 110 or SOC 170 or SOC 250 or STAT 108 , HCA 502 , and HCA majors only.
Research design and methods in health care management and health services, including use of literature review, inferential statistics, hypothesis testing and sampling, experimental and quasi-experimental approaches, and research ethics.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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HCA 528 - Managing Population Health
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Health Care Administration majors only, HCA 502
Fundamental epidemiologic concepts and applications in health care management practice. Approaches to measure the health status of populations, identify modifiable causal factors for preventing and controlling adverse health outcomes, and improve population health.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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HCA 530 - Strategic Planning and Marketing in Health Care
(3 units)
Prerequisite/Corequisite: HCA graduate students only and HCA 502 with a grade of “C” or better.
Strategic planning based on analysis of analyses of secondary quantitative and qualitative data to study changes in technological, social, political, regulatory, and competitive aspects of the health care market.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 535 - Quantitative Methods for Health Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 502 and HCA majors only.
Application of quantitative and operations research techniques to problems in health care settings. Exposure to decision theory and control systems. Problem solving experiences in resource allocation, procedures, scheduling, forecasting, measurement and cybernetic control.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 536 - Hospital Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 502 and Health Care Administration majors only.
Analysis of hospitals by broad function and specific departments through cases, simulations and visits to develop familiarity with internal operations of acute care hospitals and skills in solving hospital operational problems.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 537 - Managed Care
(3 units)
Prerequisite: HCA 502 and Health Care Administration majors only.
Orientation to the organization and administration of health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations and related enterprises. Legal and regulatory issues, marketing, utilization management, premium rating systems, information systems, case/disease management.
Letter grade only (A-F) (Seminar 3 hours)
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HCA 538 - Management Challenges in Long Term Care
(3 units)
Prerequisite: Health Care Administration majors only and HCA 502 .
Functions and essential skills to manage long-term care (LTC) organizations and facilities; institutional arrangements; patient/family/community relations; workforce management; marketing; reimbursement.
Letter grade only (A-F) (3 hours lecture)
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HCA 550 - Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Services
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 502 and Health Care Administration majors only.
Administrative and professional issues to assure quality in health care. Historical beginnings: metrics and indicators; state-of-the-art practices; voluntary and governmental monitoring.
Letter grade only (A-F).
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HCA 552 - Medical Group Practice Management
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA 502 and Heath Care Administration majors only.
Fundamental operational responsibilities of medical group administration today, with emphasis on finance operations and management skills.
Letter grade only (A-F). Double Numbered with: HCA 452
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HCA 580 - Internship in Health Care Administration
(3 units)
Prerequisites: HCA majors only. Senior standing.
Minimum 120 hours of structured work experience in a health care organization, under direct supervision of a preceptor-employee. Graduate students study and report on institution’s organizational structure, philosophy, problems and personnel.
Letter grade only (A-F). (Workshop/Activity 6 hours) May be repeated to a maximum of six units in different semesters. Course fee may be required. Double Numbered with: HCA 480
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HCA 590 - Selected Topics in Health Care Administration
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Open to HCA graduate students only.
Topics of current interest in the various fields of health administration and health services management selected for special presentation.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters. Topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
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HCA 599 - Directed Studies
(1-3 units)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Open to HCA graduate students only.
Directed study of a special topic to be taken under supervised independent study.
Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated for a maximum 6 units with different topics in different semesters.
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HCA 698 - Project
(3 units)
Prerequisites: Advancement to candidacy & completion of minimum 27 graduate units in HCA;Open to HCA graduate students only.
Under the direction of the Thesis/Project Advisor, the student completes a thesis/project in the form of a business plan, including a literature review.
Letter grade only (A-F)
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