Courses
The Post-Graduate Certificate (PGC) Program in Health Services Administration will be offered in a cohort system, utilizing a fully in-person format consisting of four 4-unit courses taken over two semesters (9 months). The four 4-unit courses will be offered consecutively in the Fall and Spring semesters, and students will take two courses each semester.
| Course Number | Course Title | Units |
| HSCI 6150 | Health Law and Medical Ethics | 4 |
| HSCI 6160 | Strategic Planning and Evaluation | 4 |
| HSCI 6010 | Administration of Health Care Programs | 4 |
| HSCI 6020 | Management, Organization, and Planning | 4 |
HSCI 6150: Health Law and Medical Ethics. Units: 4
Legal and ethical issues and practices related to health care delivery and health services administration. Ethical administrative behavior, standard of care, tort law and professional liability, negligence and liability law, contracts, lawsuits and civil liability process, corporate law and liability, antitrust, case law and related health law issues are covered.
HSCI 6160: Strategic Planning and Evaluation. Units: 4
Community analysis including generating goals and objectives to implement effective community interventions. Logic models and program evaluation methodologies will be utilized to set parameters and to assure delivery of appropriate health services programs and outcomes. Organizational strategy evaluation, formulation, tactics, and development.
HSCI 6010: Administration of Health Care Programs. Units: 4
Economic forces which impact on health and health delivery systems and an assessment of the distribution of financial resources required to sustain these systems. Emphasis on trends in financing health care and the economic influence of reimbursement policies on financial decision-makers.
HSCI 6020: Management, Organization, and Planning. Units: 4
Organizational, environmental, socio/political, and behavioral aspects of health and health delivery systems. Ecological perspectives related to management and planning of health programs, including strategies to facilitate communication, decision-making, and problem solving and planning and administrative approaches in developing, modifying and sustaining modern health systems.
