Free Online Healthcare Administration Course

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Course Description

The Pathway to Healthcare Administration is a FREE online course designed to provide students with a foundational knowledge and understanding of the core principles of healthcare administration. Topics include the history of healthcare in America, healthcare finance, the ethics of healthcare, and current health policy and law.

1 Credit Equivalency

Each Pathways experience is equivalent to one academic credit hour. Students can choose to pay $499 to have the one credit transcripted, and they can apply it to a degree in any of our Adult Degree Programs, including Healthcare Administration. George Fox University is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

If you're interested in purchasing credit for the course, you'll need to complete the course requirements by one of the following deadlines: August 18, December 15 or April 26.

All Pathways courses are self-directed, allowing you to complete the course on your own time — and at your own pace.

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Meet the Prof

Emily Swann, MPH

“This is an exciting time to be working in healthcare, not just because of the lessons we’ve learned over the last year and a half responding to the pandemic, but because of all the incredible technology and innovations that have been developed recently to continue to take care of patients and address the health disparities in our communities. The healthcare pathway will explore how and why we got to where we are in the U.S. healthcare system, what healthcare policies and priorities are the most critical, and how we can influence the future of healthcare delivery.”

Learning Outcomes

Following this course, students will be able to:

Define the key components that make up the US Healthcare system
Describe the core elements of healthcare finance
Explain the role of ethics in healthcare
Identify significant health policies and laws that govern the healthcare delivery system

What to Expect

The course includes videos, readings, quizzes, downloadable resources, short written assignments, forum discussions, video feedback, and optional Zoom sessions with our faculty experts.

Fully engaging with this course will take about 1.5–3 hours of your attention per week.
Not interested in credit? No sweat! Pathways are built for you to explore, meaning there's no expectation that you complete readings or submit assignments.