As future health care managers, students will learn how to plan, manage and evaluate health services to ensure the goals for quality of care, costs, ethical issues, equity and legislation are met. Students will gain in-depth knowledge of these issues and the skills to critically analyse situations during their program.

Health administrators typically work in government and non-government organisations ensuring that high quality health services and programs are delivered to the community. Examples of the work they do include managing the financial or human resource aspects of service provision within a public or private hospital; establishing, maintaining and evaluating community health programs, such as new immunisation programs; managing private health insurance companies; and, working with clinical teams to develop information technology initiatives such as e-health.

Students interested in seeking further knowledge and skills in this area may complete an extra Honours year and/or seek enrolment in a postgraduate professional degree program in areas such as public health, information technology or business.

Students undertaking the major may study economics and financial management, health care planning and evaluation, human resource management, management theory and information technology. Students also undertake health industry work placements designed to convert the knowledge they have gained during their studies into practice, provide experience and make them job-ready.