Healthcare Management, BS

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The Healthcare Management program will examine the unique opportunities and challenges in managing an effective healthcare organizations. It prepares students to utilize sound business practices within the context of leading and managing healthcare operations.

In general, 300 - level courses in the Business Administration Professional Core or Electives Groups are taken after students have completed the freshman and sophomore years (4 full semesters).

However, students who have completed 45 semester hours and who have a cumulative grade-point average of 2.75 or above are eligible to take 300 - level business core courses during the second semester of the sophomore year.

A student can complete no more than two internships in business administration, each carrying no more than three semester hours of credit.

Please note: there is no guarantee that the courses will be offered “in seat” at any particular location; courses will be available online.

This program is accredited by ACBSP.

Program Learning Outcomes:

Examine the roles, functions, and impacts of an effective healthcare manager.
Identify, analyze and propose solutions to common types of finance, policy, operations management, ethical and strategic dilemmas within healthcare organizations.
Examine the impacts of trends related to increased demands for quality and compliance, technology, globalization, and the integration of healthcare services into an overarching team approach on healthcare organizations.
Compare and constrast healthcare systems of major industrialized countries and discuss how the U.S. system has evolved over time.

Program CIP: 51.0701 - Health/Health Care Administration/Management.

Program SOC: 11-9111 - Medical and Health Services Managers

General Education Requirements (39-42 sem. hrs)

For a complete list of general education courses click here . For additional information on general education requirements click here .

Ethics Course Requirement (3 sem. hrs)

MGMT 368W - Business Ethics 3 hours

Core Requirements (45 sem. hrs)

All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken as pass/fail.

Healthcare Management Major (27 sem. hrs)

Students who elect to earn a major in Healthcare Management must complete 27 semester hours of required courses from the courses listed below. All courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher. Courses in the major cannot be taken pass/fail.

Electives (6-9 sem. hrs)

Total: 120 (sem. hrs)

The total reflects the minimum number of hours to obtain a bachelor’s degree. Some courses listed above may fulfill more than one requirement block. Please speak to your academic advisor to plan your specific degree path.

Note (s):

All students must take part in an evaluation of the business core and major outcomes during their last 30 hours prior to graduation. MGMT 479 - Strategic Management 3 hours with a C or higher satisfies the culminating experience for the business core. MGMT 480 Case Studies in Healthcare Management 3 hours with a C or higher satisfies this capstone requirement for the Healthcare Management major.