B.S. Health Care Management
The Health Care Management major is designed for the early to mid-career business professionals or health care clinicians interested in changing or advancing their careers.Students in the program will learn management skills, leadership development and specific areas of health care finance and reimbursement, marketing, health care law, and strategic planning from faculty who are senior managers in health care and experts in their field. The Health Care Management major offers two specializations: Management and Health Care Informatics.
Courses Required for the Health Care Management (HCM) Major
Twelve (12) business courses (36 credits)
Course # Title
ACC 101 Principles of Accounting
BUS 205 Macroeconomics
BUS 206 Microeconomics
BUS 208 Principles of Management
BUS 269 Principles of Marketing
BUS 300 Quantitative Methods I
BUS 306 Organizational Behavior
BUS 352 Business Law
BUS 360 Management of Human Resources
BUS 371 Business Financial Management
BUS 415 International Business
MIS 110 Introduction to Information Systems
Management Specialization: Seven (7) health care management courses (21 credits)
Course # Title
HCM 101 Introduction to Health Systems
HCM 371 Health Care Reimbursement and Finance
HCM 401 Managed Care
HCM 403 Health Care Strategic Management
HCM 406 Current Issues and Trends in Health Care
HCM 452 Health Care Law
HCM 469 Health Care Marketing
HCI Specialization: Seven (7) HCM/HCI courses (18 credits)
Course # Title
HCM 101 Introduction to Health Systems
HCM 371 Health Care Reimbursement and Finance
HCM 403 Health Care Strategic Management
HCM 406 Current Issues and Trends in Health Care
HCI 110 Introduction to Health Care Informatics
HCI 120 Current Issues and Trends in HCI (2 credits)
HCI 230 Health Care Informatics Internship (1 credits)
A review of the student’s transcript will determine which courses completed at other institutions are equivalents to the course requirements. In addition to completing the major courses, students will be required to complete additional liberal arts electives as part of the core curriculum.
Total Credits for Degree Completion: 120