B.S. in Healthcare Management and Administration

Program Overview

The B.S. in Healthcare Management and Administration combines liberal arts, business, and healthcare study to prepare professionals for leadership roles in the healthcare sector. The program emphasizes healthcare systems infrastructure, including community health, marketing, finance, human resources, and strategic planning. Graduates are equipped for careers in hospital administration, clinic management, policy development, public health administration, and healthcare consulting.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

Overview:

The B.S. in Healthcare Management and Administration combines liberal arts, business, and healthcare study, emphasizing healthcare systems infrastructure, such as community health, marketing, organizational culture, public policy, public health, finance, human resources, organization, technology, and strategic planning

Objectives:

To prepare professionals to take on leadership roles while shaping the future of healthcare in their specific areas within the healthcare sector.

Outline:

Course Schedule:

• Four-year, 120-semester-hour program.
Requires completion of both approved general education and major coursework:
• Healthcare Management and Administration: 60-semester hours

Individual Modules:

The program consists of required, research methods, approved internship/field experience, and healthcare management elective courses

• Required Course Modules:
• Foundation Courses
• Healthcare Informatics
• Healthcare Marketing OR Principles of Marketing
• Healthcare Law and Ethics OR Legal Environment of Business
• US Healthcare Systems
• Organizational Behavior
• Healthcare Delivery and Quality
• US Healthcare Policy, Ethics, and Advocacy
• Health Economics
• Healthcare Finance and Decision Making
• Strategic Management in Healthcare
• Healthcare Operations Management OR Healthcare Organization Leadership
• Emerging Health Threats: Risks and Surveillance OR Health and Diverse Populations
• Research Methods
• Healthcare Administration Internship I
• Healthcare Administration Internship II (3 credits)

Careers:

The program prepares graduates for leadership roles in the healthcare industry including:

• Hospital administration
• Clinic management
• Policy development
• Public health administration
• Healthcare consulting

Note:

Certain modules offer students choices for course selection, these options are specified within the corresponding module descriptions. Students will have to complete at least one course from each section in order to meet graduation requirements (e.g, Healthcare Marketing OR Principles of Marketing)