July 2023 University Catalog

BS in Business, Health Care Management

School of Business, Technology, and Health Care Administration

The bachelor’s Health Care Management specialization provides learners with an opportunity to demonstrate their understanding of basic health care business functions, including accounting, finance, human resources, communications, and marketing, as well as more focused functions such as quality assurance, risk management, and health care operations. Other specialization topics include health care laws and regulations, leadership, and ethics. Successful graduates of this specialization are prepared to pursue leadership or management roles in today’s challenging health care environment.

General Education Requirements

Choose 45 quarter credits with a minimum of 4 quarter credits from each category; see General Education Courses.

Additional Program Requirements

Core courses

At least 42 quarter credits

NHS4000Developing a Health Care Perspective

6

BHA4002History of the United States Health Care System

3

BHA4003Present and Future State Developments within the United States Health Care System

3

BUS3011Fundamentals of Management

3

BUS3012Fundamentals of Leadership

3

BUS3030Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales

6

BUS3040Fundamentals of Human Resource Management

6

BUS3050Fundamentals of Organizational Communication

6

BUS3061Fundamentals of Accounting

3

BUS3062Fundamentals of Finance

3

Specialization courses

At least 48 quarter credits

BHA4004Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Health Care

6

BHA4006Health Care Regulation and Compliance

6

BHA4008Health Care Budgeting and Reporting

3

BHA4009Health Care Reimbursement Systems

3

BHA4010Introduction to Health Care Research

6

BHA4102Leadership and Communication in Health Care Organizations

6

BHA4104Strategic Leadership and Workforce Planning in Health Care

6

BHA4106Introduction to Managing Health Care Information

6

BUS4121Ethics in Health Care Management

6

Elective courses

At least 39 quarter credits

Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

Capstone course

At least 6 quarter credits

Taken during the learner’s final quarter

BUS4993Business Capstone Project

6

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

Honors Pathway

Learners enrolled in the honors pathway complete the following general education courses.

Honors courses

At least 15 quarter credits

PHI-H2005Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World

3

COM-H4005Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World

6

SOC-H3005Honors Professional Seminar

6

These courses are applied toward the general education requirement and taken in addition to the remaining required courses.

Total

At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000/4000 level

One or more courses in this program may require a prerequisite(s). Refer to the course descriptions for details.

Learners who do not complete all program requirements within quarter credit/program point minimums will be required to accrue such additional quarter credits/program points as are associated with any additional or repeat coursework necessary for successful completion of program requirements.

GuidedPath courses and FlexPath courses fulfill the program requirements and prerequisites for each delivery model.

Eligible Concentrations

Accounting

Finance

Human Resource Management

Management and Leadership

Marketing

Project Management

Multiple Specializations available (must be within the same degree program)