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
| BHA3001 | Essentials of the Healthcare System | 6 |
| BHA2002 | Evolution of Healthcare Delivery in the United States | 3 |
| BHA2003 | Current Trends and Future Directions in Healthcare Management | 3 |
| BUS1011 | Management Fundamentals | 3 |
| BUS2012 | Leadership Fundamentals | 3 |
| BUS2030 | Marketing and Sales Fundamentals | 6 |
| BUS2061 | Accounting Fundamentals | 3 |
| BUS2062 | Finance Fundamentals | 3 |
| BUS3040 | Fundamentals of Human Resource Management | 6 |
| BUS3050 | Fundamentals of Organizational Communication | 6 |
Specialization courses
At least 48 quarter credits
| BHA2006 | Healthcare Regulation and Regulatory Affairs | 6 |
| BHA2102 | Leadership and Communication in Healthcare Management | 6 |
| BHA2106 | Health Information Management in Healthcare Organizations | 6 |
| BHA3004 | Ensuring Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Healthcare | 6 |
| BHA3008 | Financial Management for Healthcare Organizations | 3 |
| BHA3009 | Healthcare Financing and Reimbursement Models | 3 |
| BHA3010 | Introduction to Healthcare Research Methods | 6 |
| BHA4104 | Strategic Leadership and Workforce Planning in Healthcare | 6 |
| BUS3121 | Healthcare Management Ethics | 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
Total
At least 180 quarter credits, including a minimum of 54 quarter credits from the 3000-level and above
Honors Pathway
Learners enrolled in the honors pathway complete the following general education courses.
Honors courses
At least 15 quarter credits
| PHI-H2005 | Honors Seminar: Critical Thinking for the Professional World | 3 |
| COM-H4005 | Communicating and Integrating Solutions in the Professional World | 6 |
| SOC-H3005 | Honors 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-level and above
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)