School of Healthcare Management


Degree Program:  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Concentration in Healthcare Management

  • Course:  

    MGM260

    -- Fundamentals of Management
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This survey course examines the elements of management and leadership as they apply to modern organizations. Special emphasis is placed on information and communication technologies found in today's management environment.


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Sampling of Additional Courses applicable to this degree program

  • Course:  HCM307 -- The Healthcare Industry
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course provides a comprehensive overview of the healthcare industry, with an emphasis on the development and diversification of healthcare organizations, different management structures, the process of health policymaking, and basic healthcare operations.

  • Course:  HCM337 -- Current Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Healthcare
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  HCM307  
  • Description:  
    This course is an introduction to legal, ethical, and regulatory standards governing healthcare organizations. Topics include legal requirements, responsibilities, and constraints related to health provider/patient relationships, medical records, malpractice insurance, and licensure of health professionals, as well as unique ethical dilemmas in the healthcare field, such as those related to patient privacy, confidentiality, and informed consent.

  • Course:  HCM367 -- The Healthcare Organization
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  HCM307  
  • Description:  
    In this course, students will explore the organizational structure of healthcare institutions and healthcare delivery. This course will emphasize the interrelatedness of psychological, social, cultural, and political factors in healthcare delivery, organizational culture, and healthcare management.

  • Course:  HCM387 -- Management Principles in Healthcare
  • Credits:  4
  • Prerequisites:  NONE
  • Description:  
    This course explores management issues in healthcare related to financial, physical, and human resources. This course will emphasize planning in areas such as risk assessment, technology, information systems, staffing requirements, unique needs of specialized providers, and resource allocation. It will also emphasize the importance of sensitivity and competency in managing a diverse workforce, including an overview of essential skill and knowledge requirements for cultural competency, both as a manager and as a member of a healthcare organization.

  • Course:  HCM427 -- Human Resource Management in Healthcare
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  HCM307  
  • Description:  
    This course is specifically designed to analyze human resource management functions as they affect employee productivity and satisfaction in health services organizations. The course stresses individual, social, and organizational factors, laws, and relevant principles in human resource management as they apply to the healthcare field. There will be a specific emphasis on how these issues affect recruitment, selection for interview, job descriptions, staffing, hiring, training, supervision, evaluation, retention, and discipline.

  • Course:  HCM477 -- Finance in Healthcare
  • Credits:  6
  • Prerequisites:  HCM307  
  • Description:  
    This course will provide a conceptual and practical background in healthcare finance, including funding sources, the interrelationship between departmental and total facility budget, the accounting and reporting process, budgetary prioritizing, the grant-writing process, and the influence of third parties on revenue and expenditures.



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