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Health Care Management, BS*

The Rochester University Health Care Management program prepares graduates to apply concepts, models, and theories in a variety of health care management roles. Medical and health services managers, also called health care executives or health care administrators, plan, direct, and coordinate medical and health services. Medical and health services managers must direct changes that conform to changes in health care laws, regulations, and technology. They might manage an entire facility, a specific clinical area or department, or a medical practice for a group of physicians. They might have administrative careers in hospitals, health systems, public health agencies, insurance firms, consulting firms, medical group practices, managed care organizations, government agencies, and other healthcare settings. This program can be completed fully online, or through a combination of online and seated classes. 

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Bachelor of Science, Health Care Management program will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate critical business and financial management thinking skills through strategic planning.

  2. Apply systems thinking to create and articulate clear plans for strategic change.

  3. Demonstrate research methods and quantitative decision-making skills with data.

  4. Evaluate ethical and legal issues related to planning and implementing health care services.

  5. Demonstrate knowledge related to using technology to achieve organizational or program goals and practices. 

  6. Describe and explain a wide range of concepts and theories related to health care.

Requirements for the BS in Health Care Management

General Education Core 31 hours

(The Social and Behavioral Science general education requirement is covered in the major by BUS 2513. The Lab Science general education requirement is met by HCM 1304. The Critical Thinking Mathematical Competency general education requirement is met by BUS 2423.)

 

Health Care Management Major 58 hours

ACC 2113Accounting I

3
BUS 2423Business Statistics

3
BUS 2513Principles of Economics

3
BUS 3003Business Communication

3
BUS 3303Business Law

3
BUS 4943Business Ethics

3
HCM 1304Community and Public Health with Lab

4
HCM 2303Principles of Health Care Management

3
HCM 3013Health Systems of the United States

3
HCM 3023Health Care Law and Ethics

3
HCM 3033Health Care Finance

3
HCM 3503Health Information Systems

3
HCM 3603Health Care Operations Management

3
HCM 4813Health Care Management Internship

3
HCM 4903Strategic Planning in Health Care Management Capstone

3
HRM 3613Human Resource Management

3
MGT 2603Principles of Management

3
MGT 3603Organizational Behavior

3
MKT 2503Principles of Marketing

3

Electives 31 hours

(COM 3533 and PSY 2013 are recommended.)

Total Credit Hours: 120