Health Care Leadership, B.S.
This program, offered in both face-to-face and online-only formats, is designed to meet the needs of adult learners whose primary focus is the health care field. This program is particularly suited to health care professionals who possess essential clinical skills but wish to enhance their career opportunities by developing proficiencies in management, supervision, leadership and education.
In addition to the College of Management and Business Undergraduate Admission Requirements, students must fulfill the following requirements in to start this program:
- Provide a list of two academic or professional references
- Have licensure, registration or certification in a health care profession with work experience or employment in a health related field
This degree requires:
- 180 QH
- A maximum of 60 QH of technical credit may be transferred
Students may choose to select an optional major or concentrations from those listed below:
Major:
Spanish Language and Culture Studies
Concentrations:
Public Policy
Aging Studies
International Management
Leadership
Required Courses
Communications - 5 QH
One college-level writing course. The below course is recommended:
Humanities - 5 QH
One Humanities course
Fine Arts - 5 QH
One Fine Arts course
Quantitative Reasoning/Math - 5 QH
One Mathematics course
Physical and Life Sciences - 5 QH
One Science course
Social Sciences - 5 QH
One Social Science course
Behavioral Science - 5 QH
One Behavioral Science course
Additional General Education Courses
Additional General Education courses to reach 60 QH of General Education
Health Care Leadership Core - 61 QH
HCL300 | Introduction to Health Care Leadership | |
HCL310 | Professional Writing in Health Care | |
HCL315 | Team Development in Health Care | |
HCL320 | Educational Delivery in Health Care | |
HCL325 | Educational Assessment in Health Care | |
HCL330 | Presentation Skills in Health Care | |
HCL335 | Overview of Health Care Delivery | |
HCL340 | Quantitative Methods for Health Administration | |
HCL345 | Principles of Health Care Supervision | |
HCL410 | Human Resource Development for Health Care Supervisors | |
HCL415 | Financial and Physical Resource Administration | |
HCL420 | Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care | |
HCL425 | Health Care Information Systems | |
HCL430 | Marketing of Health Care Services | |
HCL440 | Health Care Systems | |
HCL450 | Business Planning in Health Care | |
Nonspecific Electives - 59 QH
Choose additional undergraduate courses to reach the 180 QH required for the degree