Health Care Leadership, B.S.

This program, offered both in an on-campus blended and online 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. It is also open to those just embarking on their health care careers.

Students applying to the B.S. in Health Care Leadership program are subject to the Undergraduate Admission Requirements. 

Program Details:

  • Requires 180 QH, including 60 QH of General Education, for completion
  • A maximum of 60 QH of technical credit may be transferred
  • Credit by examination and portfolio are accepted for general education and elective credit
  • The Health Care Leadership Core must be taken at NLU
  • Students may complete a concentration, listed below

Concentrations:

Aging Studies

Entrepreneurship 

Human Resource Management

International Management

Leadership

Long-Term Care Administration 

Urban and Policy Studies

Required Courses

Research Methods

RES 200Research, Writing, and Analysis

1

Note: RES 200 is required for students completing a fully-online program. 

Student Success Seminar

GEN 103Student Success Seminar

5

Note: GEN 103 may be waived for on-campus students who (1) enter NLU with an associate’s degree or 90 or more quarter credit hours of transfer credit; and (2) have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.000 or above in their previous undergraduate studies. Students will be required to complete or transfer in additional coursework in general education to meet the 60-quarter credit hour requirement. Fully-online students are required to complete this course. 

Communications

One written communications course and one oral communications course

ENG 101Beginning English Composition

5

and

ENG 203Effective Speaking for the Undergraduate

5

Humanities

PHI 107Ethics, Logic and Critical Inquiry

5

Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in humanities.

Fine Arts

ART 102Art Appreciation I

2

ART 103Art Appreciation II

3

Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in fine arts.

Quantitative Reasoning

MTH 102Statistical Foundations

5

Physical and Life Sciences

SCI 101Physical Science

5

or

SCI 102Survey of Biological Science with Lab

5

or

SCI 225Human Impact on Environment

5

Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in physical and life sciences.

Social Sciences

HIS 102Introduction to Political Science

5

or

HIS 203Survey of U.S. History

5

Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in social sciences.

Behavioral Science

PSY 101Introduction to Psychology

5

Note: Students transferring credit from other institutions or applying coursework previously completed at NLU may use any general education course in behavioral sciences.

Additional General Education

Choose additional coursework in any general education area or other courses consistent with the integrated general education competencies of information and technology literacy, analytical skills, and ethics, values, and respect for human diversity (including Student Success courses) to bring total general education courses to 60 quarter hours.

Health Care Leadership Major - 59 QH

Gateway Courses - 5 QH

HCL 301Overview of Health Care Delivery

5

Core Courses - 54 QH

HCL 311Professional Writing and Presentation Skills in Health Care

5

HCL 316Team Development in Health Care

5

HCL 320Educational Delivery and Assessment in Health Care

5

HCL 326Critical Thinking in Health Care

5

HCL 350Quality Analysis and Improvement in Health Care

2

HCL 410Health Care Supervision and Human Resources

5

HCL 416Financial and Physical Resource Administration

5

HCL 421Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care

5

HCL 426Health Care Information Systems

5

HCL 431Marketing of Health Care Services

5

HCL 499Strategic Analysis and Planning in Health Care

5

PJM 300Overview of Project Management

2

Electives - 61 QH

Choose elective courses to meet the minimum degree requirement of 180 QH

 

For more information about this program, visit  http://www.nl.edu/academics/healthhumanservicesbachelors/bshealthcareleadership/