Courses & Curriculum

Course Requirements

The Certificate in Healthcare Management is an 18 credit program, 6 courses: 15 core credits (5 courses) & 3 elective credits (1 course).

Required Courses (15 credits total)

One course is required from each of the five core competency areas:

Healthcare Management
BSAD 331 Healthcare Management

Healthcare Policy & Current Trends
PH 395/396 Policy, Organization & Finance in Healthcare ONLINE or PA 325 Health Care Policy

Biomedical Informatics
CTS 271 Intro to Biomedical Informatics

Financial Analysis & Decision-Making
BSAD 395 Strategic Planning in Healthcare or BSAD/ECON 295 or 296 Health Economics

Healthcare Ethics
HLTH 295/296 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals ONLINE or PA 307 Administrative Ethics

One Elective Course (3 credits)

Note: Prerequisites may apply. Please check the course descriptions.

Choose one elective from these suggested courses:
BSAD 307 Organization & Management Studies
BSAD 376 Management of Change in Organizations
BSAD 222 Human Resource Management
PA 301 Fundamentals of Public Administration
PA 302 Org Theory and Behavior
PA 305 Public & Non-profit Budgeting
PA 306 Policy Systems
PA 308 Decision-Making Models
PA 311 Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation
PA 313 Public Policy Implementation
PA 317 Systems Analysis
PA 318 Admin Theory & Practice
PA 321 Negotiation & Mediation
PA 323 Non-Profit Administration
PA 334 Organizational Behavior and Cultures
PH 301 Public Health & Health Policy ONLINE
PH 302 Epidemiology I ONLINE
PH 304 Environmental Public Health ONLINE
PH 310 Public Health Law & Ethics ONLINE
PH 311 Global Public Health ONLINE
PH 312 Food Systems & Public Health ONLINE
PH 395/396 Policy, Organization & Financing of Health Care ONLINE
PSYCH 240 Organizational Psychology ONLINE

May be of Interest
HLTH 003 Medical Terminology (2 credits) ONLINE

Suggested Track for One-Year Completion

Spring
BSAD 331 Healthcare Management
PH 395/396 Policy, Organization & Finance ONLINE

Summer
Elective course
HLTH 295/296 Ethics for Healthcare Professionals ONLINE

Fall
CTS 271 Intro to Biomedical Informatics
BSAD/ECON 295 or 296 Health Economics or BSAD 395 Strategic Planning in Healthcare

Course Title Instructor(s) Dates Day Time Cred. Hrs CRN
BSAD 376 Z1 Business Administration: Mgmt of Change in Organization
  • Rutledge, Merryn
 Jul 15 - Jul 26
  • Mon
  • Tue
  • Wed
  • Thu
  • Fri
 4:00pm - 8:30pm 3 60151
Jul 29 - Aug 9 - -
HLTH 296 OL1 Health: Ethics for Hlth Care Professnl (online)
  • Standen, Patrick
 May 20 - Jun 14 - - 3 60762
PA 307 Z1 Public Administration: Administrative Ethics
  • Ventriss, Curtis
 May 20 - Jun 12 - - 3 60008
Jun 13 - Jun 14
  • Thu
  • Fri
 8:30am - 5:00pm
Jun 20 - Jun 22
  • Thu
  • Fri
  • Sat
 8:30am - 5:00pm
Jun 24 - Jun 28 - -
PH 301 OL1 Public Health: Public Health & Health Policy (online)
  • Carney, Jan
 May 20 - Jun 14 - - 3 60292
PH 302 OL1 Public Health: Epidemiology I (online)
  • Thomas, Matthew
 May 20 - Jun 14 - - 3 60989
PH 395 OL2 Public Health: Soc&Behav Foundat of Publ Hlth (online)
  • Wargo, William
 Jul 1 - Aug 9 - - 3 61108
PSYC 240 OL1 Psychology: Organizational Psychology (online)
  • Rudiger, Lawrence
 Jun 17 - Jul 12 - - 3 60174
Course Title Instructor(s) Dates Day Time Cred. Hrs CRN
PA 301 ZRA Public Administration: Foundations of Public Admin
  • Koliba, Christopher
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Mon
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3 92460
PA 305 Z1 Public Administration: Public and Nonprofit Budgeting
  • Cate, Richard
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Tue
 5:30pm - 8:15pm 3 91557
PA 308 ZRA Public Administration: Decision Making Models
  • Zia, Asim
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Tue
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3 92461
PA 325 Z1 Public Administration: Health Care Policy
  • O'Donnell, Meg
  • Kappel, Steven
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Mon
 5:10pm - 8:10pm 3 90201
PA 395 Z1 Public Administration: Nonprofit Governance & Devl
  • Van Buren, Jane
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Wed
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3 92363
PA 395 Z2 Public Administration: Strategic Planning in Hlthcare
  • Hamilton, Catherine
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Mon
 5:10pm - 8:10pm 3 94640
PA 395 Z4 Public Administration: International Development NGO
  • McMahon, Edward
 Aug 26 - Dec 4
  • Wed
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3 92949
PH 301 OL1 Public Health: Public Health & Health Policy (online)
  • Carney, Jan
 Aug 26 - Dec 4 - - 3 92077
PH 302 OL1 Public Health: Epidemiology I (online)
  • Thomas, Matthew
 Aug 26 - Dec 4 - - 3 93178
PH 395 OL2 Public Health: Intro to Aging Services Mngmnt (online)
  • Hall, Kathleen
 Aug 26 - Dec 4 - - 3 94843
PH 395 OL3 Public Health: Health Finance (online)
  • Kappel, Steven
 Aug 26 - Dec 4 - - 3 94848