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
HLTH 295 or 296 Policy, Organization & Finance in Healthcare ONLINE or PA 325 Healthcare 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 or 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 295 Ethics in Business
BSAD 307 Organization & Management Studies
BSAD 376 Management of Change in Organizations
BSAD 222 Human Resource Management
BSAD 195 Leadership Practicum
BSAD 340 Productions & Operations Management
BSAD 305 Fundamentals of Marketing
BSAD 270 Quantitative Analysis for Managerial Decisions
PA 206 Intro to Contemporary Public Affairs
PA 308 Decision-Making Models
PA 301 Fundamentals of Public Administration
PA 311 Policy Analysis & Program Evaluation
PA 380 Internship
PA 317 Systems Analysis
PA 323 Non-Profit Administration
PH 301 Public Health & Health Policy ONLINE
PH 396 Policy, Organization & Financing of Health Care ONLINE
PH 396 Global Public Health ONLINE
PH 396 Public Health & Food Systems ONLINE
PH 396 Epidemiology I ONLINE
PH 396 Public Health Law & Ethics 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
HLTH 295 or 296 Policy, Organization & Finance ONLINE

Summer
Elective course
HLTH 295 or 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

CRN Course Title Subject Instructor(s) Dates Day Time Cred. Hrs
60239 BSAD 376 Z1 Mgmt of Change in Organization Business Administration
  • Rutledge, Merryn
 Jul 16 - Jul 27
  • Mon
  • Tue
  • Wed
  • Thu
 4:00pm - 8:30pm 3
60989 HLTH 296 OL1 Ethics for Hlth Care Professnl (online) Health
  • Standen, Patrick
 May 21 - Jun 15 - - 3
60011 PA 307 Z1 Administrative Ethics Public Administration
  • Ventriss, Curtis
 May 31 - May 31
  • Thu
 8:30am - 5:00pm 3
Jun 1 - Jun 9
  • Fri
  • Sat
 8:30am - 5:00pm
60012 PA 380 Z1 Internship Public Administration
  • Duquette-Hoffman, Jason
 May 21 - Aug 10 - - 3-6
60753 PH 301 OL1 Public Health & Health Policy (online) Public Health
  • Carney, Jan
 May 21 - Jun 15 - - 3
60286 PSYC 240 OL1 Organizational Psychology (online) Psychology
  • Rudiger, Lawrence
 May 21 - Jul 13 - - 3
CRN Course Title Subject Instructor(s) Dates Day Time Cred. Hrs
93072 BSAD 222 ZRA Human Resource Management Business Administration
  • McIntosh, Barbara
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Mon
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3
91673 BSAD 305 ZRA Fundamentals of Marketing Mgmt Business Administration
  • Noordewier, Thomas
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Mon
 5:10pm - 8:10pm 3
91679 BSAD 307 ZRA Organization & Mgmt Studies Business Administration
  • Gurdon, Michael
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Thu
 5:30pm - 8:15pm 3
91680 BSAD 340 ZRA Production & Operations Mgmt Business Administration
  • Reichert, William
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Tue
 5:30pm - 8:15pm 3
94255 BSAD 345 ZRA Management Information Systems Business Administration
  • Cats-Baril, William
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Thu
 5:30pm - 8:15pm 3
94522 CTS 271 ZR1 Intro Biomedical Informatics Clinical&Translational Science
  • Sarkar, Indra
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Tue
  • Thu
 2:30pm - 3:45pm 3
94662 HLTH 295 OL1 Policy, Org & Finance in HC (online) Health
  • Rambur, Betty
 Aug 27 - Dec 5 - - 3
93703 PA 301 ZRA Foundations of Public Admin Public Administration
  • Koliba, Christopher
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Mon
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3
93704 PA 308 ZRA Decision Making Models Public Administration
  • Zia, Asim
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Tue
 4:05pm - 7:05pm 3
90221 PA 325 Z1 Health Care Policy Public Administration
  • O'Donnell, Meg
  • Kappel, Steven
 Aug 27 - Dec 5
  • Mon
 5:10pm - 8:10pm 3
94530 PH 312 OL1 Food Systems & Public Health (online) Public Health
  • Blevins, Lynn
 Aug 27 - Dec 5 - - 3
93594 PH 395 OL3 Policy, Org& Finance in HC (online) Public Health
  • Rambur, Betty
 Aug 27 - Dec 5 - - 3