Healthcare Management, B.S.

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. To graduate, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be achieved, and a total of 120 credits is required. This total includes both the required courses for the program and any free electives selected. The department website provides an overview of the program, admission requirements for the major (when applicable), faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/hsi/programs. 

GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS (46 Credits)

All bachelor’s degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements. To review more detailed information, please visit General Education (LEP) Degree Requirements.   

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (45 Credits)

Up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements and will be indicated below; no more than two courses in the same subject may be used towards LEP Explorations.  

Major GPA 2.0 required.

ACC 200 – Principles of Financial Accounting
BIS 370 – Business Information Systems
BIS 430 – Project Management
ECO 270 – Applied Business Stats or HLS 240 – Statistics for Health and Clinical Sciences
HCM 250 – Introduction to Healthcare and Hospital Management
HCM 403 – Leadership in Healthcare Management
HCM 405 – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
HCM 492 – Healthcare Management Capstone
HLS 101 – Essentials of Medical Terminology
HLS 220 – Healthcare Communication
HLS 310 – Electronic Health Information
HLS 315 – Healthcare Systems & Policy
HLS 330 – Case Studies in Healthcare Ethics
HLS 410 – Medical Insurance and Billing
HLS 497 – Internship in Healthcare Studies
MGT 404 – Healthcare Law and Risk Management

COGNATE REQUIREMENTS (27 Credits)

BIO 100 – Fundamentals of Biology(T2LE) or BIO 200 - Human Anatomy and Physiology (T2LE)
CSC 200 – Decision-making with Excel (T1TF)
ECO 100 – Principles of Macro-Economics (T2CC)
ECO 101 – Principles of Micro-Economics(T2GA)
PSY 100 – Introduction to Psychology (T2MB)

Select two:
ACC 210 – Managerial Accounting
ECO 305 – Economic Data Visualization
ECO 320 – Healthcare Economics and Hospital Management
MGT 240 – Business Law
MGT 361 – Operations Management
MGT 385 – Human Resources Management
MKT 200 – Introduction to Marketing

Select two:
HLS 210 – Principles of Person Centered Healthcare
HLS 230 – Introduction to Clinical Trials
HLS 380 – Cultural Humility for the Healthcare Professional
HLS 427 – Research Data Management
HLS 440 – Research Methods for Evidence-Based Healthcare
HLS 450 – Long-Term Care Administration

ACCELERATED PATHWAY OPTION (12 Credits)

Students with a 3.0 GPA and at least 90 credits may be eligible to complete an accelerated pathway during their senior year to earn dual credit towards both their current undergraduate program and future graduate program of interest. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.

Students will meet with their faculty advisor to prepare a Graduate Course Plan (500-level courses or higher), with a maximum of 6 credits per semester, based on their graduate program of interest. Approval from both the Program Department Chairperson and the Graduate Coordinator is required. Programs may have higher requirements, and seat availability in certain graduate programs may be limited.    

Courses completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit for both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Graduate programs may have higher grade requirements in place for certain courses which may require the student to retake the course for a higher grade letter.