Health Care Management Concentration

This concentration offers students the managerial knowledge and skills required to effectively and efficiently manage in today's dynamic health care marketplace. Courses in this area address the following topics: organization and institutional management, health law, health ethics, health information and communication, program planning and evaluation, resource management, managed care, outcomes research, ambulatory care, and health economics.

Students should meet with their advisor prior to selecting courses.

Required Courses – these five courses must be taken by every student

• HAS 533 Communication and Group Dynamics
• HAS 538 Health Economics and Public Policy
• HAS 550 Statistics and Data Analysis
• HAS 551 Research Design and Proposal Writing
• HAS 586 Practicum: Health Profession Management

Health Care Management Courses – students must complete 12-15 credits

• HAS 530 Health Care Operations
• HAS 536 Health Law
• HAS 537 Resource Management: Planning and Budgeting
• HAS 544 Principles of Managed Care
• HAS 563 Computer Cases for Health Management
• HAS 564 Health Information and Commnunication Systems
• HAS 565 Outcome Measures and Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care
• HAS 570 Business Aspects of Managed Care
• HAS 572 Ambulatory Care
• HAS 574 Group Practice Management
• HAS 575 Long-Term Care
• HAS 576 Workplace 2010

Electives – students may take six credits of electives from our other concentrations

Generic Management Courses - students may take six credits (through The College of Business)

Students should meet their advisor prior to selecting courses.

• MBA 505 Marketing
• MBA 514 Collective Bargaining and Arbitration in Public Sector
• MBA 517 Management Information Systems
• MBA 523 Human Resource Management in the Individual Firm or Organization Workshop
• MBA 530 Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• MBA 570 Entrepreneurship

This is not a complete course listing. Courses subject to change.