Healthcare Management, B.S.

Learning Outcomes

• Employ effective management skills in the development, organization, operation, and leadership of healthcare organizations.
• Articulate legal implications, apply ethical decision-making principles, and assess opportunities to mitigate risk related to healthcare administration.
• Examine the role of healthcare organizations in community health administration.

General Education Requirements

The 42 credit hours of general education requirements are presented in the General Education  section in this catalog. A course that meets a general education requirement may also meet a course requirement for the major or a course requirement in another discipline.

The following specific general education courses must be chosen to meet the requirements for this major:

• CIS 110 - Computer Applications: Spreadsheet Credit(s): 3
• MTH 105 - College Algebra Credit(s): 4

Courses required in the Healthcare Management Major (42 credits)

• BSA 100 - Business Components Assessment Credit(s): 0
• BSA 499 - Undergraduate Business Assessment Credit(s): 0
• ECN 210 - Principles of Macro Economics Credit(s): 3
• ACT 210 - Financial Accounting Credit(s): 3
• MGT 210 - Management Principles Credit(s): 3
• MKT 210 - Marketing Principles Credit(s): 3
• FIN 310 - Managerial Finance Credit(s): 3
• HCM 300 - Foundations of Healthcare Management Credit(s): 3
• HCM 310 - Ethics in Healthcare Credit(s): 3
• HCM 320 - Human Resource Management in Healthcare Credit(s): 3
• HCM 330 - Public Health Administration Credit(s): 3
• HCM 350 - Legal Issues in Healthcare Credit(s): 3
• HCM 400 - Healthcare Operations and Quality Control Credit(s): 3
• HCM 425 - Management of Health Information Systems Credit(s): 3
• HCM 435 - Project Management in Healthcare Organizations Credit(s): 3
• HCM 460 - Strategic Management in Healthcare Credit(s): 3

Courses Required in Other Disciplines (6 credits)

• ENG 201 - Business Writing Credit(s): 3
• MTH 115 - Introduction to Statistics Credit(s): 3

Concentrations for the Healthcare Management Major

The departmental course requirements for a concentration must be completed at Fontbonne University. If a student, prior to transferring, has already completed a course that is required in the concentration by Fontbonne, to earn the concentration the student must still complete a minimum of 18 credit hours of upper-division coursework in that concentration at Fontbonne. A maximum of two concentrations are allowed and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.5 is required to declare a concentration.