Health Management (B.S.)
   Program Requirements(pdf)

Highlights of what you will learn as a student in the Bachelor of Health Management program include:

Acct 2101f,s. Principles of Accounting I. (3 cr. Prereq–Math
1031 or Math 1131)
Concepts of accounting cycle, cash, accounts receivable,
inventories, plant assets, payroll, partnerships.

Acct 2102f,s. Principles of Accounting II. (3 cr. Prereq–2101)
Modern accounting concepts, including cash flow statement
and consolidated statements. Introduction to management
accounting topics, including cost-volume-profit relationships,
costing methods, and variance analysis.

CA 1020f,s,su. Spreadsheet Applications. (2 cr)
Personal/presentation use of spreadsheets that include
formulas, functions, what-if analysis, and charts.

CA 1060 Database Management Applications
(2.0cr; Prereq-1010; fall, spring, every year)
Techniques for creating, querying, reporting, and maintaining databases with MS Access.

HSM 1010s. Medical Terminology. (2 cr)
Prefixes, suffixes, and roots used to compose medical terms.
Pronouncing and defining terminology related to body
structure, disease, diagnosis, and treatment.

HSM 2010f. Introduction to Health Services Organizations.
(2 cr)
Major developments in the evolution of health care in the
United States. Education and training of health care personnel.
Service providers. Public, private, voluntary agency initiatives.
Major stakeholders; rural and urban priorities.

HSM 3020s (even yrs). Quality Improvement and Risk
Management. (3 cr. Prereq–3100, 3200)
Quality assessment activities in health care facilities.
Emphasizes case management, utilization review, patient care
evaluation, risk management activities. Methodologies/
strategies, including quantitative/qualitative analysis of data.
Students generate or update a quality assurance plan.

HSM 3030s (odd yrs). Health Care and Medical Needs. (2 cr.
Prereq–1010, Biol 1464)
Common health conditions, diseases, disabilities.
Intervention/treatment issues. Health care and medical needs
across age continuum. Medical/pharmacologic terminology.

HSM 3100f (even yrs). Essentials of Managed Care. (3 cr.
Prereq–2010)
Major economic forces affecting U.S. health care delivery
system. Methods for addressing access, cost, and quality.
Types of managed care organizations, management control
and governance structures, closed and open panels,
contracting and reimbursement, carve outs, special market
segments; Medicaid, Medicare; rural, urban populations.

HSM 3130s. Health Management Information Systems.
(3 cr. Prereq–ITM 1010)
Data accumulation, storage, integration, manipulation, and
presentation. Strategic uses of data. Information access/
security, their relation to patient confidentiality.

HSM 3200f. Health Care Leadership and Planning. (3 cr.
Prereq–2010)
Organizational management characteristics for modern health
care settings. Management process and managerial roles
addressing resource allocation, delivery of clinical services,
governance, patient satisfaction, and outcome evaluation.

HSM 3230f (odd yrs). Administration of Continuum Care
Facilities. (3 cr)
Programs/services to meet the needs of an aging population.
Physical, social, and psychological aspects of aging. Role,
organization, function, and management characteristics of
long-term health care facilities. Administrative structures,
staffing, and changing work force. Governance, operations
oversight.

HSM 3240s (even yrs). Health Care Policy and Comparative
Systems. (3 cr)
Analysis/comparison of world health problems and delivery
systems. Geographic, political, and economic relationships
affecting health care system.

HSM 3900f,s,su. Internship. (1-3 cr [max 3 cr]. Prereq–3200,
3230, 4210, 4212, instructor’s consent)
Ten-week field experience under direction of a faculty
member in a health care organization or agency. Internship
plan must be coordinated with and approved in advance by
HSM program director. Students complete agency/
organization assessment and major project. May be repeated
in different health care setting.

HSM 4100f (even yrs). Health Care Finance. (3 cr. Prereq–Acct
2101, Acct 2102)
Finance structure of U.S. health care system. Reimbursement
mechanisms. Financial information in management decision
making. Financial planning/control. Analysis of financial
statements/budgets in health care system.

HSM 4210f (odd yrs). Health Care Law and Biomedical
Ethics. (3 cr. Prereq–3200)
Legal/bioethical issues in health care management.
Professional licensing, certification, and reporting. Liability,
negligence, malpractice. Patient rights/responsibilities.
Clinical outcomes assessment/measurement.

HSM 4212s. Regulatory Management. (3 cr. Prereq–3200)
Health care funding/reimbursement processes. Compliance/
regulatory mechanisms. Federal/state surveys.

Mgmt 3200f,s. Principles of Management. (3 cr; A-F only.
Prereq–[Acct 2101, Econ [2101 or 2102], Psy 1001] or instructor
consent)
Theories, concepts, skills relevant to professional manager
role. Basic functions of a manager: planning, organizing,
leading, controlling. Decision making, motivation, staffing,
international management, basic ethics, social responsibility,
change. Integrates theory and applications.

Mgmt 3210f,s. Supervision and Leadership. (3 cr; A-F only)
Emphasis on organizational environment and human
behavior. Human resource systems, motivating employees,
leadership, managing change, job satisfaction,
communication, group processes, interpersonal and group
dynamics within an organization. Participative learning
approach complements traditional teaching methods with role
playing and case studies.

Mgmt 3220f. Human Resource Management. (3 cr; A-F only.
Prereq–3200)
Focuses on management of people at work with emphasis on
recruitment, selection, training, compensation, and
evaluation. Changing nature of the world of work, labor
market, labor relations, emerging legal issues, discrimination
in pay and employment, and effects of technological change
on jobs and employment performance.

Mktg 3300f,s. Principles of Marketing. (3 cr; A-F only.
Prereq–[Econ [2101 or 2102], Psy 1001] or instructor consent)
Introduction to marketing and strategic marketing process.
Team development of marketing plan that implements
product, pricing, distribution, and promotional strategies.

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