Healthcare Management: Certificate
The four core courses focus on content areas essential for all healthcare management professionals, including the roles and responsibilities of managers, healthcare policy, and health economics and finance. A required elective allows you to customize your certificate to meet your specific needs or interests.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HLAD 2010 | The United States Health Systems | 4 |
| HLAD 3050 | Healthcare Management | 4 |
| HLAD 4015 | Healthcare Policy | 4 |
| ECON 3055 | Economic Issues in Health Care | 4 |
| HLAD 3005 | Community Health | 4 |
| or HLAD 3015 | Comparative Health Systems | |
| or MGMT 4020 | Managing the Service Sector Operation | |
| or HSCI 3200 | Health Informatics | |
| or HLAD 3045 | Healthcare Ethics | |
| or EMGT 3035 | Managing Biological Terrorism as a Public Health Emergency | |
| or NURS 3035 | Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Global Health | |
| or HLAD 3055 | Managed Care | |
| Total Credits | 20 | |
Students will demonstrate the following learning outcomes upon completion of this certificate:
- Students will be able to descript the delivery, financing and regulation of healthcare services in the United States.
- Students will be able to explain the impact of major population health issues on the US healthcare system.
- Students will be able to identify essential role and skill requirements for managing in a healthcare environment.
- Students will be able to identify industry and environmental factors which influence the role of the healthcare manager and understand how they affect healthcare organizations.
- Students will be able to explain the process of creating healthcare policy at the federal and state levels.
- Students will be able to apply the tools of economics to the analysis of healthcare markets.
- Student will be able to apply the tools of a healthcare manager in a real world setting.