

The Medical and Health Services Management bachelor’s degree program provides health care practitioners with the skills and competencies needed to function as managers and supervisors in health care settings. In order to take this degree program, students must have earned an associate degree in an allied health field from an accredited institution.
Learn from industry-experienced faculty who have firsthand understanding of the strategies, tactics, and everyday demands of their field. Students will be able to seek employment in management and supervisory positions in a variety of health-related organizations including physician offices, hospitals, long term care facilities, and clinics.
The Medical and Health Services Management Bachelor of Science degree provides health care practitioners holding an associate degree or certificate in an allied health discipline with the skills and competencies needed to function as managers and supervisors in health care settings. Classes in the medical and health services management program will provide:
Distance = Synchronous video & asynchronous online learning.
Blended = Synchronous video & asynchronous online learning with limited on-campus residency.
See our eLearning page for details on our exciting and innovative course delivery methods.
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180 credit hours required/360 quality points required to graduate, including transfer credits of required Associate degree*. All courses are 4 credit hours
*Transfer Credit: 72 credits transferred from an accredited allied health or nursing program if the student has an associate degree. (Additional transfer credits may be awarded based on individual student associate degree)
Program Core Courses
52 Credit Hours
BUS420 Project Management
HSM301 Introduction to Healthcare Management and Human Resources
HSM302 Accounting & Billing Procedures for HSM
HSM315 Management in a Medical Practice Setting
HSM323 Advanced Healthcare Law and Bioethics
HSM324 Healthcare Economics
HSM390 Quality Improvement in Healthcare
HSM400 Inter-Professional Healthcare Collaboration
HSM410 Revenue Management and Compliance
HSM425 Healthcare Data Analytics
HSM430 Healthcare Policy
HSM440 Healthcare Evidence Based Practice and Research
HSM490 Leadership in Healthcare
General Education
56 Credit Hours
24 credits transferred from an accredited allied health or nursing program. The remaining 32 credits must be taken from those below with a minimum of (3) 300-400 level courses.
Written and Oral Communication
ENG102 English Composition
ENG126 Oral Communication
Mathematics, Statistics, and Logic
LOG215 Thinking Critically
LOG357 Logic and Critical Thinking
MAT101 Understanding Mathematics
MAT214 Algebra
MAT220 Algebra and Basic Statistics
MAT419 Introduction to Statistics*
Arts and Humanities
ETH205 Ethics
GEN241 Cultural Appreciation
REL330 World Religion
Social and Behavioral Sciences
GOV340 American Government
HIS290 American History 1945–Present
HIS490 American Economic History
POL202 Political Science
PRO453 Parliamentary Procedures/Group Dynamics
PSY127 Psychology
PSY200 Human Growth and Development
SOC103 General Sociology
SOC463 Social Problems
Physical/Natural Science
BIO101 Introduction to Biology
BIO201 Basic Anatomy & Physiology I
BIO202 Basic Anatomy & Physiology II
CHM105 General, Organic Biochemistry
ENV101 Environmental Science
PER330 Personal Health
*This program requires this general education course or its equivalent
For all courses: See catalog for complete course descriptions and prerequisites.
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