Health Care Management, BAS to MA

Pre-Requisite Courses: 6 credit hours

• HCM 300 Accounting for Health Care Professionals 3 credit hours
• MGT 302 Management Principles And Cases 3 credit hours

Program Requirements: 24 Credit Hours

• HCM 301 Perspectives In Health Care Management 3 credit hours
• HCM 336 Quality Improvement & Customer Service in Health Care 3 credit hours
• HCM 440 Medical Ethics/Legal Aspects Of Health Care 3 credit hours
• HCM 441 Financial Management Of Health Care Institutions 3 credit hours
• HCM 444 Strategic Planning In Healthcare Management 3 credit hours
• LDR 602 Research And Professional Writing 3 credit hours
• LDR 614 Contemporary Issues In Health Care 3 credit hours
• LDR 620 Information Systems Management 3 credit hours

Electives: 9 Credit Hours (choose 3 from below)

• BAM 450 Women In Business 3 credit hours
• ITM 460 Information Technology Project Management 3 credit hours
• MGT 329 Managing Cultural Differences 3 credit hours
• MGT 361 Organizational Behavior 3 credit hours
• MKT 310 Marketing Principles And Cases 3 credit hours
• PHI 320 Social Ethics 3 credit hours
• PHI 329 Technology And The Human Condition 3 credit hours
• PCM 340 Professional Speaking 3 credit hours
• SOC 350 Conflict Resolution 3 credit hours

Common Core Courses: 15 Credit Hours

• LDR 601 Leadership Theory 3 credit hours
• LDR 629 Overview Of U.S. Healthcare System 3 credit hours
• LDR 630 Organizational Culture And Communication 3 credit hours
• LDR 640 Finance + Quantitative Leadership 3 credit hours
• LDR 660 Strategic Leadership 3 credit hours

Healthcare Leadership Concentration: 12 credit hours

• LDR 609 Health Care Systems Management 3 credit hours
• LDR 625 Human Resource Management In Health Care 3 credit hours
• LDR 650 Medical Law 3 credit hours
• LDR 678 Practicum 3 credit hours

Other Requirements

1. A minimum of twenty-four (24) credit hours is required in the undergraduate major at Siena Heights University (SHU). LDR courses can be applied within this residency. Of the 24 credit hour minimum residency, 15 credit hours of Program Requirements must be completed at SHU including HCM 444 . 
2. A minimum cumulative 3.0 G.P.A. is required in the undergraduate Health Care Bachelor to Masters program.
3. LDR courses require a 3.0 (B grade) or higher completed at a senior status and require prior completion of HCM courses (and English LAS requirement). 
4. Students are required to have a minimum of three (3) years related work experience or joint approval by the HCM program coordinator (undergraduate) and HCL program director (graduate). 

Note: The initial Health Care Management major is primarily for adult students in the College for Professional Studies, but may be available in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). CAS students should contact the program chair for more information if interested.