(Bachelor of Science Degree)
This major is designed for students who plan to enter the health or health-related professions in a managerial capacity. Majors include students planning graduate work in health management or health-related government service upon graduation, and students interested in exploring the areas of health care management and planning applications in the context of a liberal arts background. (The degree does not lead to a professional credential or prepare the student for licensure in any of the health fields.)
Total credit hours required for degree: 120
Learning Objectives
A Competent Health Studies Management student will:
- understand the basic concepts of managing a health care organization
- be able to describe a health systems system’s past, current and possible future behaviors, based on an understanding of the interdependencies of social, economic, political and systems.
Communications - As a strong communicator Health Studies students will:
- demonstrate effectiveness in written communications (writes clear, concise, and grammatically correct professional prose)
- demonstrate strong and effective in oral communication skills-(makes oral presentation of management principles in a clear manner)
- demonstrate effective interpersonal communications skills (can communicate well with other individuals in team interactions)
Critical Thinking - As an astute critical thinker our Health Studies students will:
- critically evaluate the context and quality of management healthcare delivery within and outside the United States
- be able to understand the advantages and disadvantages of public and private management practices
- articulate basic healthcare policies related to federal, state and accrediting bodies
Ethical Leadership - Our Health Studies students will:
- recognize key statutory requirements and codes of conduct affecting medical practices
- comprehend the ethical issues commonly encountered in medical practice.
- recognize that poor ethical reasoning can lead to severe negative outcomes to a wide variety of publics.
- understand that ethical decisions have both personal as a well as social and legal outcomes
- be able to apply ethical codes of conduct: Recognizes that ethical decisions do not always have quick or perfect solutions.
Global Business Understanding - Our Health Studies students will:
- analyze factors and challenges that impact healthcare delivery within and outside the United States.
- be able to describe policies that address the need for medical sensitivity across diverse social and cultural populations