Bachelor of Science (BS) in Business

School of Undergraduate Studies

Health Care Management specialization

Advance your career with this Health Care Management specialization that focuses on both business skills and health care knowledge, a sought-after combination in the health care field. Designed around national industry standards, the curriculum will help you build foundational business skills in management, marketing, human resources, communication, and finance, and increase your knowledge of quality assurance, risk management, health care laws and regulations, and other information important to managing within a health care environment. People likely to choose this specialization include technicians or professionals in health care or related fields who want to advance to supervisory or management positions in health care institutions, insurance companies, or other health-focused organizations.

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Set your sights higher while you earn your bachelor's degree. In Capella's Combined BS/MBA option, you could start earning master's level credit during your bachelor's program. Once you earn 100 undergraduate credits, you may be eligible for Capella's Combined BS/MBA option, which can save you more than $7,700 over the cost of pursuing each degree separately and cut up to two quarters off your time to MBA degree completion.

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General Education Requirements

To complete your bachelor's degree, you will need 45 quarter credits in general education subject areas with a minimum of 6 quarter credits from each category. We offer general education courses in communication, humanities, natural science and mathematics, and social science.

Residents of Arkansas must complete Arkansas general education requirements.

In compliance with regulations of the Kansas Board of Regents, Kansas residents starting any undergraduate program after January 1, 2010 will be required to complete 186 quarter credits in order to graduate.

Core Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• BUS3006 - Developing a Health Care Management Perspective
• BUS3010 - Fundamentals of Management and Leadership
• BUS3025 - Introduction to Health Care, Wellness, and Disease
• BUS3030 - Fundamentals of Marketing and Sales
• BUS3040 - Fundamentals of Human Resource Management
• BUS3050 - Fundamentals of Organizational Communication
• BUS3060 - Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting

Specialization Courses (each course 6 quarter credits unless noted)

• BUS4121 - Ethics and Decision Making in Health Care*
• BUS4122 - Health Care Economics *
• BUS4123 - Quality Assurance Risk Management*
• BUS4124 - Health Care Marketing and Strategic Planning*
• BUS4125 - Legal Aspects of Health Care Management*
• BUS4126 - Health Care Information Management*
• BUS4127 - Evidence-Based Health Care Management*
• BUS4128 - Cultural Competence in Health Care*

Elective Courses

• Choose 39 quarter credits of additional undergraduate courses.

Capstone Course (taken during learner's final quarter)

• BUS4993 - Business Capstone Project - 6 quarter credits

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