Healthcare Business Management Certificate (HCMC)
Type: Career, Certificate (C2)
Open Admissions
Division: STEM & Business
The Healthcare Business Management certificate will prepare students for business administration jobs in healthcare settings, and to pursue the general BAT or the BAT - Healthcare Management Pathway. Graduates demonstrate mastery in foundation courses in business, and the dynamics of healthcare and medical ethics courses. The certificate will provide students with a strong base of introductory business courses needed to later pursue an associate or bachelor's degree in accounting, entrepreneurial studies, finance, general business, management, management information systems, marketing, and other business areas.
First Year
Spring
| ACC203 | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ALH150 | The Dynamics of Health Care: Personal and Public Issues | 3 |
| BUS102 | Business Law | 3 |
| PHI120 | Medical Ethics | 3 |
| MGT201 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| OR | |
| BUS100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| OR | |
| ENT100 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Fall
| ACC108 | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS120 | Computer Applications for Business | 3 |
| CMP101 | Composition 1 | 3 |
| MGT102 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| ECO103 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| OR | |
| ECO104 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 15 |
Total Credit Hours: 30
Program Notes
Communications and Mathematics proficiencies required to graduate.
See guided pathway sheets for advising information specific to your area of focus.
Program Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of the Healthcare Business Management certificate, graduates will be able to:
● Apply theoretical concepts of the basic business processes in management, marketing, and accounting, in the business environment and healthcare settings.
● Demonstrate interpersonal, teamwork, and leadership skills necessary to function in diverse, multicultural business and healthcare settings in order to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
● Explain why and how technology, society, and economics affect an organization and the way in which it interacts with its environment not only locally, but globally.
● Utilize common business computer programs such as word processors and spreadsheet programs for the preparation of documents, reports, and for preparation of accounting, financial, or other tabular data for presentation and analysis.
● Analyze problems that have no single correct answer; apply decision-making techniques to identify the problem, develop alternatives for resolution, select and implement the best alternative, and measure the results for solving the problem.
● Demonstrate professional behaviors through time management, attendance, appearance, flexibility, and cooperation in business and healthcare settings.