Health Care Management, B.B.A.
The Core Curriculum is designed to foster critical thinking skills and introduce students to basic domains of thinking that transcend disciplines. The Core applies to all majors. Information on specific classes in the Core can be found at https://www.marshall.edu/gened/.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Curriculum | ||
| Core 1: Critical Thinking | ||
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| Core 2 | ||
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| CMM 207 | Business Communication | 3 |
| STA 150 | Foundations of Statistics | 3 |
| STA 150L | Foundations of Statistics Lab | 1 |
| Core II Natural/Physical Science | 4 | |
| Core II Humanities | 3 | |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Additional University Requirements | ||
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace (Writing Intensive) | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management (Writing Intensive) | 3 |
| MC or I: Intl Business Elective | 3 | |
| MGT 455 | Hlth Care Policy Seminar (Capstone) | 3 |
| College-Specific | ||
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace | 3 |
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| ACC 216 | Intro Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| ECN 250 | Principles Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECN 253 | Principles Macroeconomics | 3 |
| FIN 323 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| LE 207 | Legal Environ of Business | 3 |
| MIS 200 | Bus Computer Applications | 3 |
| MIS 290 | Prin Management Info Systems | 3 |
| MGT 218 | Business Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| MGT 320 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKT 340 | MKT Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| Communication Studies Elective: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Professional Presentations | ||
| Persuasive Communication | ||
| Communication in Groups | ||
| Leadership Dynamics | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| International Business Elective: | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Comparative Econ Systems | ||
| International Trade | ||
| Global Macroeconomic Analysis | ||
| Economic of Dev Countries | ||
| International Fin Management | ||
| International Management (cannot count as both the International Business Elective and a MGT elective) | ||
| International Marketing | ||
| Major-Specific | ||
| MGT 350 | Health Care Management | 3 |
| MGT 354 | Health Care Delivery Systems | 3 |
| MGT 355 | Health Care Prods & Services | 3 |
| MGT 424 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 471 | Prac Health Care Mgt I | 4 |
| LE 351 | Legal Aspts Hlth Care Org | 3 |
| MGT 455 | Hlth Care Policy Seminar | 3 |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 2 | |
Major Information
- The total number of free electives required depends on the number of hours completed in STA 150 Foundations of Statistics or STA 150B Foundations of Stats-Expanded and ENG 101 Beginning Composition or ENG 101P Beginning Composition Plus and the number of hours that can be double-counted toward multiple degree requirements.
- MGT electives can be any 300 or 400 level MGT courses not already required (except MGT 490 Internship). MGT 445 may not count as both a MGT elective and the International Business elective.
- The Health Care Practicum is completed during the summer of the senior year.
- MGT 455 Hlth Care Policy Seminar is the capstone course for all Health Care Management majors. It can only be taken during the senior year after all prerequisites are met.
- Multicultural or International additional university requirement met with International Business Elective.
- Please check with advisor about course offerings. Not all classes will be offered every semester.
Four Year Plan
The Department of Management and Health Care Administration offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree in Health Care Management. Graduates with the degree are prepared to provide health care organizations with the necessary skills to manage the complexities of delivering health care in the dynamic health care environment. In the program, you will learn financial and organizational skills, how to prepare budgets, and how to make effective decisions. Health care managers have a wide range of career options through which to apply their knowledge and provide needed services to the community.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Credit Hours | |
| FYS 100 | First Yr Sem Critical Thinking | 3 |
| ENG 101 | Beginning Composition | 3 |
| STA 150 | Foundations of Statistics | 3 |
| STA 150L | Foundations of Statistics Lab | 1 |
| PSY 201 | Introductory Psychology (CT) | 3 |
| MIS 200 | Bus Computer Applications | 3 |
| UNI 100 | Freshman First Class | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| ECN 250 | Principles Microeconomics | 3 |
| CMM 207 | Business Communication | 3 |
| Core II Physical or Natural Science | 4 | |
| Core II Fine Arts | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| ACC 215 | Intro Financial Accounting(CT) | 3 |
| ECN 253 | Principles Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ENG 201 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| LE 207 | Legal Environ of Business | 3 |
| CMM Studies Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ACC 216 | Intro Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| MGT 218 | Business Quantitative Methods | 3 |
| ENG 204 | Writing for the Workplace | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| MGT 320 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| FIN 323 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MGT 350 | Health Care Management | 3 |
| MKT 340 | MKT Concepts and Applications | 3 |
| MIS 290 | Prin Management Info Systems | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| LE 351 | Legal Aspts Hlth Care Org | 3 |
| MGT 354 | Health Care Delivery Systems | 3 |
| MGT 355 | Health Care Prods & Services | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Summer | ||
| MGT 471 | Prac Health Care Mgt I | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 4 | |
| First Semester | ||
| MGT 424 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 455 | Hlth Care Policy Seminar | 3 |
| Core II Humanities | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| MGT 460 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MGT Elective | 3 | |
| International Business Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 2 | |
| Credit Hours | 14 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |