Health Care Management, B.A.

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The Health Care Management Major promotes an understanding of America’s complex and evolving health care system and increases the competencies of students pursuing careers as managers and leaders in that field. Students will analyze perspectives, methods, and values associated with the delivery, management and finance of health services. They will evaluate health data, payments systems, management practices, ethical principles, public policies, promotional strategies and system designs to discover ways to meet the demand for effective, affordable, efficient and responsible health care.

The major promotes organizational insight and managerial ability for those who desire leadership positions in health-related enterprises. The curriculum is designed to meet the needs of both health care professionals with technical/clinical degrees as well as those of traditional undergraduate students. The curriculum in total is also geared toward enhancing student knowledge of the health care environment, oral and written presentation skills as well as overall problem solving skills.

Minimum credits required: 65

Required Foundation Courses

ECN 101 - Principles of Economics I, 3 credit hours (Micro)
ECN 102 - Principles of Economics II, 3 credit hours (Macro)
CSC 141 - Advanced Applications for Information Analysis, 3 credit hours (not required of students who completed CSC 210 )
MTH 136 - Applied College Mathematics, 3-4 credit hours
ECN 279 - Elements of Statistics, 4 credit hours
OR
MTH 138 - Biostatistics, 3 credit hours

Required Health and Physical Education Course

HPE 206 - Medical Terminology, 2 credit hours

Required Natural Science Course

Choose one course from the following:

Required School of Business Courses

Required Health Care Management Courses

(complete 5 courses & 2 internships)

BUS 357 - Introduction to American Health Care, 3 credit hours
BUS 377 - Health Care Finance, 3 credit hours
BUS 487 - Problem Solving and Applied Health Care Management, 3 credit hours
BUS 070X - Internship, 1-12 credit hours (complete two, 1 credit hour, internships: one internship prior to or in conjunction with BUS 357 ; one internship in conjunction with BUS 487 )

Complete two of the following courses:

HPE 315 - Foundations of Health Education, 3 credit hours
HPE 345 - Fitness & Health Promotion Program Management & Leadership, 3 credit hours
PHT 170 - Introduction to Public Health, 3 credit hours
PHT 370 - Health Policy & Public Health, 3 credit hours
PHT 373S - Community Health Planning, 3 credit hours
Two of the required Business Health Care Management courses must be taken at Baldwin Wallace University.

Note:

The capstone course can only be taken as the last course in the Health Care Management Major. With prior approval, it can be taken simultaneously with another Health Care Management Major course.

Students pursuing this major may consider a major in Health Coaching and Health Promotion, B.A. or Public Health, B.S. .

Internship

An internship in, or an independent research project for a health or community agency is required for any student who does not have a minimum of one year of health-care-related work experience. It is also required that students with more than one year of health-care-related work experience participate in an experience that would broaden their focus and understanding of the overall health care world.

Mentoring Program

Baldwin Wallace University will work with the students in this program to make available mentors from the various healthcare industries to allow the student to have a greater appreciation of the “real world of healthcare.”

Recommended courses that are not required for the Health Care Management Major:

MTH 153 - Design and Analysis of Experiments, 3 credit hours

Additional Requirements

Students majoring in Health Care Management must also meet these requirements:

At least six (6) courses at the 300-400 level must be completed in the School of Business at Baldwin Wallace University.
Students planning to attend graduate school are encouraged to take calculus.
A maximum of 4 semester hours of a D grade in a required ACC/BUS prefix course may be counted toward the major.