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Crookston Campus
Health Management B.S.Math, Science and Technology
Academic Affairs
The health management program provides career-entry opportunities for high school graduates and professional advancement opportunities for health care personnel. Career opportunities for students with baccalaureate degrees in health management include management positions in hospitals, long-term care facilities, health maintenance and other managed care organizations, public health departments, community-based and home health agencies, medical equipment companies, government regulatory agencies, and health insurance companies.
The health management program focuses on developing managerial, administrative, and computer skills, supplementing those skills with an in-depth knowledge of the health care system. The program prepares graduates to offer managerial excellence to employers.
Long-term Care Administration--The health management program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators and meets Minnesota regulations for long-term health care administration. Health management program graduates are eligible to take the Minnesota licensure examination for nursing home administration.
Program outcomes:
• Communicate effectively and work as a team in a health care setting
• Demonstrate leadership ability in problem solving, conflict resolution, and change management
• Understand the legal, regulatory, and ethical issues inherent to health care
• Show the ability to adapt to changing public policy, economic, and financial issues in health care
• Demonstrate assessment skills related to improving clinical care and customer service
• Understand technology and how to apply it to the workplace
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Admission Requirements
For information about University of Minnesota admission requirements, visit the
Office of Admissions
website.
General Requirements
All students are required to complete general University and college requirements. For more
information, see the graduation requirements.
Program Requirements
Students must complete 40 upper division credits.
Health Management Core Requirements
A maximum of two “D” grades are allowed for core courses required in the program and technology requirements. This includes grades earned at UMC or transferred in from another institution.
Required courses - 62-64 credits
ACCT 2101 - Principles of Accounting I
(3.0 cr)
ACCT 2102 - Principles of Accounting II
(3.0 cr)
GBUS 1005 - Orientation to Online Learning
(1.0 cr)
HI 3020 - Introduction to Health Information Systems
(3.0 cr)
HSM 1010 - Medical Terminology
(2.0 cr)
HSM 2010 - Introduction to the Health Care System
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3030 - Health & Disease for Aging Populations
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3200 - Health Care Leadership and Planning
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3230 - Administration of the Long Term Care System
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3240 - Health Care Policy and Comparative Systems
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3250 - Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in Health Care
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3260 - Risk Management in Health Care
(3.0 cr)
HSM 3270 - Health Care Finance
(3.0 cr)
HSM 4210 - Health Care Law and Biomedical Ethics
(3.0 cr)
HSM 4212 - Regulatory Management
(3.0 cr)
HSM 4500 - Strategic Planning in Healthcare
(3.0 cr)
MGMT 3200 - Principles of Management
(3.0 cr)
MGMT 3220 - Human Resource Management
(3.0 cr)
MKTG 3300 - Principles of Marketing
(3.0 cr)
Choose one of the following:
COMM 3008 - Business Writing
(3.0 cr)
or
WRIT 3303 - Writing in Your Profession
(3.0 cr)
Choose 3 credits from the following:
Note: Up to 5 credits of HSM 3900 are required to be eligible to take Minnesota licensure examination (LNHA) for nursing home administration.
HSM 3900 - Health Management Internship
(1.0-12.0 cr)
Liberal Education Requirements
A minimum of 40 liberal education credits required. Students must complete the 10 goal areas of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum with the following specific liberal education courses required:
COMP 1011 - Composition I
[COMMUNICAT]
(3.0 cr)
COMP 1013 - Composition II
[COMMUNICAT]
(3.0 cr)
ECON 2101 - Microeconomics
[HI/BEH/SSC]
(3.0 cr)
MATH 1031 - College Algebra
[MATH THINK]
(3.0 cr)
COMM 1101 - Public Speaking
[COMMUNICAT]
(3.0 cr)
Technology Requirement (3 cr)
CA 1020 - Spreadsheet Applications
(3.0 cr)
Open Electives
Students must take enough open electives credits to meet the 120 credit graduation requirement. Approximately 13-15 credits will be needed. The following course is required for license as a nursing home administrator: SOC 3937
Program Sub-plans
A sub-plan is not required for this program.
Health Management B.S. Online
The health management program provides career-entry opportunities for high school graduates and professional advancement opportunities for health care personnel. Career opportunities for students with baccalaureate degrees in health management include management positions in hospitals, long-term care facilities, health maintenance and other managed care organizations, public health departments, community-based and home health agencies, medical equipment companies, government regulatory agencies, and health insurance companies.
The health management program focuses on developing managerial, administrative, and computer skills, supplementing those skills with an in-depth knowledge of the health care system. The program prepares graduates to offer managerial excellence to employers. Long-term Care Administration--The health management program has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators and meets Minnesota regulations for long-term health care administration. Health management program graduates are eligible to take the Minnesota licensure examination for nursing home administration. The curriculum for the health management online program is the same as the classroom delivered program.
The health management online BS program has the same curriculum as the on-campus program.
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