School of Business and Professional Studies
The Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Healthcare Management (HCMT) introduces students to the concepts related to management in the healthcare industry including, but not limited to, hospitals, clinics, doctor and dental offices, veterinary practices, wellness/fitness centers and many others. Students learn key skills for all areas of this industry and general business including financial management, accounting, management, marketing, human resources, and many others. This is an ideal degree for students interested in a career in health but not one-on-one patient care but can also be used to build a career in business for any industry. Students may also elect to participate in GHC’s highly successful BBA internship program that provides connection possibilities to future job placements. May be completed fully online.
To qualify for graduation, students must meet all graduation requirements.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A. Essential Skills | ||
| ENGL 1101 | English Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL 1102 | English Composition II | 3 |
| Select one a mathematics course for which one of the following is a prerequisite: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| College Algebra (Strongly Recommended) | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| B. Institutional Options | ||
| Select one of the following: | 2-3 | |
| Communicating in Business, Tec (Strongly Recommended) | ||
| Human Communication | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| Select one of the following: | 2 | |
| Special Topics: Humanities | ||
| Special Topics: Mathematics | ||
| Special Topics:Science | ||
| Special Topics: Social Science | ||
| C. Humanities/Fine Arts | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| World Literature I | ||
| World Literature II | ||
| British Literature I | ||
| British Literature II | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| American Literature II | ||
| Latino Literature | ||
| African-American Literature | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Art Appreciation | ||
| Art History to Renaissance | ||
| Art History Renaissance to Pre | ||
| Humanities in Drama | ||
| World Literature I | ||
| World Literature II | ||
| British Literature I | ||
| British Literature II | ||
| American Literature I | ||
| American Literature II | ||
| Latino Literature | ||
| African-American Literature | ||
| Film Appreciation | ||
| History of Motion Pictures | ||
| Studies In Humanities | ||
| Music Appreciation | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Intro to Religion | ||
| Elementary Spanish I | ||
| Elementary Spanish II | ||
| Intermediate Spanish I | ||
| Intermediate Spanish II | ||
| Theater Appreciation | ||
| D. Science, Mathematics, and Technology | ||
| Select two of the following, at least one must be a lab: 2 | 7-8 | |
| Astronomy of the Solar System | ||
| Stellar and Galactic Astronomy | ||
| Introduction to Biology I and Introduction to Biology I Lab | ||
| Introduction to Biology II and Introduction to Biology II Lab | ||
| Plants, Society & Environment | ||
| Principles of Biology I | ||
| Principles of Biology II | ||
| General Zoology | ||
| Principles of Nutrition | ||
| Survey of Chemistry I | ||
| Survey of Chemistry II | ||
| Principles of Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry I Lab | ||
| Principles of Chemistry II and Principles of Chemistry II Lab | ||
| Environmental Science I | ||
| Environmental Science II (lect | ||
| Environmental Science II | ||
| Physical Geology | ||
| Historical Geology | ||
| Physical Science I | ||
| Physical Science II | ||
| Introductory Physics I | ||
| Introductory Physics II | ||
| Principles of Physics I | ||
| Principles of Physics II | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Elementary Statistics (Strongly Recommended) | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| Applied Calculus | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| E. Social Sciences | ||
| POLS 1101 | American Government | 3 |
| HIST 2111 | American History I | 3 |
| or HIST 2112 | American History II | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| World Civilization to 1500 | ||
| World Civ Since 1500 | ||
| Western Civilization I | ||
| Western Civilization II | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Principles of Macroeconomics (Strongly Recommended) | ||
| World Civilization to 1500 | ||
| World Civ Since 1500 | ||
| Western Civilization I | ||
| Western Civilization II | ||
| American History I | ||
| American History II | ||
| Minorities in U.S. History | ||
| Economic History | ||
| Intro to Global Issues | ||
| Intro to Domestic Issues | ||
| Intro to General Psychology | ||
| Intro to Religion | ||
| Introductory Sociology | ||
| Intro to Social Problems | ||
| F. Courses Related to the Program of Study | ||
| ECON 2105 | Principles of Macroeconomics 3 | 3 |
| ECON 2106 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| ACCT 2101 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| ACCT 2102 | Principles of Accounting II | 3 |
| Select two or three of the following to complete 18 hours: | 6-9 | |
| Introduction to Business | ||
| Communicating in Business, Tec 1 | ||
| The Environment of Business | ||
| Fundamntls of Comp Application | ||
| Institutional Requirements Outside the Core | ||
| PHED 1010 | Concepts of Fitness/Health | 2 |
| Select two additional credit hours of physical education | 2 | |
| BBA Major Courses | ||
| Business Core | ||
| BUSA 3000 | Statistical Analysis for Bus | 3 |
| BUSA 4000 | Professional Career Management | 3 |
| FINA 3000 | Principles of Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 3000 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| MGMT 3010 | Operations Management | 3 |
| MGMT 3020 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGMT 3030 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| BUSA 4100 | Internship | 3 |
| or MGMT 4900 | Strategic Management Capstone | |
| Healthcare Management Core | ||
| HCMT 3000 | Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCMT 3100 | Healthcare Financing & Insuran | 3 |
| HCMT 4000 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| HCMT 4100 | Healthcare Law & Ethics | 3 |
| HCMT 4200 | Healthcare Human Resources | 3 |
| HCMT 4300 | Healthcare Information Systems | 3 |
| HCMT 4400 | Hlthcare Financial Management | 3 |
| Guided Electives | ||
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Internship | ||
| Contmp Issues in Hlthcare Mgmt | ||
| Advanced topics in Hlthcr Mgmt | ||
Any courses with the following prefixes: BUSA, CSCI, DATA, ECON, FTA, HSCI, HCMT, LSCM, MGMT, MKTG, PYSC, SMGT, SOCI, SPAN | ||
| Free Electives | ||
| Select three courses in the current catalog not already used to satisfy degree requirements listed above. | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 124-126 | |
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Required if not taken in Area B
- 2
Courses with numbers ending with a K include a lab
- 3
Required If not taken in area E