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Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA): Specialization in Healthcare Management
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA): Specialization in Healthcare Management
This Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree program features a specialization in Healthcare Management and may be designed to provide a solid background in business fundamentals, followed by an in-depth study and application of knowledge and skills that can be relevant to the field of healthcare. Courses are structured to assist students in the development of their goals as they can acquire the knowledge and skills common to non-medical healthcare professionals working in hospitals, long-term care facilities, insurance companies, managed-care organizations, pharmaceutical companies, or one of the many other healthcare-related industries.
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The goal of the BBA program with a specialization in Healthcare Management is to help students acquire a solid foundation in business fundamentals. The program also gives them the opportunity to explore management issues in healthcare, such as the environment of care, performance improvement, risk assessment and managing diverse workforces in healthcare.
In this curriculum, students can also acquire a working knowledge of law and ethics in a wide variety of healthcare topics that could help them deal with common legal and practical problems facing patients, their families, practitioners, care givers and society within the healthcare industry.
The AIU BBA with a specialization in Healthcare Management gives students the opportunity to study topics and issues relevant to healthcare professionals. In this curriculum, students can learn how to:
- Assess decisions and employ methods for improving decision-making.
- Apply team building and leadership skills.
- Apply mathematical, statistical and research techniques to analyze contemporary business practices and functions.
- Apply the concepts and principles of finance and accounting to make effective decisions.
- Recognize and manage potential ethical and legal conflicts.
- and many more industry-related skills.
In addition to the general education requirements, this BBA program with a specialization in Healthcare Management includes the following courses that are taught by instructors, many of whom have relevant career experience in the field of healthcare. The experiences and firsthand perspectives they may share in class can help prepare you for real-life challenges after you graduate.
CORE COURSES
- Principles of Accounting I
- Introduction to Business
- Lower Division Capstone
- Microeconomics
- Macroeconomics
- Principles of Marketing
- Managerial Accounting
- Quantitative Methods and Analysis
- Financial Management
- Management and Leadership of Organizations
- Survey of Human Resource Management
- Management Information Systems
SPECIALIZATION COURSES
- Survey of Healthcare Management
- Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare
- Healthcare Finance
- Healthcare Information Systems
- Healthcare Resource Allocation and Policy Making
- Marketing Management
- Public Relations
- Personnel and Organization Policy
- Diversity in the Workforce
- Employment and Labor Law
- Project Management
- Technology Management
- Management Information Systems
Please see the AIU catalog for more information and a full list of courses.
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This program is available at the following AIU campuses:
Degree programs and availability vary by campus.