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Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management Degree

Degree level: Bachelor's

healthcare_management_degreeFor a healthcare facility to run smoothly, it's important for its daily operations to run effectively. With a career in healthcare management you'll be responsible for many of these operations. You'll ensure quality customer service, supervise staff and manage the clinical organization's financial and business information. A Westwood degree in business administration: major in healthcare management will provide you with the skills necessary to start your career.

Program features include:

  • courses in assisted living and care for the elderly — one of the fastest growing sectors in healthcare
  • a public health and disease course that presents current event topics in healthcare administration
  • business courses outside of healthcare management to provide you with a strong business background
  • a capstone course to demonstrate healthcare management skills to potential employers
 

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Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management Course Information

A business administration: major in healthcare management degree opens up a world of possibilities. Course topics include:

  • Introduction to Healthcare
  • Healthcare Delivery and Financing
  • Health Information Systems
  • Law and Compliance in Healthcare
  • Essentials of Project Management
  • Introduction to Long-term and Elderly Care

Course breakdown

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Upon successful completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Discuss how the basic business functions of accounting, finance, human resources, operations, and marketing are interconnected
  • Demonstrate proficiency with software applications common in business
  • Describe the management practices used for planning, organizing, and controlling operations in an organization
  • Illustrate how ethical issues influence behavior in a business environment
  • Explain the structure of the healthcare system in the United States and key stakeholders
  • Interpret healthcare laws and policies and their impact on healthcare costs and level of care

Locations offering the bachelor's degree in
Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management*

California
Anaheim - Anaheim, CA
Inland Empire - Upland, CA
Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
South Bay - Torrance, CA

Colorado
Denver North - Denver, CO
Denver South - Denver, CO

Georgia
Atlanta Midtown - Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Northlake - Atlanta, GA

Illinois
Chicago Loop - Chicago, IL
DuPage - Woodbridge, IL
O'Hare Airport - Chicago, IL
River Oaks - Calumet City, IL

Virginia
Annandale - Annandale, VA
Arlington Ballston - Arlington, VA

*Not all programs are offered every term.  Check with the campus of interest for current program offerings. 

 

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Did You Know?

Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or a bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

 

Where could your Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management degree take you?

Our business administration: major in healthcare management program provides the educational background and hands-on experience necessary to successfully begin a career in healthcare management. Our faculty of professionals who work in their fields will provide you with the knowledge, training and insight that you’ll use in your career. Take a look at a few of the career fields that may be available to graduates with a bachelor’s degree in business administration: major in healthcare management from Westwood College:*

     Health information systems

     Health services management

     Medical services management

* Graduates without experience in the field will likely start in entry-level positions.
 

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Our graduates receive hands-on, career-focused training. Don't wait another day; start transforming your life into the one you've always wanted.
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Did You Know?

Our fast-track approach can help you earn your associate degree in as little as 17 months or a bachelor's degree in as little as three years.

 

Westwood has prepared our business administration: major in healthcare management graduates for careers with employers such as:*

 

 Advanced Billing and Collections  Office of Emergency Management
 Dental One Partners   SG2 Health Care Intelligence
 Forum Information Technology           TCF Inventory Finance
 Medicor Partner  Women's Group Northwestern
 
*Westwood College tracks the initial employers of its graduates for regulatory and accreditation purposes. This information is based upon graduates from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011, as reported to ACICS on the Campus Accountability report, and is not intended to represent an endorsement of Westwood College by the listed employers.
 

Business Administration: Major in Healthcare Management Occupation Disclosures

The Department of Education lists the following occupation as a potential careers for graduates of this program:*

11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers

Additional information is available by visiting www.onetonline.org and entering the six-digit Standard Occupational Code (SOC) in the Occupation Search Area.

*This list is based on Department of Education standards. Actual entry-level jobs for graduates in this program may vary from this list. The job code data was pulled from IPEDS CIP-SOC crosswalk as of 4/22/2011. Although the Department of Education requires all job titles to be listed, Westwood College has not found the program to prepare graduates for all the jobs listed.

 

General Program Disclosures

To learn more about on-time graduation and placement rates, median loan debt, and tuition and fees, please select this document and access the index page to locate the information for your campus of interest.

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