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Elizabeth Proulx '18

“Being part of an organization that’s in human services and helps the greater good of other people — that’s an amazing opportunity for me. I don’t think it would have been possible without my degree.”

After earning her degree in management and marketing, Elizabeth Proulx ’18 quickly found a job as a recruiting and human resources coordinator at a local nonprofit.

Bachelor’s Degree Completion Programs

The Elms College bachelor’s degree completion programs offered at Holyoke Community College (HCC) meet all general requirements of Elms College. You enter this program with the required associate’s degree, satisfy Elms’ core requirements, and complete the requirements of your specific degree program.

Classes are held on the HCC campus Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1-5 p.m., and are taught by HCC and Elms faculty. By including up to 78 credits of classes from HCC and 42 credits from Elms, you are able to complete your coursework in 10 eight-week sessions over a 20-month period. Many classes have online options.

Psychology

Unlock the mysteries of the human mind with a degree in psychology. Understanding why people think and act in certain ways prepares you to work in human and social services, schools, criminal justice facilities, and more.

Earn your degree in 20 months
Classes held Saturdays (8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.) on the HCC campus
Classes taught be Elms faculty
Financial aid available

Having a degree in psychology is lucrative in a number of fields:

Social workers working in mental health and substance abuse centers earn a median salary of $43,250 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Entry level case managers can earn an average salary of $44,930 per year, according to ZipRecruiter.
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists can earn a median salary of $51,410 per year, according to BLS.

By accelerating your studies over 20 months, you can save thousands of dollars while completing your degree. All you need to do is:

Enter the psychology program with the required associate’s degree (and at least 60 credits)
Satisfy the Elms College core requirements
Complete the requirements of the psychology program

Healthcare Management

Earn your degree in healthcare management and bring a fresh perspective to healthcare administration. The degree completion program offered at Holyoke Community College helps you master skills like effective communication, ethical leadership, financial analysis, and human resources management.

Earn your degree in 20 months
Classes held Saturdays (8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.) on the HCC campus
Classes taught by Elms faculty
Financial aid available

Healthcare managers are dynamic, coordinating the delivery of services at group medical practices, hospitals, health centers, nursing homes, and more:

Medical and health services managers can earn a median salary of $98,350 per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In Massachusetts, healthcare managers earn a median salary of $128,730 per year, according to BLS.

By accelerating your studies over 20 months, you can save thousands of dollars while completing your degree. All you need to do is:

Enter the healthcare management program with the required associate’s degree (and at least 60 credits)
Satisfy the Elms College core requirements
Complete the requirements of the healthcare management program

Courses and sequence subject to change

Quick Info

Click to view course requirements for the Accounting (B.A.).

Click to collapse the course requirements for the Accounting (B.A.).

All accounting classes are scheduled for Thursday evenings 5:30 to 9:30 p.m at Elms College.

Session 1 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 3001	ACC 301	Intermediate Accounting I	3
HIS 1005	HIS 105	Early American History (online)	3

Session 2 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 3002	ACC 302	Intermediate Accounting II	3
MTH 1009	MTH 109	Statistics (online)	3

Session 3 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 4009	ACC 409	Advanced Cost Accounting	3
REL 2105	REL 215	World Religions (online)	3
ENG 2203	ENG 223	Writing in the Profession	3

Session 4 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 3500	ACC 350	Accounting Information Systems	3
BUS 2408	BUS 248	Global Business Environment	3
BUS 3401	BUS 341	Gender and Diversity (online)	3

Session 5 – Summer 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3107	BUS 317	Business and Society	3
BUS 3402	BUS 342	Managerial Communications (hybrid)	3

Session 6 – Summer 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3400	BUS 340	Entrepreneurship	3
BUS 4801	BUS 481	Career Development (online)	3

Session 7 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 4001	ACC 401	Auditing	3
PHI 2402	PHI 242	Ethics (online)	3

Session 8 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 4100	ACC 410	Personal Taxes	3
BUS 3605	BUS 365	Marketing Research (online)	3

Session 9 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 4200	ACC 420	Advanced Accounting	3
BUS 3101	BUS 311	Principles of Financial Management	3

Session 10 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 4800	ACC 480	Capstone in Accounting	3
BUS 4800	BUS 480	Business Strategy (hybrid)	3

Click to view course requirements for the Management and Marketing (B.A.).

Click to collapse the course requirements for the Management and Marketing (B.A.).

All management and marketing courses, as well as required core courses, are scheduled Saturday mornings 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Saturday afternoons 1-5 p.m.

Session 1 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3405	BUS 345	Human Resource Management	3
HIS 1005	HIS 105	Early American History (online)	3

Session 2 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3705	BUS 375	Organizational Behavior (online)	3
MTH 1009	MTH 109	Statistics (online)	3

Session 3 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
REL 2105	REL 215	World Religions (online)	3
ENG 223	ENG 2203	Writing in the Professions	3

Session 4 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 2408	BUS 248	Global Business Environment	3
BUS 3401	BUS 341	Gender and Diversity (online)	3

Session 5 – Summer 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3107	BUS 317	Business and Society	3
BUS 3402	BUS 342	Managerial Communications (hybrid)	3

Session 6 – Summer 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3400	BUS 340	Entrepreneurship	3
BUS 4801	BUS 481	Career Development (online)	3

Session 7 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3707	BUS 377	International Marketing	3
PHI 2402	PHI 242	Ethics (online)	3

Session 8 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
SSN 1200	SSN 120	Conflict Resolution and Mediation	3
BUS 3605	BUS 365	Marketing Research (online)	3

Session 9 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3303	BUS 333	Advertising	3
BUS 3101	BUS 311	Principles of Financial Management	3

Session 10 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3302	BUS 332	Sales and Sales Management	3
BUS 4800	BUS 480	Business Strategy (hybrid)	3

Click to view course requirements for the Psychology (B.A.).

Click to collapse the course requirements for the Psychology (B.A.).

All psychology and required core courses are scheduled for Saturday mornings 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and Saturday afternoons 1-5 p.m.

Session 1 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 2002	PSY 202	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (hybrid)	3
PSY 3205	PSY 325	Personality Theory	3

Session 2 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 2400	PSY 240	Stress and Coping	3
PSY 2100	PSY 210	Research Methods	3

Session 3 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3006	PSY 306	Educational Psychology	3
PHI 2408	PHI 248	Healthcare Ethics (online)	3

Session 4 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3009	PSY 309	Social Psychology	3
SOC 2009	SOC 209	Social Deviance (hybrid)	3

Session 5 – Summer 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3103	PSY 313	Psychology of Behavioral Management	3
REL 2105	REL 215	World Religion (online)	3

Session 6 – Summer 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3007	PSY 307	Psychological Testing	3
SOC 3202	SOC 322	Social Life through Films (hybrid)	3

Session 7 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3004	PSY 304	Forensic Psychology	3
PSY 3002	PSY 302	History and Systems	3

Session 8 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
SSN 1200	SSN 120	Conflict Resolution and Mediation	3
HIS 1005	HIS 105	US History I (online)	3

Session 9 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 3008	PSY 308	Cognitive Psychology (hybrid)	3
ART 2105	ART 215	Art History II (online)	3

Session 10 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
PSY 4001	PSY 401	Psychology Seminar (Capstone)	3
PSY 1500	PSY 150	Writing in Psychology (hybrid)	3

Click to view course requirements for the Healthcare Management (B.A.).

Click to collapse the course requirements for the Healthcare Management (B.A.).

Session 1 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
HTH 2000	HTH 200	Introduction to Health Services	3
BUS 2201	BUS 221	Computer Applications	3

Session 2 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 2001	ACC 201	Principles of Accounting I	3
BUS 2402	BUS 242	Principles of Management (online)	3

Session 3 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ACC 2002	ACC 202	Principles of Accounting II	3
SOC 2104	SOC 214	Sociology of Healthcare (online)	3

Session 4 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 2502	BUS 252	Principles of Marketing	3
LEG 3101	LEG 311	Health Law (online)	3

Session 5 – Summer 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 2600	BUS 260	Legal Environment of Business	3
BUS 3402	BUS 342	Managerial Communication (hybrid)	3

Session 6 – Summer 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
HTH 2500	HTH 250	Operations in Healthcare	3
ECN 2101	ECN 211	Maroeconomics (online)	3
BUS 4801	BUS 481	Career Development (online)	3

Session 7 – Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3405	BUS 345	Human Resource Management	3
ECN 2102	ECN 212	Microeconomics (online)	3
REL 3400	REL 340	Spirituality and Values in Healthcare	3

Session 8 – Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
HTH 3500	HTH 350	Critical Issues in the Administration of Healthcare	3
PHI 2408	PHI 248	Healthcare Ethics (hybrid)	3

Session 9 – Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
HTH 4100	HTH 410	Capstone: Research and Leadership in Health Services Portfolio (hybrid)	3
BUS 3101	BUS 311	Principles of Financial Management	3

Session 10 – Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 2408	BUS 248	Global Business Environment	3
BUS 4800	BUS 480	Business Strategy (hybrid)	3

Click to view course requirements for the Entrepreneurship (B.A.).

Click to collapse the course requirements for the Entrepreneurship (B.A.).

All Entrepreneurship classes are scheduled for Thursday evenings 5:30 – 9:30 p.m at Elms College.

Session 1 - Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3405	BUS 345	Human Resource Management	3
BUS 2201	BUS 221	Computer Applications	3

Session 2 - Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 1001	ENT 101	Introduction to Entrepreneurship	3
BUS 3705	BUS 375	Organizational Behavior	3

Session 3 - Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 2200	ENT 220	Innovation and Design Thinking	3
REL 2105	REL 215	World Religions	3

Session 4 -Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 1002	ENT 102	Lean Launchpad	3
BUS 2408	BUS 248	Global Business Environment	3

Session 5 - Summer 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3402	BUS 342	Managerial Communications	3
BUS 3107	BUS 317	Business & Society	3

Session 6 - Summer 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 3400	ENT 340	Startup Sales and Marketing	3
BUS 4801	BUS 481	Career Development	3

Session 7 - Fall 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 3200	ENT 320	Startup Finance	3
PHI 2402	PHI 242	Ethics	3

Session 8 - Fall 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
		ENT Elective	3
ENT 4802	ENT 482	Entrepreneurship Co-Op	3
		or
ENT 4805	ENT 485	Internship	3

Session 9 - Spring 1

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
ENT 4801	ENT 481	Capstone in Entrepreneurship	3
BUS 3101	BUS 311	Principles of Financial Management	3

Session 10 - Spring 2

Course #	Formerly	Course Name	# of Credit Hours
BUS 3401	BUS 341	Gender & Diversity	3
BUS 4800	BUS 480	Business Strategy	3

Shelly Dansereau '18

“The off-campus program was one of the best benefits that Elms/HCC could have offered. For people like myself who are working full time and raising a family—and want to go back to school but can’t find the time to go to a four year college—it was great to have this option.”

A 20-year veteran in billing and collections at Baystate Medical Center, Shelly Dansereau ’18 earned her BA in healthcare management by taking a combination of off-campus and online classes.