Why Elms for your Healthcare Management degree?
- Exceptional academics — our healthcare management program is IACBE accredited.
- Build strong competencies in business management, communication, organizational leadership, and financial analysis through interdisciplinary courses.
- Work with faculty to find dynamic internship experiences at one of the many major healthcare organizations in western Massachusetts.
- This program is the perfect major for students interested in the non-clinical side of healthcare.
Become a Leader in the Business of Healthcare
Healthcare organizations urgently need skilled leaders to manage human resources, costs, communication efforts, and business development plans. The healthcare management program at Elms College teaches you how to effectively accomplish these tasks, emphasizing skills and knowledge drawn from business, the social sciences, and health services.
Interdisciplinary coursework fosters your understanding of communication strategies, cultural competency, and organizational leadership. Our graduates shape their leadership styles to be dynamic, flexible, and capable of rapidly adapting to the fast-paced environment of healthcare delivery systems. Our program prepares you to lead change at the administrative level, and to make a difference in nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, managed care, and other healthcare organizations.
Quick Info
A required internship gives students invaluable on-the-job experience.
Xaymara DeJesus ’20
“I really like being a healthcare management major because you get to experience many different things. My classes taught me how to be an effective leader and think about the business side of healthcare.”
After coming to Elms to study nursing, Xaymara decided to switch her major to healthcare management so she could combine her interest in hospital leadership with her financial skills. Read Xaymara’s story.
Curriculum
Click to view course requirements for the Healthcare Management (B.A.).
Minimum at Elms College: 27 credits/Minimum GPA: 2.25
61 credits
Business Core Requirements (40 credits)
| Course # | Course Name | # of Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ACC 2001 | Accounting I | 3 |
| ACC 2002 | Accounting II | 3 |
| BUS 2201 | Computer Applications | 3 |
| BUS 2402 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| BUS 2409 | Operations Management | 3 |
| BUS 2502 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUS 2600 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUS 3101 | Principles of Financial Management | 3 |
| BUS 3402 | Managerial Communications | 3 |
| BUS 4800 | Business Strategy | 3 |
| BUS 4801 | Career Development | 3 |
| BUS 4802 | Internship | 4 |
| ECN 2102 | Economics II | 3 |
| ENT 1001 | Introduction to Entrepreneurship | 3 |
Healthcare Management Required Courses (21 credits)
| Course # | Course Name | # of Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HTH 2000 | Introduction to Health Services | 3 |
| HTH 2500 | Operations in Healthcare | 3 |
| HTH 3500 | Critical Issues in Administration of Healthcare | 3 |
| HTH 4100 | Research and Leadership in Healthcare | 3 |
| LEG 3101 | Health Law | 3 |
| PHI 2408 | Healthcare Ethics | 3 |
| SOC 2104 | Sociology of Healthcare | 3 |
Required courses that also satisfy college core requirements (9 credits)
| Course # | Course Name | # of Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ECN 2101 | Economics I | 3 |
| MAT 1009 | Statistics | 3 |
| SOC 2104 | Sociology of Healthcare | 3 |