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Business Administration: Healthcare Management (B.S.)

Healthcare management is designed to prepare students for hospital positions in areas such as human resources, materials management, environmental services, patient accounting, food service, and budget management. Other employment opportunities may be found in managed care organizations, health insurance companies and physician group practices.

Requirements

Required Courses

BIO 210Essentials of Biomedical Terminology

3
HS 302Healthcare Informatics

3
MGT 342Healthcare Management

3
MGT 355Healthcare Law

3
MGT 370Revenue Cycle Management

3
MGT 474Organizational Behavior

3
MGT 475Human Resource Management

3
MGT 485Healthcare Internship

3

Restricted Elective: Select one of the following:

ACC 330Cost Accounting

3
MGT 354Employment Law

3

Required Courses Business Core

ACC 224Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACC 225Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
CIS 270Fundamentals of Information Systems

2
CIS 271Practical Computer Applications

3
ECON 203Principles of Macroeconomics

3
FIN 300Principles of Finance

3
GBUS 140Introduction to Business

3
GBUS 220Business Communications

3
GBUS 280Business Statistics

3
GBUS 303Quantitative Business Analysis

3
GBUS 325International Business

3
GBUS 344Legal Environment of Business I

3
GBUS 420Professional Development Seminar

1
MGT 350Principles of Management

3
MGT 498Management Strategy & Policy

3
MKT 331Principles of Marketing

3

Master of Business Administration Fast Track

The new WLU Fast Track initiative is designed to connect West Liberty University undergraduate degree programs with the WLU MBA graduate program. Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) students can get a jump start on an MBA by taking up to 4 courses or 12 credit hours as they complete their undergraduate program to complete up to 40% of their 10-course MBA. A savings of both time and money, the Fast Track initiative provides students an attractive and efficient pathway from their bachelor’s degree to a master's degree.

Fast Track Course Equivalent Lists

Healthcare Management

Approved undergraduate courses (left side) MBA Course (right side)

(Max of 4 courses)

HS 302 Healthcare Informatics CIS 570 Healthcare Information Systems Management
MGT 355 Healthcare Law GBUS 570 Healthcare Law Ethics
MGT 370 Revenue Cycle Management FIN 570 Healthcare Finance Revenue Cycle

Electives

 CIS (300-400)  CIS 530 Information Technology Management
 ECON (300-400)  ECON 520 Global Economics
 MKT (300-400)  MGT 535 Integrative Marketing Management
 Restricted Elective (300-400)  MGT 545 Strategic Human Resource Management