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Business Administration: Healthcare Management (B.S.) **TEACH OUT MAY 2028**

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

Healthcare Management majors may not pursue a Management minor due to the overlap of required courses.

Required Courses Business Core

ACC 224Principles of Financial Accounting

3
ACC 225Principles of Managerial Accounting

3
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 315AI for Business Applications

3
GBUS 325International Business

3
GBUS 344Legal Environment of Business I

3
GBUS 420Professional Development Seminar

1
MGT 350Principles of Management

3
MKT 331Principles of Marketing

3
MGT 498Management Strategy & Policy

3

Master of Business Administration Fast Track

The WLU Fast Track is designed to connect West Liberty University undergraduate degree programs with the WLU Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduate program.

Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) students can get a jump start on their MBA by taking up to 4 courses or 12 credit hours as they complete their undergraduate program, creating an efficient and attractive pathway from their bachelor’s degree to a master's degree.

Undergraduate Fast Track Admission Requirements:

  • Students must apply for conditional MBA admission through the Chair of the
    Graduate Programs (see Chair for application)
  • The Peregrine entrance exam is normally completed in the MGT498
    undergraduate capstone course
  • Students must, at a minimum, have earned a total of 75 undergraduate credit
    hours
  • Students must have, at a minimum, a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher for
    admission acceptance
  • Students can take a maximum of four graduate course replacements, graduate
    courses that count backward toward the undergraduate degree as well as
    forward toward the MBA

 

Fast Track Course Equivalent Lists

Healthcare Management

Graduate Course
 Undergraduate Equivalent

ACC 550 Managerial Accounting Decision Analysis

 ACC 300 - 400
CIS 530 Information Technology Management
 CIS 300 - 400
ECON 520 Global Economics
 ECON 300 - 400
GBUS 525 Social Responsibility & Business Ethics
 GBUS 300 - 400

MKT 535 Integrative Marketing Management

 MKT 300 - 400
MGT 545 Human Resource Management

Restricted MGT Elective MGT 300 - 400
MGT 560 Public & Non-Profit Management
 Restricted MGT Elective MGT 300 - 400