Bachelor of Arts - Healthcare Management (online)
- 4 years
- Duration
- 36,000 USD
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Online
- Format
- Kansas City / USA
- Location
- Avila University
- School
Program description
Earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in healthcare management will set you up for success professionally and personally in a field that is seeing tremendous growth. With the flexibility of online learning, you can study the ins and outs of healthcare while becoming ready for a variety of jobs in clinical and hospital environments.
The online bachelor's degree program in healthcare management teaches students to the marketing, human resources, legal, and financial facets of healthcare organizations and services while covering the fundamentals of business. As a culminating experience, an internship will allow you to put what you've learned in the classroom into practice. The encouraging professors will provide you with the individualized attention you need to flourish as a healthcare innovator.
Program structure
In order to earn the B.A. in Healthcare Management online, you will complete 120 credit hours, including 35 credit hours of general education requirements, 60 credit hours of major requirements, and 25 credit hours of electives.
General Education Requirements (35 credit hours)
- CO 110: Fundamentals of Communication
- EN 111: Composition I
- AR 183: Survey Art II: From the Renaissance to Modernism
- BI 111: General Biology - Cell & Genes w/Lab
- EN 278: Global Lit
- HI 204: American Experience II
- MA 117: Mathematical Modeling and Reasoning
- PL 255: Ethics
- SO 101: Intro to Sociology
- RS 117: World Religions
- IS 311 (IS/GS): Peace Studies
Major Requirements (60 credit hours)
- AC 201: Accounting I
- AC 202: Principles of Accounting II
- BU 305: Legal Aspects of Business
- BU 321: Management
- BU 498: Writing a Business Plan
- CO 312: Writing Plans & Proposals
- CS 210: Navigating the Digital Society
- EC 202: Microeconomics
- EC 203: Principles of Macroeconomics
- EC 240: Statistical Analysis
- EN 112: Composition II: Rhetorical Argument
- BU 330: Finance
- BU 310: Marketing
- PY 101: General Psychology
- HC 201: Introduction to Healthcare Management
- HC 301: Human Resources in Healthcare
- HC 305: Healthcare Policy and Managed Care
- HC 310: Healthcare for the Elderly
- HC 330: Financing the Healthcare Organization
- HC 335: Healthcare Marketing
- HC 340: Legal Aspects of Healthcare
- HC 499: Healthcare Management Capstone
Electives (25 hours)
- Any UG courses can be taken that are not already included in this specific degree plan.
Price
- Tuition fees — 300 USD per credit hour (36,000 USD per course)
Requirements for applicants
In order to be eligible to receive a bachelor’s degree from Avila University, you must have the following:
- High school diploma
- Minimum 2.0 GPA on college coursework or 2.0 GPA on high school conferred transcript
- Official transcripts from all institutions previously attended
About the university
Upon their arrival in the United States from France in the middle of the 1800s, the Sisters of St. Joseph committed themselves to the "practice of all the spiritual and corporal works of mercy and which will most benefit the dear neighbor." Avila University was founded on these tenets, and it has carried on the heritage via its values and mission.
As a result of our Catholic heritage, Avila University offers an educational experience that fosters the growth of the whole person by teaching students how to love in a way that aims to bring them closer to God and to their beloved neighbor.
The goal of Avila students is to change the world and their communities through creativity, passion, and drive. There are a lot of international students from around the globe on campus. Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, France, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam are among the nations.
