Bachelor in Healthcare Management
While enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program in healthcare management, students learn about the various mechanisms that affect the day-to-day operations of healthcare centres, including staffing and training, accounting, quality management, and human resources. They also gain an overview of the laws and policies that can affect management operations within hospitals and healthcare facilities, as well as a gaining a solid background in medical terminology and basic healthcare procedures.
Students will need a secondary school qualification to enrol, as well as a background in business, mathematics, and communications. Over the four years in the program, students are encouraged to complete an internship or work study program to gain job experience.
-
Program Goals
- Develop Critical Thinking: Enable the students to use critical thinking to interpret the impact of current issues and changing policies in the field of healthcare organization
- Unique Skillset: Provide the students with the skills to address problems and opportunities in healthcare organizations.
- Develop Ethical Code: Strengthen the student's abilities to make ethical choices and decisions in their role as a healthcare manager
- Enhance Perspective: Develop the student's ability to evaluate the components of the healthcare system and external factors affecting the management of healthcare organizations
- Apply Business Analysis Effectively: Enable the student to apply business analysis techniques to quantitative data in a healthcare organization
- Refine Leadership Skills: Develop the student's ability to apply best practices in leadership to the management of healthcare organizations.
-
Career Prospects
Become Outstanding… Working in… - Healthcare Service Manager
- Medical Service Manager
- Healthcare Administrator
- Assistant Hospital Administrator
- Health Information Manager
- Hospital Department Head
- Hospital, clinics and health network
- Independent Service Providers
- Medical Laboratories
- Government departments/ agencies and regulatory authorities
Program Structures
-
General Education Requirements
(30 Credit Hour)Course Code Course Description 1 ENG101 English I 2 ENG102 English II 3 GEN104 Arabic 4 GEN106 Islamic Culture 5 GEN120 Natural Sciences 6 BUS120 Business Statistics 7 GEN130 Sociology 8 GEN115 Information Technology 9 GEN110 Mathematics 10 GEN103 Critical and Creative Thinking -
College Requirements Management Core
(33 Credit Hours)Course Code Course Description 1 ACT205 Introduction to Accounting
2 ECO210 Introduction to Economics 3 FIN215 Introduction to Finance 4 MGT101 Introduction to Management 5 MKT201 Introduction to Marketing 6 BUS212 Business Law 7 BUS210 Business Ethics 8 BUS230 Quantitative Business Analysis 9 MGT450 Strategic Management 10 BUS205 Business Communications 11 GEN103 Research Method -
Healthcare Department Requirements
(18 Credit Hours)Course Code Course Description 1 MKT424 Quality Management in Healthcare 2 HLH201 Introduction to Healthcare 3 HLH303 Healthcare Statistics 4 HLH310 Public Health 5 HLH300 Legal and Ethical Consideration in Health 6 HIM310 Introduction to Health Informatics 7 HLM190 Medical Terminology (0 credit) -
Healthcare Management Major Requirements
(18 Credit Hours)Course Code Course Description 1 HRM200 Introduction to Human Resource Management 2 HLH327 Healthcare Management I 3 HLH427 Healthcare Management II 4 HLH420 Global Healthcare 5 HLH437 Risk Management in Healthcare 6 HRM301 Organizational Design 7 MGT410 Leadership 8 BUS333 Decision Analysis 9 HLH400 Cultural Issues in Healthcare 10 HSY490 Graduation Project I (3 Credit Hours) 11 HSY491 Graduation Project II (3 Credit Hours) 12 HLH440 Internship (3 Credit hours) -
Healthcare Management Electives
(9 Credit Hours)Course Code Course Description 1 MGT427 Organizational Development and Change 2 HIM340 Healthcare Data Concepts 3 HRM360 Labor Law in the UAE 4 BUS310 Business Negotiations 5 HRM310 Group Dynamics 6 MGT370 Knowledge Management