Health Care Management (ABM) Degree | Jones International University

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Health care is one of today’s fastest-growing industries. If you’re seeking a leadership role in health care, you need a quality advanced degree to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. The JIU degree in Health Care Management can help you get there. JIU’s program offers you a market-relevant combination of a comprehensive business education along with real-world, health care focused applications. You study management, telemedicine, emerging technologies and strategies, how to lead mixed-profession health care teams and strategic management. The program provides the skill sets that will help you move forward in the health care industry.

This bachelor degree specialization uses four specialization courses from the MBA program, giving the student a head-start on their master’s degree.

Curriculum Overview

Orientation (Credits: None)
JIU101: Orientation - Successful Online Learning

2 Student Success Courses (Credits: 6)
CRT100: Critical Thinking and Creative Problem Solving
ENG100: The Writing Process

8 General Education Courses (Credits: 24)
ENG101: Composition
ENG102: English Literature
IT102: Introduction to Computer Information Systems
MATH101: Introduction to College Math
SCI201: Science and Technology
SCI202: Physics of Modern Technology I
SCI203: Physics of Modern Technology II
SPCH101: Fundamentals of Public Speaking

Arts Elective Courses (Credits: 3)
ART101: Art Appreciation
MUS101: Introduction to World Music

3 General Education Elective Courses (Credits: 9)
GEOG201: Human and Cultural Geography
HIST202: Contemporary World History: 1945–Present
HUM201: Peace and Conflict Studies
MATH201: Intermediate College Algebra
PSY201: Psychology of the Organization

4 Elective Courses (Credits: 12)
BBA311: Using the Internet in Business
BC355: Business Communication Contexts
BC372: Intercultural Communication
BC380: Team Communication
BC465: Negotiation and Conflict Management
BC470: Collaboration Technology Systems
BC475: Organizational Training and Development
MATH301: Business Mathematics

6 Business Administration Core Curriculum Courses (Credits: 18)
BBA101: Introduction to Business
BBA110: History of Business
BBA204: Legal Environment of Business
BBA210: Financial Flow - Follow the Money
BBA211: Introduction to Management
BBA212: Technical Writing

11 Business Administration Courses (Credits: 33)
BBA301: The Global Marketplace
BBA304: Marketing Management
BBA305: Introductory Economic Theory
BBA306: Financial Accounting
BBA307: Finance
BBA310: Management
BBA431: Marketing Research
BBA484: Global Strategies
BC345: Organizational Communication
BC352: Fundamentals of Business Writing
ETH401: Making Ethical Management Decisions

4 Specialization Courses (Credits: 12)
MBA531: Telemedicine and Emerging Technologies
MBA532: Managing the Health Care Professional
MBA533: Marketing Health Services
MBA600: Strategic Management

Capstone (Credits: 3)
BBA490: BBA Capstone

Outcomes

Specialization Learning Outcomes

Establish a competitive marketing plan for a specific health care facility.
Examine existing and future telemedicine technologies.
Identify and analyze how professional norms and expectations for health care professionals differ from other workers.
Develop a vision and mission statement for a Health Care Organization.

Program Learning Outcomes

Summarize ongoing and developing issues and trends related to leading and managing organizations in global business environments.
Describe macroeconomic strategies (cost, production structure, etc.) appropriate for companies operating in a variety of markets, including global and e-commerce markets.
Differentiate ethical and legal reasoning concepts, theories, and issues as they apply to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Explain the financial accounting concepts that are germane to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Discuss the marketing issues, concepts, and trends that are crucial to the conduct of business in global and e-commerce environments.
Employ financial reporting and accounting information in managerial decision-making.
Develop personal strategies for dealing with potential ethical dilemmas.
Recognize the ethical perspectives of others.
Examine leadership/management concepts of organizations that operate across international borders.
Describe rules, conventions and practices for measuring and reporting economic events in financial terms.
Apply budgeting, cash management, credit administration, investment analysis, borrowing funds and financial forecasting to effective business decision making.
Review marketing challenges and opportunities to identify sound marketing strategy decisions.
Demonstrate selected principles of business communication to a variety of management challenges.

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