Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health Care Management

 

The Diploma in Health Care Management (Post-Baccalaureate) is designed for individuals with a science, arts, nursing, social work, or any other degree, who would like to add a university post-baccalaureate credential that provides a solid foundation in health care management knowledge and practices. The comprehensive curriculum of the Health Care Management Diploma gets students up to speed on the essential aspects of managing a Health Care unit, including accounting, statistics, analytics, and organizational behavior; within a culturally respectful environment. Through individual and group assignments, students will build their management and policy knowledge and gain first-hand insights into current practices, trends and opportunities.

 

In the first year, students are introduced to fundamental management subjects – including organizational behavior, accounting, communications, statistics, and public policy.

 

In the second year, students learn health analytics and project and quality management. In the last semester of the program, students have the opportunity to do a 12-week internship placement with an organization, or complete a capstone project. In both cases, they have the opportunity to apply their skills to a project.

 

Note: Program Change and Eligibility: Shannon School of Business Programs:

Post-Baccalaureate

Students are required to complete a minimum of one term of study in their current program of acceptance in the Shannon School of Business, Post Baccalaureate Program before they can apply for a program change.

 

A program change request must be made using the Service Request Form. Students need to follow the steps below and apply online. Click Here! To Apply for a Program Change.  All students will require advising after a program change is approved. Therefore, students will not be able to register for classes until advising has occurred. A program change may affect student fees.

 

Program Change will only be approved when:

    • Student meets all admission criteria
    • There is seat availability
    • Student is in good academic standing
    • Student is in good financial standing
    • Students are only eligible for one program change per academic year
    • No applications will be considered after:
    •         -Oct 31 for the Winter Term (January Start)
    •         -March 31 for Spring/Summer Term (May Start)
    •         – August 31 for Fall Term (September Start)
    • During peak periods, there will be higher than normal processing times (September, January, May)
    • Even if students meet these requirements, there’s no guarantee that the program change request will be accepted.
    • Certain programs have earlier deadlines for new transfers than others.
    • Programs requiring departmental approval may have longer than normal processing times
    • International Application Deadlines may apply to program change approvals.

 

Admissions Requirements for Health Care Management

To be admitted to the program, applicants must have:

  1.  Completed a Bachelor’s degree at an accredited university.
  1.  Obtained an overall undergraduate average of B or higher.

International students, whose mother tongue is non-English, must also meet CBU’s English language proficiency requirements as detailed on CBU’s website (IELTS 6.5, etc.).

 

 

Program Requirements for Health Care Management 

Program Requirements (39 credits)

The structure of the diploma program entails the successful completion of thirty-nine credits (twelve courses) in Health Care Management. The course requirements are as follows:

 

ACCT 5203              Accounting Fundamentals (3 cr)

COMM 5105           Health Care Workplace Communications (3 cr)

MGMT 5604           Organizational Behavior (3 cr)

MGMT 5605           Human Resource Management (3 cr)

MGSC 5108             Statistics (3 cr)

MGSC 5151             Health Care Analytics (3 cr)

PHIL 5115                Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care (3 cr)

POLS 5221               Health Care Policy (3 cr)

PUBH 5107             Health Care Quality and Project Management (3 cr)

BUSS 5989              Internship placement (6 cr) or BUSS 5800-Capstone Project (6 cr)

 

PLUS two electives from the following list (all 3 credit courses):

 

ANTH 5103           Plagues and People

ECON 5104           Health Care Economics

ENGL 5XXX           Professional Writing

FINC 5401             Finance Fundamentals

LEGL 5501             Business Law and Commercial Contracts

MGMT 5603         Introduction to Entrepreneurship

MGMT 5615         Strategic Management

MGSC 5101          Information Systems for Management

MGSC 5113          Quantitative Methods

MGSC 5114          Supply Chain Management

MGSC 5128         Operations Management

MIKM/NRSG 5107     Indigenous Health

MRKT 5301          Marketing

NUTR 5501          Nutrition in Public Health

PUBH 5106          Epidemiology

PUBH 5117          Health Care Emergency Preparedness

PUBH 5121          Health Risk Assessment

 

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