Post-Baccalaureate Diploma in Health Care Management
Cape Breton University will not be offering admission into the Post-Baccalaureate Diplomas in Business Management or Healthcare Management, or the Diploma in Government Management, for May 2025 and September 2025.
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:
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- 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:
- Completed a Bachelor’s degree at an accredited university.
- 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