Bachelor of Applied Science in Business and Management, Health Care Management Concentration (HCMG-BAS)

The BAS degree in Business and Management concentration in Health Care Management provides access to the student who already has skills in a health care provider field and wishes to advance to higher level supervisory and management positions in health care. The upper-level coursework in this concentration broadens the student's knowledge in health care management practices and prepares the student for supervisory and management opportunities within his or her chosen field.

Admission requires an AS degree, an AA degree, or at least sixty credits in a related discipline including at least fifteen credit hours of transferable general education coursework. 

For AS graduates, additional general education credits are required to complete the 36 credit hour general education requirement of Pensacola State College.

Program Contacts

Christa Ruber

District Academic Department Head, Allied Health

Coordinator, Healthcare Management Concentration

850-484-2301

cruber@pensacolastate.edu

Dr. Debra Kuhl

District Academic Department Head, Business

805-484-2504

dkuhl@pensacolastate.edu

Dr. Douglas A. Wymer

Dean, Baccalaureate Studies and Academic Support

850-484-2020

dwymer@pensacolastate.edu

Degree Requirements

General education courses (36 cc)

Baccalaureate students must complete the 36 credit hour general education curriculum.

Each baccalaureate student must meet the foreign language requirement as defined in the general education section of the catalog.

Lower level degree requirements (21 cc)

Students must complete 21 credit hour in courses at the lower division (1000 and 2000 level) with prefixes of BSC, EMS, FIN, HIM, HSA, HSC, MSL, NSP, NUR, OST, RTE, or SON.

Lower level coursework in any field (21 cc)

Students must complete 21 credit hour of coursework at the lower division (1000 and 2000 level courses) in any field.

Required core courses (24 cc)

Grade of C or higher required.

MAN 4720 is required for all students in final semester of coursework.

BUL 3130Legal Environment

3 cc

FIN 3400Financial Management

3 cc

GEB 3213Professional Communications

3 cc

MAN 3240Organizational Behavior

3 cc

MAN 3303Theories of Leadership

3 cc

MAN 3353Management Theory

3 cc

MAN 4301Human Resource Administration

3 cc

MAN 4720Strategic Management

3 cc

Required concentration courses (9 cc)

HSA 3113Healthcare Trends and Issues

3 cc

HSA 4191Health Information Systems

3 cc

HSA 4502Healthcare Risk Management

3 cc

Concentration electives (9 cc)

Select three of the electives listed below.

ACG 3024Accounting for Non-Financial Majors

3 cc

HSA 4160Healthcare Marketing

3 cc

HSA 4383Quality Management in Healthcare

3 cc

MAN 3063Professional Ethics and Values

3 cc

MAN 3350Training & Development

3 cc

MAN 3583Project Management

3 cc

MAN 4113Managing Diversity

3 cc

MAN 4402Employment Law & Regulations

3 cc

ACG 3024: Required for students not having Accounting I (ACG 2001) or Financial Accounting (ACG 2021) in Associate Degree Program

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