General Education Requirements (44 Hours)

• General Education Requirements 

*NOTE: up to 6 hours of the following courses may be counted in General Education:

• MAT 1035 - Business Mathematics With Calculus (3)
• ECO 2030 - Principles of Microeconomics (3)

Major Requirements (75 Hours)

GPA Requirements: A cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for courses in the major and an overall GPA of 2.0 must be obtained to graduate. 18 hours must be completed at Appalachian.

Health Care Management Courses (50 Hours)

• HCM 2110 - Introduction to Health System Organization (3)
• HCM 2130 - Managing Health Care Organizations (3)
• HCM 3570 - Principles of Financial Management for Health Care (3)
• HCM 3580 - Health Services Research Methods (3)
• HCM 3590 - Quality Management and Process Improvement in Health Care (3)
• HCM 3630 - Health Services Organization Behavior and Design (3)
• HCM 3680 - Human Resource Management in Health Service Organizations (3)
• HCM 3700 - Health Information Systems (3)
• HCM 3800 - Professional Development I (1)
• HCM 3810 - Professional Development II (1)
• HCM 3900 - Internship (1-6) **
• HCM 4570 - Health Services Financial Management (3)
• HCM 4630 - Principles of Leadership for Health Service Organizations (3)
• HCM 4710 - Health Informatics (3)
• HCM 4910 - Health Law and Policy (3)
• HCM 4930 - Ethics in Health Care (3)
• HCM 4950 - Seminar in Health Care Management (3) [CAP]

Other Related Areas (25 Hours)

• ACC 2100 - Principles of Accounting I (3)
• ACC 2110 - Principles of Accounting II (3)
• ECO 2030 - Principles of Microeconomics (3) *
• ECO 2100 - Business and Economic Statistics I (3)
• ECO 3610 - Economics of Health Care (3)

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• ENG 3100 - Business Writing (3) [WID]

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• B E 3340 - Business Communications (3) [WID]

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• MAT 1035 - Business Mathematics With Calculus (3) *
• MKT 3050 - Principles of Marketing (3)
• NUT 4552 - Medical Terminology/Records (1)

Minor Not Required

Free Elective (12 Hours)

To total a minimum of 122 hours

(2 hours of free electives outside the major discipline are required)

** HCM 3200 - Health Management Practicum I (3)  and HCM 3210 - Health Management Practicum II (3)  may be substituted for 3 or 5 hours of HCM 3900 - Internship (1-6)  or taken as electives with permission of HCM Program Director.

General Education Courses Taken for the Major (up to 6 Hours)

Total Required (124 Hours)