Healthcare Administration Course Descriptions
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Accounting Fundamentals for Decision Making
ACC 2000 / 4 credits
This course combines relevant portions of ACC 2010 Financial Accounting and ACC 2020 Managerial Accounting, to provide a comprehensive introduction to accounting concepts, financial statements, and the usage of accounting information for decisionmaking. The emphasis is on the application of financial data in the business world for planning, performance evaluation, and tactical decision-making. Topics include financial ratio analysis, evaluation of capital investments, cost-volume-profit analysis, inventory valuation, and make vs. buy analysis. This course is only for students not majoring in Accounting or Finance.
Offered in: Fall/ Spring
AHS 1020 Introduction to Healthcare Professions
AHS 1020 / 2 credits
The course is an introduction to various aspects of the health care field. Students will explore a variety of health-related disciplines and create an academic plan for their chosen career path. Specific health care pathways available at Carthage will be looked at more thoroughly. The concept of interprofessional practice will be introduced and strategies implemented. Students will have the opportunity to engage in experiential learning activities.
Offered in: Fall
Healthcare Informatics
AHS 4439 / 2 credits
The course provides the student with the fundamental knowledge of the concepts of health informatics and how technology can be used in the delivery of health care. Software fee $50.
Prerequisite: AHS 4469 with a grade of C- or better
Offered in: Spring
Evidence Based Practice in Healthcare (IDP)
AHS 4469 / 4 credits
The course will provide a framework for the health care student to systematically review the best evidence to make informed choices and improve patient outcomes.
Prerequisite: EXS 2330 with a grade of C- or better
Offered in: Fall
Introduction to Business in Healthcare
BUS 1130 / 4 credits
This course introduces the student to health care through a business lens. The basic principles, history, evolution, and importance of a business understanding in health care will be covered.
Prerequisite: BUS 1110 or AHS 1020
Healthcare Administration Practicum I (WC)
BUS 4950 / 4 credits
Healthcare Administration Practicum I is a capstone course for students with a senior standing and majoring in healthcare administration. It is designed to allow students to integrate their knowledge from the program and apply those insights to field work at a participating healthcare facility. Students will have the opportunity to explore various areas of practice that suit their professional goals. Note: Students will be paid for their work in this course.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing Healthcare Administration, MKT 3130, MGT 3120, MGT 3400, CDM 3700
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Healthcare Administration Practicum II (WC)
BUS 4955 / 4 credits
A continuation of Healthcare Administration Practicum I, this is a capstone course for students with a senior standing and majoring in healthcare administration. It is designed to allow students to integrate their knowledge from the program and apply those insights to field work at a participating healthcare facility. Students will have the opportunity to explore various areas of practice that suit their professional goals. Note: Students will be paid for their work in this course.
Prerequisites: Senior Standing Healthcare Administration, MKT 3130, MGT 3120, MGT 3400, CDM 3700, BUS 4955
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Principles of Microeconomics (SOC) (SI)
ECN 1010 / 4 credits
The rise and expansion of market economies and the principles of microeconomic behavior. Topics include an introduction to economic methodologies, the ideas and institutions of the microeconomy, consumer behavior, the business firm and market structure, labor and capital markets, and government policies affecting resource allocation and the distribution of income.
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Principles of Macroeconomics (SOC) (SI)
ECN 1020 / 4 credits
An introduction to the principles and issues of the national economy, and the institutions of macroeconomic behavior. Topics include the role of government in a mixed market economy; measuring and determining national income; money and the banking system; and the public policies available for achieving full employment, price stability, and continuing economic growth in modern industrial and democratic societies.
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Principles of Management
MGT 3120 / 4 credits
This course prepares students for future leadership roles and positions in management. The course’s main focus is directed toward the behavioral aspects of work cultures and to the development of an effective philosophy and strategy for successful management performance in the 21st century. Topics include the changing workplace; the social, ethical, and legal issues in management; cross-cultural awareness; self-awareness; planning and decision-making; project management; motivation; and leading/ working in teams.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Human Resource Management (SI)
MGT 3400 / 4 credits
An examination of significant behavioral research influencing human resource management. General survey of personnel administration functions and management-labor relations.
Prerequisite: MGT 3120
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Legal Environment of Business (SI)
MGT 3600 / 4 credits
This is an introductory, general survey course of American legal principles and their application to the business world. Students will develop an understanding of the legal system, the litigation process, and the ethical considerations attendant to making important business decisions. Areas of study will include contracts, torts, property, business organization, employment law, discrimination, crimes, the Constitution, and the regulatory process. Oral and written analysis of case law will be utilized to help students appreciate, understand, and explain multiple points of view regarding the legal environment of business.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Marketing Principles
MKT 3130 / 4 credits
This course provides a general knowledge of marketing, emphasizing marketing mix elements (Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement) for both consumer and industrial products, marketing strategies, customer behavior, and promotion. Topics include situation analysis techniques; marketing segmentation; identification of target markets; product/brand positioning via the 4 Ps of marketing; development and presentation of a marketing plan for a local business; and the social, ethical, and legal issues in marketing.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
Offered in: Fall/Spring
Applied Stats for Health and Human Services (MTH) (QR)
NSG/EXS 2330 / 4 credits
This course presents a practical approach to utilizing statistics in situations encountered in the Health and Human Services professions. Fundamental statistical theories and concepts are presented to help students understand the rationale and purpose of using statistical computations. Basic parametric statistical analyses, as well as the mathematical logic behind these calculations, will be presented. Students will learn how to perform hypothesis testing with normal distributions and also learn to interpret and critically evaluate research outcomes. This knowledge will allow students to be evidence-based practitioners and critical consumers of peer reviewed research.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing
Ethics and Leadership in a Multicultural Society (SI)
SWK 2600 / 4 credits
This course is designed for students coming from any major at the College and examines ethics and leadership from a wide range of professional and disciplinary perspectives. Students will learn about various ethical frameworks, and multicultural understandings of ethics and leadership. Students will apply these ethical frameworks to contemporary case studies as a way to develop critical ethical thinking skills, particularly as it relates to socially responsible leadership in our contemporary global society.
Prerequisite for Social Work major and Social Justice minors: SWK 2400 or department approval
Prerequisite for others: Sophomore standing
Offered in: Fall