Health Care Management: Why?
The health care industry size is growing in the whole middle east. Growth is driven by:
- Increasing consumerism and health needs
- Advancing technologies
- Changing regulation
- Population aging
Business orientation is essential and the health care profession’s tracks need preparation and exposure to the health care industry. There is a real market demand for graduates that are well educated in this field.
Program Objective
The BBA- Health Care Management option is designed to provide students with an understanding of the processes and structures of Health Care Organizations to enable them to be more effective managers. The courses taken in addition to the required common courses provide the students with proficiency in management skills and decision-making processes.
This program has an innovative approach whereby the first year is common to all our faculty programs and the concentration courses start in the second semester of the second year. It has a unique market-oriented approach to curriculum design and course administration. All concentration courses will be tought by professionnals having a strong experience in the health care industry.
Careers in health care management
This program prepares candidates for managerial responsibilities in both the private and public sectors of the health care industry. Health care management majors will be qualified for making a career in:
- hospitals
- physician group practices and clinics
- diagnostic and ambulatory care centers
- rehabilitation clinics and long term care facilities
- international pharmaceuticals firms
- medical suppliers and pharmaceutical firms
- pharmaceutical manufacturers (under license)
- medical insurers
- government and non governmental organizations (ngo)
Admissions Requirements
Applicants must pass the Lebanese Baccalaureate Part II (Any Strand) or its equivalent as identified by the Lebanese Ministry of Education. They are required to sit for an English Entrance Test (EET) or TOEFL and a Mathematics Test.
Graduation Requirements
Students seeking the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration must complete a total of 106 credits with an overall average of at least 2.0/4.0 and a minimum average of 2.3/4.0 in the common core and major requirements. The passing grade for all Required Major (HCM) Courses is C. These 106 credits are divided into:
General Education Requirements (27 cr.)
Communication Skills ENL 213, ENL 230
Computer Skills CSC 201
Cultural Studies REG 212 or 213, ARB 211 or 231
Social Science Studies choose two from the following list: HIT 211, HUT 305 or 306. PHL 311, POS 201, PSL 201, SOL 201
Basic Science Studies ENS 312 or HEA 201, BIO 203
Required Common Courses (48 cr.)
ACO 201, ACO 202, BAD 201, BAD 315, BAD 317, BAD 323, BAD 433, BAD 453, BAD 427, BAD 429, BAF 311, ECN 211, ECN 212, MRK 201, STA 206, STA 207
Required Major Courses (28 cr.)
HCM 301, HCM 302, HCM 401, HCM 402, HCM 403, HCM 404, HCM 405, HCM 406, HCM 407, HCM 408
Free Electives (3 cr.)
Suggested Program
| Fall Semester I (15 Credits) |
|
| ACO |
201 |
Principles of Accounting I |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
201 |
Fundamentals of Management |
3 cr. |
| ECN |
211 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 cr. |
| CSC |
201 |
Computers and Their Use (GER) |
3 cr. |
| ENL |
213 |
Sophomore Rhetoric (GER) |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Spring Semester I (15 Credits) |
|
| ACO |
202 |
Principles of Accounting II |
3 cr. |
| ECN |
212 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 cr. |
| ENL |
230 |
English in the Workplace (GER) |
3 cr. |
| BIO |
203 |
Discover Biology |
3 cr. |
| STA |
206 |
Applied Statistics for Business and Economics I |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Summer Session I (9 Credits) |
|
| MRK |
201 |
Fundamentals of Marketing |
3 cr. |
| STA |
207 |
Applied Statistics for Business and Economics II |
3 cr. |
| ___ |
___ |
GER |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Fall Semester II (15 Credits) |
|
| BAD |
315 |
International Business |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
317 |
Organizational Behavior |
3 cr. |
| BAF |
311 |
Principles of Financial Management I |
3 cr. |
| ___ |
___ |
GER |
3 cr. |
| ___ |
___ |
GER |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Spring Semester II (15 Credits) |
|
| HCM |
301 |
Introduction to Health Care Management |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
302 |
Health Care Economics |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
323 |
Software Tools for Business Applications |
3 cr. |
| ENS |
312 |
Environmental Health (GER) |
3 cr. |
| ___ |
___ |
GER |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Summer Session II (7 Credits) |
|
| BAD |
482 |
Management Internship |
1 cr. |
| BAD |
427 |
Human Resource Management |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
433 |
Business Policy and Strategic Management |
3 cr. |
| |
|
| Fall Semester III (15 Credits) |
|
| HCM |
401 |
Management of Health Care Organizations I |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
406 |
Health Care Legal Environment |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
404 |
Health Care Marketing Management |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
429 |
Operations Management |
3 cr. |
| BAD |
453 |
e-Business |
3 cr. |
| |
|
|
|
| Spring Semester III (15 Credits) |
|
| HCM |
402 |
Management of Health Care Organizations II |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
403 |
Health Care Strategic Management |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
405 |
Health Care Financial Management |
3 cr. |
| HCM |
407 |
Seminars and Topics in Health Care Management |
3 cr. |
| ___ |
___ |
Free Elective |
3 cr. |
