Certificate in Health Care Management
Twenty-one semester hours of coursework – 12 core hours plus 9 hours
of elective credit – are required for this certificate. Up to nine
of the hours (3 courses) may be transferred from other colleges or completed
by prior learning portfolio. You need to either hold a baccalaureate degree
or have at least a 2.0 “C” average in recent college work to
be admitted to the program.
Courses are available on-line, in group tutorial formats at your local MBC
regional center, on campus in Staunton in traditional formats, or by independent
tutorial study. You will need to complete all coursework with a grade of
C- or better.
Upon completion of the program you receive a certificate in health care management
and a special designation on your transcript.
21 semester hours
Required courses:
- HCA 101 Introduction to Health Care Administration
- HCA 310 Health Care Strategic Management
- HCA/ECON 320 Economics and Finance of Health Care Systems
- INT 222 Social Sciences Statistics
Three of the following:
- HCA/PHIL 230 Medical and Health Care Ethics
- HCA 240 Long-Term Care Administration
- HCA/BIOL 261 Epidemiology
- HCA 330 Managed Care
