Allied Healthcare Management Major

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Degree Requirements
124 semester hours

Credentialed (certified, licensed, registered or degreed) healthcare practitioners, managers or administrators are eligible for this major. Students who do not have an associate's degree in healthcare may be eligible candidates for the Allied Healthcare Management major upon completion of 24 semester hours from transfer credit in an approved related discipline. The 24 semester hours of instruction must be approved by the Allied Healthcare Management Program Chair.

Students entering the major with an Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S) or technical training and other college credit must satisfy the General Education requirements below for a total of 50 hours in General Education.

The following degree requirements are from the current Franklin University Academic Bulletin. If you began your coursework before the current academic year, please contact your Academic Advisor for your degree requirements. Always confirm your degree requirements with your Academic Advisor.

Fundamental General Education Core (24 hours)
All courses must be at the 100 or 200 level

• Minimum of three semester hours of English Composition (if the course does not have a research paper component, COMM 130 Research Paper, two semester credits, is also required)
  Choose COMM 120 College Writing.
• Minimum of three semester hours of Mathematics (at least one mathematics or statistics course beyond the level of intermediate algebra)
  Choose from MATH 160 College Algebra, MATH 180 Applied Calculus, MATH 210 Finite Mathematics, MATH 220 Business Calculus, or MATH 215 Statistical Concepts.
• Minimum of six semester hours of Sciences (two science courses, with one having a laboratory component)
  Choose from the Science discipline.
• Minimum of six semester hours of Social and Behavioral Sciences (which must be in at least two different disciplines)
  Choose from the Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, and Sociology disciplines.
• Minimum of six semester hours of Arts and Humanities
  Choose from the Humanities discipline.
  

Additional General Education Requirements (26 hours)

• COMM 320 - Business and Professional Communication (4)
• COMP 106 - Introduction to Spreadsheets (1)
• COMP 108 - Introduction to Databases (1)
• ECON 210* - Introduction to Microeconomics (4)
        OR ECON 220* - Introduction to Macroeconomics (4)
• HUMN 305 - Global Issues (4)
• MATH 215** - Statistical Concepts (4)
• PF 321 - Learning Strategies (2)
• SPCH 100 - Speech Communication (4)
       OR COMM 150 - Interpersonal Communication (4)
• General Education Electives (2)
  

*Select another Social Science elective if either Economics course is used in the Fundamental General Education Core.
**Select another General Education Elective if MATH 215 is used in the Fundamental General Education Core.

Professional Core (16 hours)

• ACCT 215 - Financial Accounting (4)
• BSAD 320 - Decision Making and Problem Solving (4)
• MGMT 312 - Principles of Management (4)
• MGMT 325 - Organizational Behavior (4)

University Electives (14 hours)

Any undergraduate courses offered by the University except developmental education courses.

Healthcare Technical Area (24 hours)

24 credit hours in a healthcare or approved related discipline from transfer credit.

Major Courses (20 hours)

• HCM 300 - Healthcare Management (4)
• HCM 320 - Healthcare Financial Management I (4)
• HCM 442 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare Management (4)
• HCM 472 - Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Management (4)
• HCM 495 - Healthcare Management Capstone (4)

Additional Requirements

All students are required to pass College Writing (COMM 120), either Basic Learning Strategies (PF 121) or Learning Strategies (PF 321) and either Speech Communication (SPCH 100) or Interpersonal Communication (COMM 150) prior to enrolling in any other course at the 200 level or above. Either PF 121 or PF 321 must be taken prior to the first BLF course, or it may be taken concurrently with the first 15-week BLF course.  Students who enroll at Franklin with 30 or fewer hours of transfer credit are required to pass Basic Learning Strategies (PF 121) in place of Learning Strategies (PF 321). Students must also meet the University algebra competency requirement.

Please see the Academic Bulletin for the complete list of degree and residency requirements.