Healthcare Management Major

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) – Healthcare Management
124 trimester hours

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 (20 hours)
Any undergraduate courses offered by the University except developmental education courses.

Major Area (38 hours)

• HCM 200 - Healthcare Terminology (2)
• 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)
• Electives (16)*
  *Select 16 hours from the following:
  • HCM 340 - Community Health (4)
  • HCM 350 - Healthcare Informatics (4)
  • HCM 410 - Healthcare Management Internship (1-4)
  • HCM 422 - Healthcare Outcomes Management (4)
  • HCM 432 - Healthcare Financial Management II (4)
  • HCM 499 - Independent Studies in Healthcare (1-4)
  • HISM 470 - Healthcare Information Systems Management (4)
  • HISM 495 - Healthcare Information Systems Management Capstone (4)
  • PSMT 315 - Contemporary Issues in Public Safety Management (4)
  • SEMT 432 - Homeland Security: Theory and Practice at the Local Level (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.

The Healthcare Management Program also offers a Subsequent Bachelor of Science Degree and Joint Programs of Study: B.S., Healthcare Management/ MBA