Health Care Policy and Management

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An online bachelor's degree completion program

Prepare to make health care more equitable for individuals and communities. As a student in our online Health Care Policy and Management degree program, you will learn how health care systems and delivery structures work, examine inequities in the U.S. health care system, and discover how you can apply business best practices and your own innovative vision to change health care organizations for the better.

In live, online classes with expert Simmons faculty, you will explore the intersection of public health and business as you prepare to become a health care manager or administrator. Gaining the knowledge and skills you need to drive change in this evolving industry, you will focus on vital leadership topics such as cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The online health care policy and management curriculum is truly cross-disciplinary, created by faculty collaborating across the departments of public health and business. In live, online class sessions, you will develop skills in analytics, assessment, policy development, program planning, communication, and cultural competency. You will also build a strong foundation in basic public health practice and science, business finance planning, management, and effective leadership.

Our curriculum combines immersive classes and interactive coursework and culminates in a public health capstone project to help you gain confidence and competency for a variety of health care management and policy careers.

Elective Courses

Students also must complete two additional courses from this list:
BUS234CD Organizational Communication & Behavior 4
BUS270CD Business Analytics 4
PH261CD Plagues, Epidemics, and Society 4
SOCI239CD Introduction to Social Research I 4
SOCI245CD Global Health 4
SW200CD Social Welfare Policy 4

Requirements List

There are nine courses required for this major, as follows:
BUS100CD Introduction to Business and Management 4
BUS239CD Health Care Finance 4
COMM312CD Health Communications 4
PH101CD Introduction to Public Health 4
PH201CD Introduction to Epidemiology 4
PH345CD Health Systems & Policy 4
SOCI241CD Health, Illness & Society 4
STAT118CD Introductory Statistics 4

Capstone

Health Care Policy and Management seniors will complete their capstone requirement by taking the Public Health Internship Senior Seminar (PH 370). They will undertake a minimum one semester senior internship, though a two semester senior internship in the Fall and/or Spring semester is possible. All students will make a poster presentation and submit an internship paper as the final products of their capstone experience. Arrangements for satisfying the capstone requirement must be made with the student’s Health Care Policy and Management advisor before the end of their Junior year.

PH370CD Internship 0