Health Care Leadership Program

 

Please note that this program will be also offered online beginning in January 2008

The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Leadership is designed to meet the needs of learners whose primary focus is health care. The major is especially suited to those who wish to enhance career opportunities by developing proficiencies in management, supervision, leadership and education. The program is delivered in an accelerated format consisting of four terms. The classes are highly interactive and practical in nature. Carefully structured readings, written assignments, exercises, and applied term projects integrate classroom learning with workplace experience.

The required terms focus on the following topics:

• Health Care Team Building
• Health Care Education
• Health Care Supervision
• Health Care Systems/Leadership

Each term is twelve weeks in length. There are short breaks between terms.

Program Admission Requirements

Before entering the program, students must attend orientation sessions that introduce the program, assess academic skills and provide a foundation for the use of online instructional resources used in the program. Each student will complete a degree plan.

Formal admission to the Health Care Leadership Major and enrollment in the program course sequence requires the following:

1. Licensure, registration, certification in a health care profession or proof of employment in a healthcare field.
2. A minimum of 90 quarter hours (or 60 semester hours) of transferable credit. These credits may be earned through National-Louis course work, transfer credit, credit by examination or credit by proficiency. A maximum of 60-quarter hours technical credit may be included.
3. A grade point average of 2.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale) in postsecondary work.
4. A list of two references from persons qualified to judge academic or professional expertise.
5. Completion of academic skills assessment. (Depending on the results of this assessment, the academic plan may include Strategies for Effective Learning, Focus courses, or other preparatory course work.)

Program and Degree Requirements

General Education

All Health Care Leadership majors must successfully complete at least 60 quarter hours of general education courses including the minimum distribution requirements listed below. In addition to college courses, students may complete general education requirements through Credit by Portfolio, Credit by Examination (CLEP or DANTES), or credit by Proficiency. Although students are encouraged to complete general education requirements before entering the Health Care Leadership Program, it is recognized that some students in allied health and nursing programs will chose to complete specific area requirements after program admission.

Fields of Knowledge

1. Communications:
   At least one college level writing course (4.5 QH minimum)
2. Humanities:
   At least one course in language, literature, history, philosophy, religion or ethics (4.5 QH minimum)
3. Fine Arts:
   At least one course in art, music, theatre, or dance (4.5 QH)
4. Quantitative Reasoning:
   At least one course in mathematics, statistics or research methods (4.5 QH)
5. Physical and Life Sciences:
   At least one course in chemistry, physics, astronomy,geology, biology, microbiology, genetics, ecology, conservation, or zoology(4.5 QH)
6. Social Sciences:
   At least one course in anthropology, economics, geography,cultural and ethnic history, political science or sociology (4.5 QH)
7. Behavioral Science:
   At least one course in psychology or a related area, e.g. counseling, interpersonal relations, or organizational behavior (4.5 QH)

Integrated Competencies

8. Information and Technology Literacy:
   Information literacy is formally introduced in the course AHG 300 Professional Writing in Health Care and reinforced throughout the Health Care Leadership Curriculum. 
9. Analytical Skills:The math, statistics, or research methods course used to fulfill the quantitative reasoning requirement (see above) provides a foundation for analytical skill applications in HCL courses, particularly AHA 432 Financial and Physical Resource Administration and AHA 441 Health Care Planning and Evaluation
10. Ethics, Values, and Respect for Human Diversity:
    These concepts are integrated throughout the student’s academic experience and are a primary focus of AHA 442 Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care and AHA 400 Overview of Health Care Delivery.

General Education Electives		33	QH
Health Care Leadership Requirements		48	QH
AHA 430	Human Resource Development for Health Care Supervisors	3	QH
AHA 431	Principles of Health Care Supervision	5	QH
AHA 431	Financial and Physical Resource Administration	4	QH
AHA 440	Health Care Systems	5	QH
AHA 441	Health Care Planning and Evaluation	4	QH
AHA 442	Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care	3	QH
AHE 430	Educational Delivery in Health Care	4	QH
AHE 431	Presentation Skills in Health Care	4	QH
AHE 432	Educational Assessment in Health Care	4	QH
AHG 300	Professional Writing in Health Care	4	QH
AHG 400	Overview of Health Care Delivery	4	QH
LAS 331	Dynamics of Group Behavior	4	QH
Electives to total 180 quarter hours (including a maximum of 60 quarter hours of professional credit) a student in the Health Care Leadership Program may earn elective and general studies credit through National-Louis University course work, transfer credit, credit by exam, credit by proficiency and or credit by assessment
Total Minimum Hours		180	QH