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Curriculum in Health Systems Management
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
*Biological
ScienceG		   3
*ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3
*PSYC 101 or
SOC 101G		 General Psychology I
Introductory Sociology                                 		 3
*MATH 105 or
MATH 161G		 Finite Mathematics
College Algebra		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 14

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking                        3
*Biological
Science
SequenceG		   3
*MATH 241G Elementary Statistics 3
*Physical
ScienceG		   3
*ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
*History 
ElectiveG		   3
*Social/
Behavioral
Elective1,G		   3
*ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
*Music,
Visual Arts,
Dance, or
TheatreG		   3
††HSM 215 Microcomputer Applications for Healthcare 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HSM 200 US Healthcare Organization and Delivery 3
††HSM 210 Principles of Healthcare Management 3
††HSM 275 Anatomy, Physiology, and Medical Terminology for
Healthcare managers             		 3
††HSM 220 Healthcare Policy and Reform 3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HSM 350 Healthcare and Regulatory Law 3
††HSCI 270 Applying Evidence to Improve Healthcare Outcomes 3
††HSM 315 Fundamentals of Healthcare Quality Improvement 3
††HSM 370 Integrated Care and Health Systems 3
Elective   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours:  15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
NURS 313 Study of Human Disease 3
††HS 360 Introduction to Epidemiology 3
††HSM 355 Healthcare Reimbursement Systems 3
††HSM 375 Data Management 3
††HSM 400 Introduction to Healthcare Finance 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HSM 410 Health Informatics 3
††HSM 442 Performance Initiatives 3
††HSM 415 Management in Healthcare 3
††HSM 421 Healthcare Innovation: Managing Effective Change 3
††HSM 430 Institutional Collaboration and Communication in
Healthcare		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††HUSC 401 Theories of Behavior Change in the Human Sciences 3
†HSM 448 Risk Management 3
††HSM 480 Project Management Fundamentals in Healthcare Systems 3
Elective   3
††HSM 487 Internship in Healthcare Management 4
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
*Grade of "C" or better required.
†Must be scheduled in final semester.  Students will demonstrate the ability to apply concepts, methods and theories of healthcare management in a healthcare setting.
††Major course; grade of "C" or better required.
1Social/Behavioral electives must be selected from Anthropology, Criminal Justice, Economics, Geography Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology.