Health care needs leaders who understand both the business and the mission. This online minor builds the management skills to run healthcare organizations well, in five focused courses, and it adds cleanly to a business degree, a health sciences degree, or the experience you already bring from working in the field.
Health care is one of the largest and fastest-changing industries in the country, and it runs on people who can manage it. This minor provides you with that skill set through five focused courses from the AACSB-accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise.
You will study how healthcare organizations are structured and led, how they are financed, how policy and reform shape what they can do, how clinical and administrative information systems work, and how quality and patient safety are measured and improved. It is a practical, career-ready credential for anyone who wants to help lead a healthcare organization, not just work in one.
A minor earns its place by complementing what you are already studying. Because every course is a business school course with no science prerequisites, Healthcare Management adds to a wide range of majors.
Business Administration, Accounting, and Communication students focus their upper-level work on health care, the region's largest employer, and graduate ready for management roles in hospitals, insurers, and health systems.
If your degree teaches you to deliver care, this minor teaches you to manage it: the finance, policy, operations, and quality systems that clinical training does not cover. It is the credential behind the move from practicing to leading.
Biology, psychology, exercise science, and pre-health students who expect to work in health care can add the business fluency that sets a future manager apart.
| Course | Title |
|---|---|
| HCM 2125 | Healthcare Organization and Management |
| HCM 3325 | Healthcare Finance |
| HCM 4125 | Healthcare Policy and Planning |
| HCM 4225 | Healthcare Information Systems |
| HCM 4325 | Healthcare Quality and Quality Improvement |
Start with HCM 2125 Healthcare Organization and Management. It is the foundation for the minor and a prerequisite for the other four courses, which can then be taken in a flexible sequence. All courses are offered online, and a grade of C or better is required in each.
"Our Healthcare Management program targets individuals looking to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to respond to challenges and opportunities within the health services industry. Our curriculum represents core competencies, which are critical to effective leadership across all domains of health services delivery."
Central Florida is a healthcare hub, and its organizations need managers who understand the business. The minor prepares you to step toward roles in healthcare administration, operations, finance, quality improvement, and health information management at hospitals, physician groups, insurers, long-term care providers, and public health organizations.
The Healthcare Management minor is a foundation you can build on. Students who want to go deeper can continue toward FSC's MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Management, moving from managing a department to leading an organization.
If you are already an FSC student, talk to your academic advisor about adding the Healthcare Management minor to your degree plan. There is no separate application; however, you will need to declare the minor via the registrar’s office, your advisor will build the five courses into your schedule, starting with HCM 2125.
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