Curriculum: Health Care Leadership

Students must complete 128 semester hours (combined transfer and USF credits) to graduate.

General Education Core (21 credit hours required)
All students must take the following at USF:
Writing for Professionals (3)
Research and Decision Making (3)
Christianity in the Modern World (3)

The following 12 hours are also required unless met elsewhere as determined by transfer credit evaluation and with approval of the academic department.

Economics and Stewardship (3)
Founders of the Modern World (3)
Understanding Literature and the Arts (3)
Environmental Science and Social Implications (3)

Required Courses (21 credit hours)
Leadership Principles (3)
Technology in Leadership (3)
Human Resource Issues for Leadership (3)
Health Organizations and Leadership (3)
Health Care Delivery (3)
Health Information Management (3)
Health Care Accounting and Budgeting (3)
Electives (6 hours minimum required)

Additional hours may be required depending on semester hours of transfer credit granted toward the degree.

Interpersonal Communication in the Workplace (3)
Team Building and Development (3)
Strategies for Change (3)
Ethics in the Workplace (3)
Contemporary Issues in Leadership (3)
History of American Health Care (3)
Health Policy (3)
Performance Improvement
Topics (1-3)
Assigned Research in Leadership (1-3)

The bridge program allows students to take graduate courses (for undergraduate credit) in their last year instead of choosing courses from the elective course list above.

Bridge to MS in Health Administration
One or two courses with permission of advisor (4-8)

Bridge to the MS in Management
Developing Personal Leadership (4)
Performance Measurement and Financial Management (4)

Bridge to the MS in Training & Development
Adult Learning and Development (4)
Program Development and Evaluation (4)

 

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