Online Bachelor of Science in Health Management (Direct Assessment)

This course offers students the knowledge and skills to effectively communicate in a variety of health care workplace settings. Students will focus on business writing correspondence, effective communication strategies, and collaboration skills required by health care managers.

The course explores fundamental concepts of management theory as applied to healthcare. Students will examine the organizational structure of the health care delivery system and administrative processes such as planning, problem solving, decision making, and quality productivity improvement. Emphasis will also be placed on the major issues and problem areas confronting health service administrators.

This course examines the complexities and multiple issues involved in Human Resources management in health care organizations. Students will examine the strategic role of human resource management in response to changes in the health care industry. In addition, issues such as recruitment, retention, performance management, organizational development, and employee relations are examined. Federal, state, and professional regulatory requirements specific to health care are emphasized.

This course focuses on the dynamics of individual and group behaviors and processes that impact and shape organizations. Topics will include organizational theories, decision making, group dynamics, change and conflict negotiation, and organizational culture and design.

This course provides foundational project management skills used within a variety of health care settings. Topics include project scoping, time estimating, budgeting, and controlling to improve outcomes, streamline processes, and increase efficiencies for health care managers.

This course identifies ethical issues in health care. It is designed to encourage students to clarify individual ethics values in regards to health care issues. Content includes discussion of theories, principles, and values for students to consider a variety of ethical viewpoints from a managerial perspective.

The course examines the integration of technology used within health care systems. Students will focus on the processes used in the selection, implementation, and evaluation of health information systems. Emphasis on methods used by health care managers to make informed business decisions related to the application and use of technology within the health care industry will be covered.

This course focuses on the use of data analytics for health care managers. Emphasis will be on data collection, tools, and strategies related to the use of data to improve health outcomes. Students will manage, analyze, and interpret data to identify areas for continuous system improvement.

This course focuses on regulatory and compliance issues within the health care industry. Topics include health care regulatory agencies, the impact of compliance on the operations of health care delivery, and health care laws. The course will also examine current health care policies and the implications for regulatory compliance.

In this course students will examine current marketing trends used within the health care industry. Students will focus on a variety of marketing strategies required by health care managers to promote programs, products and services to health care consumers.

This course provides an overview of the financial economics of health care. Concepts such as payments systems, economic trends, financial statements and budgets are covered.

This capstone course examines the techniques of strategic planning for decision making in the health care industry. Students will be required to demonstrate mastery of Program Student Learning Outcomes through the strategic planning process by formulating strategic decisions to manage within various health care environments.

This course transitions students through the foundations of study at University of Phoenix. Students develop personal strategies for achieving educational goals and develop skills in critical thinking, collaboration, and communication.

This course introduces theories and concepts in psychology that will foster academic success and provide students with opportunities to synthesize and apply that knowledge.

This course develops the reading, writing, and critical thinking skills that are essential for academic and life success.

Students learn how to think critically, focusing on developing the necessary tools and skills to analyze problems, make decisions, and formulate well-supported points of view on key academic, social, and professional issues.

This course introduces students to thinking about and working with numbers by examining the day-to-day and societal importance of money.

This course extends practice in critical reading, writing, and thinking. Emphasis is given to developing an effective writing process that takes into account audience and rhetorical purpose.

This course provides an applied approach to teambuilding, collaboration, and conflict resolution. Students must understand and apply these concepts within academic and professional settings. Students develop structures, processes, and strategies to create and maintain effective teams. Gender, cultural, and individual considerations in team dynamics are also explored.

This course provides an overview of the key components of comprehensive wellness. Based on a preventive model, the course will allow learners to explore choices that promote wellness with goals of living longer and better.

This course introduces the basic concepts of human nutrition to highlight ways that students can integrate healthy nutrition into their lifestyles. Principles of digestion and absorption, the function of nutrients, lifecycle nutrition practices, disease prevention, diet modifications, and weight management are covered. Practical application of these principles to the students' lives is emphasized.

The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the United States and around the world.

This course is an introduction to the set of perspectives on human life that allows us to understand how our personal lives are affected by our place in society. It explores ways of looking at the world that allow us to understand how the events and experiences of our lives are part of group dynamics, of social institutions, and of cultural meanings. It allows us to see personal events and meanings as affected by historical forces and to see how historical events may be shaped by personal choices.

This course provides a survey of the major historical developments, structural cosmology, symbolic interpretation, and values of the Judaic, Christian, and Islamic religious traditions.

This course is an introduction to the historical, political, philosophical, and economic roots of the U.S. Constitution. It first reviews the philosophical arguments of the Federalists and the Anti‐Federalists, those that supported and opposed ratification of the Constitution. The course then examines milestone Supreme Court decisions and the Court's evolving interpretations of the Constitution. This course focuses on the first ten amendments of the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights, and the issues of slavery and civil rights as seen through major court decisions.

Students apply advanced quantitative reasoning skills to solve real world problems. This course emphasizes modelling skills, statistical methods, and probability to create, analyze, and communicate solutions.

This applications‐driven course prepares students to critically analyze and solve problems using quantitative reasoning. Students approach real world scenarios using numerous reasoning skills and mathematical literacy to draw conclusions.

Introduction to the study of personality. An examination of classic theoretical explanations of personality development, including analysis of how factors such as trauma, mental disorders, intelligence, creativity, and family structure affect personality. Focus is on approaches psychology has developed for understanding personality with applications for personal growth, interpersonal relationships, and organizational processes.

This course is designed to educate students about issues of race, ethnicity, gender, disability and other diversity issues in the United States.

his course will provide students with the basic concepts of oral presentations. Students will be able to develop and deliver effective individual and group presentations in classroom and professional settings. The course is also designed to provide a maximum opportunity for practice and evaluation of presentation techniques.

This course examines the structure and operation of state and local governments and the ways in which governments respond to social, political, and public policy challenges.

This course examines traditions and developments in the visual and performing arts including music, dance, theater, cinema, visual arts, and architecture. Students will be introduced to the elements of each genre, along with an overview of its historical development.

This in‐depth environmental science course examines how people use science to understand how they relate to the environment. The course explores relationships between people and ecosystems, and the science behind how ecosystems work. It reviews the historical development of the environmental movement, interactions between humans and natural ecosystems, and more specifically, the role of a growing population and associated pressures on natural resources. This course further examines how economics, natural systems, and conservation are interrelated. The many forms of pollution as well as types of energy resources are addressed. This course challenges students to consider the impact of lifestyle choices on environmental sustainability.

This course offers students the foundational knowledge and skills to communicate in a variety of workplace settings. Students will focus on business writing correspondence, communication technologies, and effective communication strategies for the health care industry.

This course provides health care students with an introduction to the development of the public health system and through the epidemiological model students will examine the impact of environmental factors on disease trends as well as communicable disease controls. Students will develop beginning skills in community assessment and health promotion strategies. The course also reflects the advances in population health in the community health field. This course represents the concept that many populations of concern in health programs are not solely defined by geographic location.

This course introduces students to the purpose and process of research as applied to health care. Students will examine the role of statistics and various research methods. In addition students will analyze the key elements of evidence based research within health care.

This course offers students engagement and interaction with the dynamic language of health care. Through comprehensive discussions and activities, students will have the opportunity to be immersed in the words used in health care.

This course provides a broad overview of the various functions of the United States health care system. The historical evolution of health care is examined. The student is introduced to the various forms of provider models and service delivery systems found in private and public health sectors, including ambulatory, acute, mental, and long-term care. The financing aspects of health care and their influence on health care delivery and quality are outlined.

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of electronic heath records (EHR) utilized in the health care environment. Students will receive an overview of information systems, workflows, health information accessibility, as well as health care transactions and billing.

This course examines the relationships between health care quality and organizational performance management. The student is introduced to the rationale for performance management and quality improvement tools used in health care. Methods for assuring quality in process and outcome management are described. Changing trends in the provision and reimbursement of health care services are reviewed.