Fayetteville State University
Department: Management
Program: Minor in Healthcare Management
Course Descriptions
Course Descriptions
HCM 310 (3-3-0) Organization of Health
Care System: This course provides an
introduction to the Health Services Industry.
The course will examine key components,
characteristics, and organization of the health
care system as well as trends and management
challenges in the provision of care to a diverse
population.
Prerequisite: MGMT 311
HCM 311 (3-3-0) Principles of Health Care
Management: This course presents the
foundation principles and dynamics of health
care management, the healthcare system, and
basic concepts and skills in administration. The
institutional, social, and political forces in the
field of healthcare are analyzed. Topics include
fundamentals of management in healthcare and
contemporary issues.
HCM 320 (3-3-0) Managed Care: This course
is intended to provide a foundation for managed
care and practice and contractual arrangements,
Course Objectives
Artifacts/Evidence
including the evolution of managed care as well
as an exploration of the various tools that have
been developed to improve systems of care.
Particular emphasis is placed on
contemporary/integrated systems of care.
HCM 330 (3-3-0) Healthcare Policy and Law:
This course provides an introduction to a wide
range of topics in the area of health policy, and
law. Students will become familiar with the
evolution of health care policy as well as
potential legal and problems in various health
care settings. They will also learn to
differentiate between legal and ethical
problems. Among the subject areas covered are
licensing, professional liability, confidentiality,
informed consent, professional relationships,
access issues, antitrust, and bioethical issues,
with particular emphasis on how these areas
impact management practice.
FINC 336 (3-3-0) Healthcare Finance: This
course focuses on the financial assessment,
acquisition, allocation, and control of financial
aspects of health care organizations. Topics
include application of financial management
principles to the unique decision-making in
healthcare industry, budgeting processes, cost
allocation, fees structure, and management
control process.
Prerequisite: FINC 311