Course Description
Brooks College of Health, Geriatric Management
GEY 6623: Aging and Health Policy
This course explores the demographic, cultural, economic, and
health factors that drive political decisions about health care for
older Americans. This course will be offered as an elective.
HSA 6225: Long Term Care Administration
This course examines long-term care delivery systems with
emphasis placed on issues relating to the delivery of quality health
services and effective administration. The impact of increased
numbers of elderly, increasingly limited resources, state and federal
regulatory guidelines and consumer expectations are examined.
Brooks College of Health, Health Administration
HSA 6958: Study Abroad
PREREQUISITE: Graduate Standing, preference given to BCH
students. This course provides the students with the opportunity to
study the organization, financing and delivery of health care in other
countries. While abroad, students will visit hospitals and health
organizations, and meet with local health practitioners as they
explore cultural and political issues impacting healthcare. This
course may be repeated once for an additional 3 credits.
Brooks College of Health, Public Health
HSC5569: Aging Research and Theory
Provides a theoretical and analytical model for developing an
understanding of the relationships between research and practice in
the field of aging. Topics explored will include health care, cultural
aging, education and economic issues.
HSC6587: Program Planning in Health Promotion/Education
An analysis of the essential aspects of planning procedures used in
the development of community-based health promotion and health
education programs.
HSC 6656: Professional Ethics in Healthcare
An exploration of contemporary ethical issues that face health care
providers. Ethical dimensions in death and dying, abortion, AIDS,
biomedical research and health care resources are among the topics
to be discussed.
HSC 6716: Health Program Evaluation
This course focuses on principles and methods employed in program
evaluation and evaluative research. Issues of conceptualization and
design in evaluation are emphasized. The course also addresses
operational procedures used in evaluation studies ranging from
identification of variables to instrument design and use of findings.
The course reviews applications of evaluative research in health
services decision making.
Coggin College of Business, Management
ACG 6305: Management Accounting
This course involves a study of the basic cost flows through an
organization, the accounting systems that are used to capture the
cost data, and the managerial uses of the cost data in routine and
non-routine decision-making situations.
Semester Offered
Every semester
BUL6840: Employment Law
This course involves a study of the laws that affect employment. The
major emphasis is on federal law such as those covering equal
opportunity and affirmative action, OSHA, and ERISA, but there is
also concern with significant Florida law affecting employees and the
employment function.
MAN 6204: Topics in Organizational Theory
Prerequisite: MAN 3025 or equivalent
This course is a systematic approach to the design of structural
components of organizations, for the purpose of increasing efficiency
and effectiveness. Emphasis is primarily on internal and external
determinants of structure and on the impact of structure on behavior
in the organization.
MAN6056: Cornerstones of Managing for Value
Prerequisite: Foundation courses or undergraduate equivalent
This is an introductory MBA course which examines the history and
philosophy of business, including: ethics, the concept of value-based
management, TQM, functional integration, team building, information
sources, information technology, international aspects of business.
College of Arts & Sciences, Public Administration
PAD6142: Management of Nonprofit Organizations
This is the gateway course in the MPA nonprofit concentration and
the graduate certificate of nonprofit management. Topics include the
history, scope and significance of the nonprofit sector; theories of
nonprofit provision; nonprofit management and leadership; strategic
planning; and the future of the sector.
PAD6447: Managing Diversity in Public and Nonprofit
Organizations
This course reviews organizational problems posed by differing
cultural identities, and examines techniques, strategies, and positive
approaches for successful management of the culturally diverse
workplace.
PAD6060: Public Administration in Modern Society
Survey of study and practice of public administration emphasizing
administrative theory, bureaucratic processes and politics, public
versus private management and administrative responsibility
PAD 6612: Regulatory Administration
An exploration of government response to market failure through
economic and social regulation. Topics include regulatory agencies,
regulatory policy formation and implementation; theories of
regulation; risk analysis and tradeoffs; and deregulation.