Program: Healthcare Management - SUNY Cortland - Modern Campus Catalog™

2018-19 Undergraduate Catalog

Mar 14, 2025

This degree program in the Health Department introduces students to the fundamental concepts, tools and techniques essential to careers in finance, management and administration within healthcare facilities.

Career Potential

Administrator in a private community health agency
Administrator in a voluntary health agency
Department administrator in a health facility
Program manager in a community health agency

Program Requirements

Economics and Management: 24 credits hours

ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 352 - Finance (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 354 - Leadership and Ethics in Business (3 cr. hr.) or
PHI 321 - Medical Ethics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 390 - Health Economics (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 250 - Principles of Management (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 254 - Principles of Accounting I (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 385 - Human Resource Management (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 410 - Operations and Supply Chain Management (3 cr. hr.)

Health Core: 18 credit hours

HLH 201 - Health Problems of the Underserved (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 203 - Community Health (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 380 - Introduction to Health Informatics and Communication (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 391 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 462 - Organization and Administration of Health Programs (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 465 - Legal, Ethical and Policy Issues in Healthcare (3 cr. hr.)

Other Required Courses: 13 credit hours

COM 210 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 221 - Economic Statistics (3 cr. hr.) or
HLH 299 - Statistical Concepts and Applications for Health Sciences (3 cr. hr.)
POL 240 - Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
BIO or CHE elective (3-4 cr. hr.)

Internship: 12 credit hours

HLH 498 - Fieldwork in Healthcare Management (12 cr. hr.)

HCM Electives: 9 credit hours

BIO 301 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (3 cr. hr.)
BIO 302 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 345 - Contemporary Public Policy Issues (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 383 - Labor Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 393 - Urban Economics (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 482 - Labor Market Analysis (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 163 - The HIV Epidemic (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 210 - Wellness and Health Promotion (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 367 - Drug Problems: Intervention and Prevention (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 369 - Dimensions of Human Sexuality (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 492 - Chronic and Communicable Diseases (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 423 - Computer Applications in Economics and Management (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 454 - Strategic Management (3 cr. hr.)
POL 341 - Current Issues in Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 425 - Clinical Health Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 435 - Health Psychology (3 cr. hr.) or
HLH 394 - Health-Related Behavior: Formation and Change (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 345 - Drug Policy (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 371 - Sociology of Medicine (3 cr. hr.)
SOC 425 - Sociology of Aging and the Life Course (3 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 120

Example of the B.S. in Healthcare Management over four years

First Year Fall

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 111 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 201 - Health Problems of the Underserved (3 cr. hr.)
GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

Free elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

First Year Spring

CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 203 - Community Health (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 250 - Principles of Management (3 cr. hr.)
GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

Free elective (1 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Second Year Fall

COM 210 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 254 - Principles of Accounting I (3 cr. hr.)
BIO or CHE elective (4 cr. hr.)

GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

Free elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 16

Second Year Spring

ECO 352 - Finance (3 cr. hr.)
ECO 390 - Health Economics (3 cr. hr.)
POL 240 - Introduction to Public Administration and Public Policy (3 cr. hr.)
GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

Free elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Fall

ECO 221 - Economic Statistics (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 380 - Introduction to Health Informatics and Communication (3 cr. hr.)
MGT 385 - Human Resource Management (3 cr. hr.)
GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

HCM elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Third Year Spring

ECO 354 - Leadership and Ethics in Business (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 391 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3 cr. hr.)
HCM elective (3 cr. hr.)

GE elective (3 cr. hr.)

Free elective (3 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 15

Fourth Year Spring

HLH 498 - Fieldwork in Healthcare Management (12 cr. hr.)

Total credit hours for semester: 12