Four-year Combined BBA/MBA Option
Health Services Management

Not all programs are offered for completion at each campus or through Berkeley College Online®. Please review the academic program pages (BerkeleyCollege.edu/Academics) for information on where each program is offered. Additionally, all students may be required to take some courses at another campus or online. Internship courses are only offered online.

BBA SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

FIRST SEMESTER

CREDITS

MGT2220
Principles of Management
3
CIS1115
Computer Applications
3
SOC1123
Psychology of Adjustment
3
ENG1105
Writing and Research
3
HSM1000
Introduction to the U.S. Healthcare System
3

SECOND SEMESTER

CREDITS

HSM2000
Foundations of Law and Ethics and Health Services Management
3
ACC1111
Financial Accounting I
3
HUM2225
Introduction to Ethics
3
MAT2215
Statistics I
3
CIS2201
Advanced Spreadsheets
3

THIRD SEMESTER

CREDITS

HEA2200
Medical Terminology
3
HSM2205
Managed Health Care and Health Insurance
3
IBS2201
International Business
3
MKT2220
Principles of Marketing
3
ENG2205
Writing Through Literature
3

FOURTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

HSM2215
Health Communications
3
HSM2220
Management of Healthcare Delivery Services
3
SOC2231
Human Relations
3
BUS2231
Business Law I
3
ECO2200
Principles of Economics
3

FIFTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

FIN3302
Corporate Finance
3
ENG3316
The Confident Writer
3
Business Elective
3
Humanities Elective
3
Science Elective
3

SIXTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

ENG2215
Public Speaking
3
HSM3309
Health Services Finance
3
HSM3320
Community Health and Medical Care
3
HSM4410
Research Methods for Health Services
3
Liberal Arts Electives
3

SEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

HSM4440
Health Policy and Politics
3
Health Services Elective
3
Social Science Elective
3
English Elective
3
Mathematics/Science Elective
3

EIGHTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA5501
Essentials of Management
3
HSM4470
Health Services Management Capstone
3
Health Services Elective
3
Business Elective*
3
MBA Core Course (6610, 6615, 6620, 6625, 6630, or 6635)
3

120 SEMESTER CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION.

*Must be at the 3000 or 4000 level and must be selected from the Larry L. Luing School of Business® courses.

Up to two (2) MBA core courses – one being MBA5501 – may be substituted for BBA electives in the Eighth Semester. MBA5501 is to be taken as a 7-week intensive course in the A session; the other as a 7-week intensive course in the B session.

MBA SAMPLE PROGRAM SEQUENCE

NINTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
12

TENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Core Courses (not taken previously)
3
MBA Electives
6

ELEVENTH SEMESTER

CREDITS

MBA Electives (taken in the A session)
6
MBA8810
Capstone (taken in the B session)
3

36 GRADUATE CREDITS REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION

Prospective students who meet the following criteria may be eligible for the program: A cumulative GPA of at least 3.50, full-time enrollment, and successful completion (B or better) of all required courses in the student’s undergraduate major.

NOTE: Every other degree combination includes the same graduate level course taken during the final year as an elective.

 

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