Health Care Management (HCM)

HCM 480 Introduction to Health-Care Management (3 Units)

Prerequisite: Junior or higher standing. (Students who are required to take MGMT 201 or have completed MGMT 201 or equivalent are ineligible to take this course for credit). Introductory course for health professionals covering principles and concepts of management applied to health services organizations. For those registered for graduate credit, a major paper is required. (Formerly 6500:480)

HCM 482 Health Services Operations Management (3 Units)

Prerequisites: Junior or greater standing and [MGMT 201 or HCM 480 or equivalents], or [graduate standing and HCM 681 or equivalent]. (Students who have completed SCM 330 are ineligible to take this course for credit). Application of production and operations management concepts and techniques in health services organizations. (Formerly 6500:482)

HCM 485 Special Topics: Health Services Administration (1-3 Units)

Special topics in health services administration (e.g., management) focusing on historical and/or contemporary managerial organizational and/or policy/strategy issues as related to health-care organizations and health-care systems. Separate topics may be repeated for a maximum of six credits. For those registered for graduate credit, a major research paper is required. (Formerly 6500:485)