Undergraduate Degree
Health Care Leadership and Management (HCLM)
Introduction:
This curriculum is available to healthcare and business professionals who are either currently working in the healthcare field or who wish to return to the profession. The course of study is designed expressively for those individuals.
The entire curriculum is based upon leadership and managerial competencies needed to succeed in a career path. Each course will provide a range of options so that it will literally be customized for your professional needs and career paths within the parameters of that particular course. At AWU we believe that rigid, canned courses do not always serve each student best interest. So through the curriculum, a path of study can be taken that best suits your needs. All of our professors have significant personal, practical experience in the field of health administration. They also understand the special needs of the adult professional student. With this concept and philosophy in mind, a curriculum was designed to serve both immediate career needs and those of the future.
The competency-based curriculum is designed around 5 modules:
& Leadership For The Future
& System Competencies
& Personal Leadership Competencies
& Leadership Competency Knowledge Areas
& International Health
Specific courses in each module are listed below.
Most programs, even those that accept working health professionals, use a curriculum based on students right out of high school with no practical experience, previous college, or previous training. At AWU we accept only working adults; our curriculum is designed exclusively for the professional who must manage a full life of career, family, finances and other demands of modern life.
The curriculum is designed to allow the student to begin at any time; there is no waiting for the semester to begin. We realize that the typical academic calendar does not necessarily revolve around anyone schedule; therefore, our curriculum is designed to allow the student to work at home, at work, or wherever and whenever one chooses.
Curriculum
Module I. Leadership for the Future (12 credit hours)
HCLM 311. Leadership Concepts & Challenges. (3 credit hours)
HCLM 312. Leadership Core Competencies (3 credit hours)
This includes the development of a personal career path plan.
HCLM 313. Practicum in HCLM (6 credit hours)
Here we again differ significantly from other programs. In course 1 the student establishes a personal career plan based on competencies needed. The Practicum allows the student to begin immediately to put that plan into operation at the work site. This is an on-the-job practicum, and upon this foundation you will begin your career path in the direction you choose.
Module II. System Competencies (6 credit hours)
HCLM 321. Governance
Strategy Development
Physician Relations
Ethics and values
(3 credit hours)
HCLM 322. Quality & Value Enhancement
Public Health and Community Involvement
Health Policy and Law
Alternative Medicine
(3 credit hours)
Module III. Personal Leadership Competencies (9 credit hours)
HCLM 331. Decision Making / Risk Taking (3 credit hours)
HCLM 332. Team Building / Conflict Resolution (3 credit hours)
HCLM 333. Career Management / Professional Mentoring (3 credit hours)
Module IV. Leadership Competency Knowledge Areas (24 credit hours)
HCLM 441. Organizational Behavior & Systems (3 credit hours)
HCLM 442. Strategic Planning and Marketing (3 credit hours)
HCLM 443. Financial Management & Economics (3 credit hours)
HCLM 444. Community and Public Health (3 credit hours)
HCLM 445. Quantitative Analysis and Modeling (3 credit hours)
HCLM 446. Human Resources Management (3 credit hours)
HCLM 447. Quality Assurance & Systems (3 credit hours)
HCLM 448. Legal & Policy Issues (3 credit hours)
HCLM 550. Integrated Studies in Health Administration (3 credit hours)
Module V. International Health (6 credit hours)
HCLM 490. International Health (6 credit hours)
Just as in all professional disciplines, international understanding is essential to being a well educated person and also to have an understanding of changing international health that impacts all of us, regardless of where we live in the world. In this course, the student will research a topic about International Health - Research paper is required (6 credit hours).
