Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Management
Overview
The B.S. in Healthcare Management offers a rich science and healthcare-focused curriculum that allows you to realize your passion for caring for others and improving patient care quality and healthcare access for all. This program is also the starting point for students pursuing a B.S. in Nursing (BSN) at Biola and satisfies the lower-division coursework required to apply to the nursing major.
Whether you want to make a difference in acute care facilities, physician offices, skilled nursing facilities or public health organizations in the U.S., our program equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in this rapidly growing field. All courses in this program are taught from a Christian worldview.
- Practice Christ-centered ethical and professional conduct that includes a responsibility to the patient and community.
- Learn the fundamental healthcare management concepts of planning, organizing and leading healthcare services and programs.
- Hone your critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities essential for developing and managing healthcare services and programs effectively.
- Well-equipped laboratories at the Lim Center offer hands-on experience and opportunities to put your learning into action.
- Be mentored by expert faculty who integrate their Christian faith into their lives as researchers, teachers and ministers in local or global communities. Students have opportunities to be involved in directed research with faculty, participate in presentations at various conferences and co-author peer-reviewed journal articles. Learn more about our faculty and student research.
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Courses
What will I study as a healthcare management major?
The first two years of the B.S. in Healthcare Management program are focused on the prerequisites that qualify you to apply to the clinical portion of the B.S. in Nursing degree. Admission to the clinical nursing program is competitive, requires a second application and is not guaranteed.
In your second two years as a healthcare management student, you’ll learn to integrate your Christian faith with professional healthcare management to embrace your calling to serve and minister to people in need.
Along with the core curriculum courses in behavioral science, mathematics and science, career-relevant topics include:
- Principles of Management (a Crowell School of Business course)
- Organizational Communication
- Healthcare Leadership and Organizational Dynamics
- Healthcare Law, Economics and Finance
- A wide variety of electives like Human Resource Management, Global Health Leadership or Sociology of Disabilities
“The world needs strong Christian leaders to transform the healthcare industry to better serve and support patients. Whether you end up completing your B.S. in Nursing or the B.S. in Healthcare Management, you will be prepared to serve in both acute care and community settings. Biola graduates are equipped to be future leaders in the healthcare industry.”
Rachel Van Niekerk, Ph.D., MSN, CPNP.
Director of Nursing
Associate Professor of Nursing
Bible and Theology Coursework
As part of Biola’s commitment to a biblically centered education, most undergraduate students complete 30 credits of biblical and theological studies as a part of their degree program. Learn more about our Bible and theology core.
