Course Descriptions

Required Health & Human Services Courses

HS616
Health and Human Service Systems (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of the American health and human service systems, including history, structure, organization, and financing. Major trends affecting the two systems are discussed, including political climate, regulations, managed care, technology, and inequity of access. Students explore the origins of public welfare and welfare reform, managed care and health insurance. The role of print and electronic media in forming public opinions about the health and human service systems is also discussed.

HS621
Population Analysis (2 cr.)
This course examines how the health and social well being of general populations relates to specific client populations. It focuses on the contributions of the fields of demography and epidemiology in understanding how to research and use population-based data to carry out needs assessments, policy development, program development, and evaluation.

HS636
Research Methods (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of qualitative research and an introduction to creating and implementing research methodologies. Qualitative data-gathering methods studied include literature review, surveys, interviews, observation, focus groups, and content analysis.

HS638
Ethical Issues in Health and Human Services (2 cr.)
This course examines theories and methods that can be used to analyze and resolve health and social dilemmas. The ethical dimensions of health and human service management are explored. Students apply philosophical principles and managerial techniques to real-life situations that simulate the ambiguous and ethical issues facing today's health and human service organizations.

HS641
Systems Theory and Innovation (3 cr.)
Prerequisites: GM600 and HS616
This course uses systems theory to examine structure, organization, and processes in health and human service organizations. Systems models are presented as tools to diagnose and solve organizational problems, and to understand and manage the rapid pace of change.

HS676
Law & Regulations in Health & Human Services (2 cr.)
Prerequisites: GM600 and HS616
Major statutory and case law findings, as well as regulations applicable to the human services are reviewed. Guidelines and concepts essential to prudent health and human service management are identified. The foundations of tort and contract law are covered to provide the necessary foundation for legal research.

HS679
Public Policy: Issues & Trends (2 cr.)
Prerequisites: GM600 and HS616
This course examines public policy decision-making processes and analyzes how public policy decisions affect the delivery of health and human services in the . Policy trends and consequences are identified. Current health and human service policy issues facing both providers and consumers are examined.

Required Management Courses

GM600
Management Principles (3 cr.)
This course provides an overview of key organizational and behavioral concepts, which underlie effective management practice in private and public sector organizations around the world. Comparative management systems are examined in terms of global applications. Special attention is given to defining and interpreting cross-cultural differences and influences. The course emphasizes the approaches of collaboration that especially address the expectations, needs, and performance of people in organizations and gives attention to the external, internal, and global cultures which influence organizational structure, behavior, and change.

GM620
Communication Skills (2 cr.)
This course engages students in writing and speaking activities to enhance their personal and professional communications skills. The course also includes study of APA grammar, punctuation, and style requirements as a foundation for all graduate written projects.

GM643
Multicultural Perspectives (2 cr.)
This course focuses on how diversity of all kinds influences both organizational behavior and client outcomes. The place of culture in society, the marketplace, and the workplace is examined. The importance of cultural competence is explored along with the knowledge and skills needed to work with, manage, and serve diverse groups of workers and clients.

GM660
Financial Management (3 cr.)
This course introduces, discusses, and analyzes financial issues facing profit, not-for-profit and governmental organizations in today's domestic and global business environment. The course provides the general manager with the financial manager's perspective by way of examination of various financial areas including types of organizations, sources of capital, investment in the and foreign countries, asset management, time value of money, international payments and foreign exchange rates, trade theory and policy and financial statement analysis.

GM667
Information Technology (2 cr.)
This course provides an overview of planning and managing technology and information flow in organizations. It addresses present and future issues regarding computer systems and their impact on management and operations.

Required Capstone Course

HS689
Health & Human Services Administration Capstone (3 cr.)
Prerequisite: Must be taken in student's final semester
This course focuses on exploring and integrating the students' graduate school experience with their professional and personal lives. Students use evaluation, critical thinking, synthesis and research skills to assess how they will use their graduate education to meet professional and personal goals. It includes a major research paper and presentation on a health and human services topic of the student's choice.

Elective Courses

GM629
Project Management (2 cr.)
This course facilitates learning and applying the principles and tools of successful project management in organizations. It examines how a successful project manager controls company resources within the limits of time, cost, and performance.

GM630
Quantitative Methods (3 cr.)
This course focuses on a statistical analysis of data for professional applications or research with an emphasis on quantitative methodologies. The course covers populations, sample selection, descriptive and inferential statistics. Significance, chi square, correlations, analysis of variance and simple regression, and concepts of reliability, validity, and levels of measurement are addressed.

GM635
Social Economics (2 cr.)
This course examines economics and its effect on business and social environments. The course uses micro and macro theory and environmental scanning techniques to look at a variety of domestic and global social problems.

GM645
Marketing Management (2 cr.)
This course emphasizes a practical and comprehensive application of key marketing concepts as they apply to businesses and organizations. Major marketing principles and strategies are explored from a managerial perspective as they apply to the marketplace domestically and around the world.

GM655
Human Resource Management (2 cr.)
This course examines core areas of staffing, training, motivation, compensation and benefits, and employee relations in both service and product-driven organizations. It emphasizes the understanding of and the application of effective human resource management principles to the issues faced by the human resource manager in today's world.

GM670
Strategic Management (2 cr.)
This course examines both the theory and application of strategic management tasks. Among the tasks considered are: developing a mission/vision statement, setting objectives, developing and implementing a strategy, and evaluating performance.