Healthcare Business Management Certificate
The Healthcare Business Management Certificate allows students to develop health industry-specific knowledge, positioning them for managerial careers in a broad range of healthcare and related organizations.
The Healthcare Business Management certificate is a customized program available to students in the Eller College and Zuckerman College of Public Health Majors only. Healthcare is interdisciplinary and students may be able to find courses offered through other Colleges on campus to provide other perspectives on Healthcare.
- Available to students majoring in the Eller College or majoring in the Zuckerman College of Public Health
- Available to Main Campus students only
- Students must have a minimum GPA of a 2.0 to declare the certificate
- Recommended to complete certificate in junior and senior year
- Students may apply 6 units towards their major/minor/general education requirements
Healthcare Business Management Coursework
A minimum of 12 units are required for the Undergraduate Healthcare Business Management Certificate.
Required courses ( 3 units)
Students must complete 1 course (3 units) from the following options:
- MGMT 438 Health Care Organizations and Management
Prerequisite: none - PHPM 310 Healthcare in the US
Prerequisite: none
Elective Courses (9 units) from the following options:
Some courses listed have additional pre-requisite requirements. Public health course offerings typically require junior/senior status for enrollment. Exceptions for public health courses can be made on a case by case basis.
- ACCT 440 Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare
Prerequisites: ACCT 200 and ACCT 210 - ECON 422 Introduction to Health Economics
Prerequisite: ECON 300 or ECON 361 - ECON 427 Current Topics in Healthcare Economics and Policy
Prerequisite: ECON 300 or ECON 361 - GHI 414 Intercultural Communication for Health Sciences
Prerequisite: none - MGMT 438 Healthcare Organization and Management
Prerequisite: none - MGMT/ ENTR 448 Healthcare Entrepreneurship
Prerequisite: none - MKTG /PHPM 458 Healthcare Marketing
Prerequisite: none - MIS 406 Healthcare Information Systems
Prerequisite: none - PHP 305 Population Health in the Digital Age
Prerequisite: none - PHPM 310 Health Care in the US
Prerequisite: none - PHP 438 Health Profession Finance
Prerequisite: none - PHPM 407 Health Care Economics and Policy
Prerequisite: PHPM 310
For questions, please contact Elise Romero emb@arizona.edu.