Bachelor of Health Care Management at Towson University

The Health Care Management program is designed to prepare students for careers in administration of health care services. The curriculum provides an understanding of U.S. health care organizations, a population health orientation emphasizing health equity initiatives using financial and organizational metrics, and analytical and technology competencies for research development, organizational management and/or program evaluation. Depending on a student's interest, graduate training in health administration is recommended after completing this course of study and after the student has worked in the field for 1–2 years. Students interested in post acute and long-term care service administration have the option of completing a specialized track in the major.

Students who major and minor in Health Care Management will adhere to the American College of Healthcare Executives Code of Ethics.

Internship/Capstone

The Health Care Management Internship is a supervised, integrative educational experience at a health care organization. It is the culmination of the student's plan of study. Interns commit to a 15-week, 12-unit, full-time (40-hour work week) placement in a health care organization supervised by a Site Preceptor, and academically, by a Health Care Management program Faculty Supervisor. The site is selected and approved with input from the student intern and the Health Care Management Internship Coordinator. No specific internship sites are guaranteed as the individual internship site has the right to accept or reject students based on a competitive interview. 

Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society

The purpose of the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society is to recognize, reward, and encourage academic excellence in the study of Health Care Management and policy. Members are selected on the basis of academic achievements, having a minimum overall GPA of 3.25 with a 3.50 GPA in the major, and service to the community and/or contributions to the health care management profession.

For information concerning the standards to join the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society, contact the Program Director of the Health Care Management program at 410-704-3909.

Health Care Management majors are also strongly encouraged to participate in student-led associations such as the Health Care Leadership Academy or the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Open School Chapter at Towson University, which are important first steps in  professional development of students in the healthcare field.

Recognition Awards 

These awards are presented in the spring commencement ceremony to outstanding undergraduate Health Care Management majors.

1. Students identify, analyze, and evaluate, major macro influences (e.g., political, social, demographic, economic, technological and bio-medical) and using technological search strategies, assess how these affect setting-specific health care organizations (i.e., hospitals, outpatient services, long-term care facilities, health maintenance organizations, group practices, etc.).
2. Students utilize problem solving skills and apply, in an ethically and in a socially responsible way, management theory and principles to the administration of a health care organizations increasingly diverse workforce and consumer populations.
3. Students identify, describe and apply health information systems technology and decision support mechanisms and draw on relevant management theory and assumptions to solve organizational financial, material, problems with human resource implications to improve quality care.
4. Students exhibit professional behaviors in healthcare environments including the ability to read and adapt to organizational cultures by exhibiting appropriate intrapersonal and interpersonal social skills; by communicating to management, staff, and clients (individually and in groups) in ways that build/maintain open, trusting, and effective work relationships.
5. Students write clearly, logically and succinctly in standard business prose with well referenced developmental detail appropriately cited according to APA standards.