This course provides strategies for developing a clear, concise professional writing style. A variety of writing formats, including business letters and memos, formal research proposals, and reports are addressed. Voice, style, audience, purpose and the writing process, including strategies for editing and revision, are examined in the context of interpersonal and ethical dimensions.

Communication skills pertinent to organizational settings form the foundation of this course. Effective methods for design and delivery of oral communication are examined. Other topics include communication styles, interpersonal communication skills, dynamics of small group communication and persuasive speaking.

This course provides an overview of health care delivery systems and their interaction and influence on health care practices. An examination of health reimbursement systems, external regulatory bodies, and public policy are explored.

This course explores the concepts and theories of management and their application in today's managerial environment. It examines the essential functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. MG307 may be taken instead of this course.

This overview course examines the variety of human resource functions performed in organizations. It includes planning, job analysis and design, job description, recruiting and hiring, training, performance management, regulation, evaluation, benefits, and labor law.

This course explores healthcare trends related to ethical issues and how personal and professional values can affect decision making. An examination of government and economic impacts on healthcare policy and practice is also included.

This course examines principles and skills for choosing appropriate and effective communication among healthcare individuals, teams and patient/clients using verbal and written skills. Verbal and non-verbal channels, listening, person perception, conflict resolution, and communication barriers are explored to encourage the development of communication skills necessary for success in healthcare settings.

This course examines the teaching and learning of professionals in healthcare settings. The course includes assessment of learning needs, the design and implementation of instructional settings for staff development, the measurement of learning outcomes, and strategies for learner-centered mentoring.

This course provides foundational research skills necessary to make informed decisions in field of allied healthcare. Emphasis is placed on gathering, evaluating, and using relevant literature; and evaluating and analyzing quality data for informed decision-making.

This course is designed to survey the role of medical informatics systems and the application of information technology in healthcare. An overview of the evolution of informatics, the implementation and design theory of various healthcare information systems, and legal and ethical concerns related to health data management are included.

This capstone course integrates knowledge and skills developed in previous courses and provide an opportunity to apply them to a selected topic in an area of interest. Students select a topic currently confronting the field of study or profession, clearly define the topic using appropriate references and resources, and write and present their comprehensive project.

This course is designed to give students the foundations of financial accounting and reporting practices used by decision makers in today’s business environments. Financial accounting methods, the accounting cycle, internal controls, and accounting practices for different types of business entities are examined. Also examined are accounting for international operations, and the preparation of both domestic and international-based financial statements.

This course addresses the role of marketing in organizations. It examines the fundamental concepts of marketing including product, price, channels and distribution, and promotion.

The course examines the practical and dynamic relevance of critical thinking for managers, emphasizing the decisional aspects of management. Topics focus on eliciting new managerial insights, improving managerial problem solving and decision-making skills, and on strengthening the student’s ability to articulate reasoned solutions to managerial problems and opportunities.

This course focuses on the ability of leaders to understand and manage organizational change. It addresses a broad-based understanding of the nature, function, and complexities of organizations. Ways of dealing with change are developed from sometimes disparate views of organizations.

The focus of this course is the development of total quality or continuous improvement in organizations. It reviews the phenomenon of quality, key theories and theorists, statistical process control and quality programs. Effective team management is emphasized as one of the key components of quality.

This course addresses various unpredictable and ambiguous situations encountered by modern organizations. It emphasizes sensitivity to changing socio-economic conditions and challenges to existing patterns and beliefs. Methods to recognize the ways in which organizations change, and develop skills to guide these organizations in the future are studied.

This course presents an overview of the important elements of the learning process and explores the integrative relationships among learning, creativity, and self-discovery. Emphasis is placed on the skills, knowledge, and attitudes needed to support lifelong and life-wide learning in a complex world. Learning styles are examined and assessed. The process of reflective writing to connect experience/informal knowledge, academic study, and personal growth is also covered.

This course investigates sources of information, ways to access information, and the integration of information toward a purpose. In addition, emphasis is placed on the ethical uses of information as well as the evaluation of information for credibility, bias, and relevance. Differences among data, information, knowledge, and wisdom are examined.

This course examines culture and the multiple viewpoints and experiences of others, and covers theories for living and working with integrity in a global society. Methods of combining ideas from different subject areas into an integrative approach to address the problems inherent in real-life issues related to diversity are explored.

This course explores performance improvement strategies used by business and industry focusing most particularly on training and organizational development. It examines how organizations educate and train employees to achieve organizational goals and objectives.