Healthcare Management - Bachelor of Arts
The BS in Healthcare Management program provides an understanding of the healthcare industry and a complete understanding of the management, business and patient-care issues releveant to today's public health arena. Students gain real world experience in the healthcare management field before completing the degree through an internship program with healthcare facilities that might include hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory care facilities, physician practices, and pharmaceutical and medical equipment companies. Students also develop management abilities by learning to apply critical thinking skills in establishing priorities, delegating responsibility and formulating decisions.

Health Care Administration - Master of Business Administration
South University's MBA online program offers students a specialization in Healthcare Administration in addition to a unique integrated approach to advanced business studies.

in the online South University MBA in Healthcare Administration degree program, students will:

• Develop business competencies necessary for leadership in the healthcare industry.
• Develop a working knowledge of the systems and subsystems that comprise the healthcare industry and the impact of economic, legal, regulatory, managerial, political, historical and social issues on health service organizations.
• Develop a working knowledge of the manner in which public, private, and social forces influence the politics of healthcare, shape the healthcare system, and impact healthcare providers.
• Develop managerial skill in working in teams and collaborating in the process of making business decisions.
• Develop the skills to work within cross-functional teams to determine the most effective planning, process, production and delivery strategies.

Unlike many traditional MBA programs that view organizations as a collection of marketing, operations and finance silos, South University integrates these functional areas in the same holistic approach taken by today's most successful organizations.