Program Overview

Overview of the Healthcare Policy and Management Program

The Healthcare Policy and Management program is designed to accommodate students with diverse interests in healthcare, supporting their entry from various backgrounds, including high school, associate-level degrees, and career paths transferrable to healthcare operations. This program prepares students with minimal or no healthcare experience to enter a robust labor market in healthcare planning, operations policy, and management, as well as to pursue related graduate studies.

Program Details

Official Name of Program

Healthcare Policy and Management

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Health Sciences

Degree Designation

BS - Bachelor of Science

Learning Outcomes

The program aims to equip students with the following abilities:

1. Analyze policies, economic trends, and determinants of health to strategically plan health services delivery.
2. Plan and organize resources essential for the efficient operation and the equitable delivery of health services.
3. Develop healthcare financial management plans applicable to the healthcare business setting.
4. Use industry-standard health technology applications for managing administrative and clinical information.
5. Apply computational methods to analyze and improve processes in healthcare organizations and systems.
6. Integrate policy, management, and finance in applied administrative settings.

Articulation Agreements

The program has an articulation agreement with the AS in Public Health from BMCC and an option to earn a graduate degree from CUNY School of Public Health with one additional year of full-time study. City Tech students enrolled in the BS in Healthcare Policy and Management program can take graduate-level courses during their junior and senior years, which count towards both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Distance Learning Information

The BS in Healthcare Policy and Management has been approved to be offered as a fully online program. However, it does not accept international students needing an F-1 visa due to the requirement that students maintain their full-time status and do not take more than 3 credits online each semester.

Requirements

General Education

• Completion requirement
• Required Common Core:
  • English Composition
  • Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning
  • Life and Physical Sciences
• Flexible Common Core: at least one course in each of the five flexible core areas and an additional sixth course in one of them.

College Option

• All baccalaureate students must complete the following 12 credits:
  • One course in speech/oral communication
  • One interdisciplinary course
  • Two additional liberal arts courses or, in BTech programs, additional liberal arts credits to reach a minimum total of 42 credits in general education.

Writing Intensive

• Students must complete two courses designated writing intensive (WI) for the associate level and two additional courses designated WI for the baccalaureate level.

Progression and Graduation Requirements

• Maintain an overall 2.0 GPA.
• Receive a minimum grade of “C” in each core upper-level course designated with the prefix HSCI or HSA.
• No HSCI or HSA upper-level course may be repeated more than once.

Required Courses in the Major

• Complete all of the following courses:
  • BIO 1101 - Biology I
  • BUS 1122 - Business Law
  • COM 1403 - Introduction to Communication in Healthcare Professions
  • ECON 1101 - Macroeconomics
  • HSCI 1101 - Introduction to Health Delivery and Careers
  • HSCI 2200 - Safety for Healthcare Professions
  • HSCI 3101 - Health Care Policy & Management I
  • HSCI 3201 - Health Care Policy and Management II
  • HSCI 3301 - Health Law and Regulatory Compliance
  • HSA 3630 - Health Care Finance and Accounting Management
  • HSCI 4101 - Managerial Systems in Health Care
  • HSCI 4201 - Medical Metrics for Health Facilities
  • HSCI 4910 - Introduction to Public Health Administration
  • HSCI 4960 - Nursing Home Administration
  • HSCI 4970 - Social Marketing in Healthcare Settings
  • MAT 1272 - Statistics
  • PHIL 2203 - Health Care Ethics
  • PSY 1101 - Introduction to Psychology
  • PSY 2404 - Personnel and Organizational Psychology
  • SBS 2000 - Research Methods for the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • SOC 2403 - Law and Society

Electives

• Earn at least 15 credits
• Choose electives as needed to reach 120 credits overall with at least 60 credits in liberal arts and sciences.

Overall Requirements

• Complete at least 60 credits of liberal arts and sciences
• Complete a minimum of 30 credits in residence at New York City College of Technology, at least 15 of which must be from among those listed as required courses in the major
• Earn at least 120 credits

Degree Map Narrative

A recommended semester-by-semester plan for full-time students is provided, outlining the courses to be taken each semester to ensure timely completion of the program. The plan includes general education requirements, major requirements, and electives, ensuring that students meet all the necessary requirements for graduation.