The Bachelor of Science in Health Care Leadership is designed to meet the needs of adult learners whose primary focus is the health care field. The major is particularly suited to health care professionals who possess essential clinical skills but wish to enhance their career opportunities by developing proficiencies in management, supervision, leadership, and education.

The program is delivered in an accelerated format consisting of four terms with classes held typically one night a week. The classes are highly interactive and practical in nature. Carefully structured readings, written assignments, exercises, and applied term projects support the information acquisition and cognitive elements of the program. The four required terms focus on the following themes:

• Health Care Team Building
• Health Care Supervision
• Health Care Education
• Health Care Systems/Leadership

Program Admission Requirements

Formal admission to the Health Care Leadership Major and enrollment in the intensive specialty courses sequence require the following:

1. licensure, registration or certification in a health care profession or employment in a health related field.
2. a minimum of 90 quarter hours (or 60 semester hours) of transferable credit. These credits may be earned through National-Louis University course work, transfer credit, credit by exam and credit by proficiency. A maximum of 60 quarter hours of technical credit may be included.
3. a grade point average of 2.0 or above (on a 4.0 scale) in all postsecondary work.
4. two letters of recommendation from persons qualified to judge academic or professional expertise.

Health Care Leadership Requirements 48 QH


AHA430 Human Resource Development for Health Care Supervisors 3
AHA431 Principles of Health Care Supervision 5
AHA432 Financial and Physical Resource Administration4
AHA440 Health Care Systems 5
AHA441 Health Care Planning and Evaluation 4
AHA442 Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care 3
AHE430 Educational Delivery in Health Care 4
AHE431 Presentations Skills in Health Care 4
AHE432 Educational Assessment in Health Care 4
AHG Professional Writing in Healthcare 4
AHG400 Overview of Health Care Delivery 4
LAS331 Dynamics of Group Behavior 4

Electives to total 180 quarter hours (including maximum of 60 quarter hours of technical credit). A student in the Health Care Leadership Program may earn elective and general studies credit through National-Louis University course work, transfer credit, credit by exam, credit by proficiency and credit by portfolio.

Total Minimum Hours 18O QH