Management: Health Care Management

Shape the Future of Healthcare Delivery

At Emmanuel, studying management with a concentration in healthcare connects your education to the heart of Boston’s renowned healthcare and business communities. Located near the Longwood Medical Area, you’ll gain access to hands-on opportunities with top hospitals, healthcare organizations, and industry leaders.

This interdisciplinary program is designed for students passionate about healthcare and equipped with the analytical skills needed in today’s business environment. You’ll learn to navigate healthcare laws, regulations, and technologies while building expertise in managing operations, human resources, finance, and marketing within healthcare systems.

You will graduate prepared for in-demand roles where you can create positive change, improve patient outcomes, and help shape the future of healthcare delivery.

The Curriculum

View the 2024-2025 Academic Catalog to find course titles, numbers and descriptions.

Requirements for a B.A. in Management with a concentration in Health Care Management 

In addition to courses required for the major in management, students take 12 credits from the courses listed below. We also recommend that Management majors do their management internship (MGMT3496) in a position in the health care industry.

  • PHIL1205 Health Care of Ethics (M) (ER)
  • ECON3113 Economics of Health Care
  • Choose one of the following:
    • COMM3806 Health Communication
    • GPH1201 Perspectives on Public and Global Health (DM)
    • PSYCH2405 Health Psychology 
    • SOC2123 Operations and Health Care Systems, Structures and Cultures
    • THRS2222 Social Justice and Global Health (RCT) (RICT) (SJ)

View the 2024-2025 Academic Catalog to find course titles, numbers and descriptions.

Requirements for a Minor in Health Care Management

(for non-Accounting/Finance/Management/Marketing majors)

  1. MGMT1101 Intro to Business
  2. ECON1101 Principles of Microeconomics (SA) (SS)
  3. PHIL1205  Health Care Ethics (M) (ER) 
  4. ECON3113 Economics of Health Care
  5. MGMT2307 Organizational Behavior (SA) (SS) (DM) OR MKTG2200 Principles of Marketing OR MGMT2301 Legal Environment of Business
  6. Choose one of the following:
  • COMM3806 Health Communication (SJ)
  • GPH1201 Perspectives on Public and Global Health (DM)
  • PSYCH2405 Health Psychology
  • SOC2123 Operations and Health Care Systems, Structures and Cultures 
  • THRS2222 Social Justice and Global Health (RCT) (RICT) (SJ)

We strongly recommend that non-science majors also consider taking BIOL1102 Human Biology (SI-L)(NSL), BIOL1103 Human Biology w/o lab, BIOL1112 Biology and Society (SI), BIOL1211 Emerging Infectious Diseases (SI) (NS) (SJ) and/or BIOL2121 Human Health and the Environment (SJ).