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Online Classes: Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership
Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership
Program Overview
Flat rate tuition: $4200
The online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership (GCHL) is designed for working professionals who want to advance their healthcare professional knowledge, skills, and leadership abilities. The GCHL program offers a career-relevant and learner-centered curriculum that is delivered entirely online. The GCHL Program will provide students with essential knowledge and skills required for today’s healthcare leader.
A student that completes the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership program will be able to:
- Explain the organizational and operational principles of the U.S. healthcare system.
- Apply the standard principles of leadership, communication, organizational culture within a healthcare environment.
- Describe the essential fiscal drivers necessary for value creation within healthcare organizations.
- Employ best practices required to support, develop, and motivate a healthcare workforce.
Students seeking admission to the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership program must complete the following:
- Submit a completed graduate program application with required documents and any fees.
- Submit official transcripts from the bachelor degree granting higher education institution and all graduate-level transcripts.
- An applicant with less than 40 credit hours on the bachelor degree granting transcript will be required to provide additional transcripts.
- An applicant must possess a bachelor’s degree or higher with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from an institution that is approved/accredited by a historically regional accreditor.
- An applicant with a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from an institution that is approved/accredited by a historically national accreditor may be granted provisional admission.
- An applicant with a minimum of 3.0 cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from World Education Services (WES) with a U.S. equivalency summary indicating a bachelor's degree from a historic region accreditor may be granted provisional admission.
- Submit a current professional resume or Curriculum Vitae.
To qualify for the Graduate Healthcare Leadership Certificate students must complete all of the following program requirements:
Required Courses Credit Hours
Complete All of the Following Courses:
Course Number | Course Name | Credit Hours |
HCA 510 | Healthcare Delivery in the United States | 3 |
HCA 525 | Healthcare Human Resource Management | 3 |
HCA 535 | Healthcare Financial Management | 3 |
HCA 550 | Healthcare Leadership, Communications, and Organizational Culture | 3 |