Healthcare Administration & Innovation Curriculum

Combining business fundamentals, healthcare-focused coursework, and work-based learning, this program prepares you to become a leader behind the scenes of healthcare—helping organizations deliver better care, improve patient outcomes, and serve communities more effectively.

The 94-credit interdisciplinary curriculum for the Applied Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration & Innovation includes courses in healthcare, biology, statistics, management, finance, policy, and technology. The program includes coursework from all three schools: the Sawyer Business School, College of Arts & Sciences, and Law School.

This curriculum includes 30 credits of shared general education requirements, 30 in the business core, and 25 credits in healthcare administration and innovation, giving students a solid foundation in business fundamentals before they progress to developing expertise in the area of non-clinical healthcare support. Program participants learn as a cohort, completing courses together throughout their six semesters at Suffolk University.

Year 1: 32 Credits

Fall Semester Spring Semester
WRI-101 First Year Writing I (4)
Prereq for: SBS-110		 SBS-110 Business Communications (3)
Prereq for: ACCT-201, MGT-217, ISOM 210
SBS-100 (1) SBS 104 Innovative Teaming (3)
Prereq for: ACCT-201, MGT-217, ISOM 210
SBS-101 Business Foundations (3)
Prereq for: SBS 104, SBS-110		 EC-101 Microeconomics (3)
Social, Cultural, Global Perspectives elective (4) Elective course (3)
MATH 128 or higher (4)
Prereq for: STATS, ACCT-201		 STATS-250 or 240 (4)
Prereq for FIN-200, SBS 298

Year 2: 31 Credits

Fall Semester Spring Semester
ACCT-201 Acct For Decision Making I (3) BIO 114/L114 or new STE course (STE requirement) (4)
ISOM-210 Management Info Systems (3) HLTH-300 Healthcare Internship (3)
Prereq for: HLTH 401
MGT-217 Organization Behavior (3) SBS-298 Tackling Global Wicked Problems (3)
Prereq for: HLTH 401
EC-102 Macroeconomics (3) BLE-216 Business Ethics and Law (3)
HLTH-301 Healthcare in the United States (3) Elective Course (3)

Year 3: 31 Credits

Fall Semester Spring Semester
HLTH-303 Healthcare Operations & Innovation (3) FIN-200 Business Finance (3)
ISOM-319 Operations Management (3) HLTH-307 Innovative Healthcare Models (3)
SIB-429 Strategic Management (3) SOC-253 Sociology of Health and Illness (4)
HLTH-305 Quality and Patient Experience (3) HLTH 309: Healthcare Law and Policy (3)
Undergraduate only section of LAW-2243
Elective Course (3) HLTH-401 Healthcare Capstone: Innovation and Impact (3)