Health Innovation

Description
The health innovation concentration provides students an opportunity to prepare for a position in the health care industry. A variety of students might benefit from having a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies degree with a Health Innovation Concentration: pre-nursing students; students unable to meet the admission standard for the College of Nursing & Health Innovation Upper Division Nursing Program; students undecided about nursing as a career, but might be interested in the health care field.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• A minimum 9 upper division hours must be taken in courses offered by the College of Nursing and Health Innovation.

Required Core 3 Hours Required
Select One Course

HCI 150 Introduction to Health Innovation (3)

HCI 250 Health Entrepreneurship and Value Creation (3)

HCR 210 Ethics for the Health Care Professional, HU (3)

HSC 320 

HCR 220 Introduction to Health Profession and the U.S. Health Care System, H (3)

HSC 330 

HCD 330 Health Care Systems in the U.S. (3) (Prerequisite(s): minimum 30 hours)

HCR 230 Culture and Health, C & G (3)

HSC 210 

HCD 210 Cultural Aspects of Health, C (3)

Required Concentration Core 15 Hours

HCI 311 Health Innovation: Foundational Concepts (3) (Prerequisite(s): ENG 102 or 105 or 108 with C or better; minimum 45 hours)

HCI 412 Transforming Health Care: A Systems Perspective for Innovation (3) (Prerequisite(s): HCI 311 with C or better)

HCI 421 Health Care Policy: The Innovator's View (3) (Prerequisite(s): HCI 311 with C or better)

HCI 425 Facilitating Innovation to Achieve Outcomes (3) (Prerequisite(s): HCI 311 with C or better)

HCI 428 Technology: A Tool to Advance Innovation in Health Care (3) (Prerequisite(s): HCI 311 with C or better)