Business and Healthcare Management
Get the best of both worlds with our BSc Business and Healthcare Management degree, gaining an in-depth understanding of business operations and the healthcare sector.
Our course gives you a range of opportunities to develop the attitudes, abilities and competencies needed to work in a health and social care environment, in the UK and internationally.
It also encourages entrepreneurship, as you’ll have opportunities to develop the skills required to analyse complex contemporary business and healthcare organisations. Business analysis is a critical factor in determining organisational options as it forms the basis for negotiating, planning and execution to deliver on organisational goals.
As a student at ARU London, you’ll also learn from lecturers who have significant industry experience.
Careers
During your studies, you’ll have the chance to take part in a variety of events and one-to-one sessions led by our Employability Team, all designed to help you prepare for your future career. These include CV workshops, interview preparation, personalised career advice, and talks from potential employers.
Employers from the healthcare sector have been directly involved in the design and development of our BSc (Hons) Business and Healthcare Management course. By collaborating with sector partners, we can explore the skill sets that employers are most interested in and ensure they are embedded within the delivery of the course.
Teaching and modules
You'll look at local and national needs for health and social care and the organisations available to meet these needs. Explore performance contributions from human resources, operations scheduling, quality control, and finance and record keeping, with comprehensive and systematic coverage of service operations. Develop an understanding of economic concepts, accounting principles and mathematics.
Develop your innovation and entrepreneurial skills, get an understanding of HR and the role that marketing can play at domestic and international levels. Utilise IT to meet business objectives.
We’ll approach contemporary themes that provide stability, growth, success, and opposing reactions, in healthcare practice and policy. This includes exploring customer service management, modern facilities, and financial challenges. You’ll evaluate an organisation's situation, analysis and selection of strategic alternatives, and implementation and evaluation of their strategic plan. After assessing a range of theoretical and practical approaches to leading change, with particular emphasis on people management issues, we’ll ask you to evaluate the different types of leaders and organisational change which are evident from case studies.
Modules are subject to change and availability, and may vary by location. If you have the choice of optional modules, these are indicated with a *.
- The Health and Social Care Environment
- Academic and Professional Skills
- Managing Quality in Health and Social Care
- Business Finance
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Healthcare
- Managing Human Resources
- Principles and Practice of Marketing
- Principles of Health Informatics
- Sustainability in Career Development
- Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
- Executing Business Strategy
- Leadership and Change Management
- Undergraduate Major Project Health
To prepare you for university study, you can take a foundation year at the start of this course. Find out more about foundation years.
- Research Skills 1
- Professional Communications
- Data Skills
- Personal Development in Professional Settings
- Research Skills 2
- Global Debates
- The Pitch Project
Facilities
As a student at ARU London you'll have access to:
- over 30 lecture theatres ranging in size from those that can accommodate up to 200 students in a theatre-style seating arrangement, to others that are perfect for highly interactive seminars
- two interconnected buildings with libraries containing core texts, wider reading materials, printers, and computer labs. There are also multiple study pods and booths for group work or personal study.
You’ll be supported by:
- our Employability Service, helping you develop skills, knowledge, and experience through a range of extra-curricular sessions and career-focused support
- experienced wellbeing advisors and counsellors, offering assistance with mental, physical, medical, and/or learning conditions
- a mobile app giving you 24/7 access to learning resources, the e-library, and your timetable.
Entry requirements
Fees and funding
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