As your first year draws to a close, you'll take an important professional step and declare a concentration in at least one of our principal fields of business. A healthcare management and consulting concentration offers you an opportunity to understand how this major sector of the U.S. economy works. You'll explore how the industry manages problems and opportunities through different business perspectives, preparing you for a career in the healthcare industry that advances the public good.
Growing faster than any other industry, healthcare not only offers you exciting career opportunities, but also serves an important role in society. Working in healthcare requires knowledge and skills in several cutting-edge areas such as service delivery innovation, process and quality improvement, talent management, analytics, and supply chain management. This interdisciplinary concentration provides exposure to several different areas of business important for working in healthcare.
Curriculum Details
Find the full set of healthcare management and consulting concentration requirements in Northeastern's Course Catalog. Concentrations complement the business degree programs offered, the BS in Business Administration and the BS in International Business.
Upper-level students: Please consult the Course Catalog appropriate to your class year and your academic advisor to ensure your coursework is on track.
“Healthcare is an exciting, growing industry where you can be a difference maker, whether it's working in a hospital, health insurance plan, health or biotech company, or physician's practice.”
Timothy Hoff, Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Health Policy