BS - Business Administration - Health Care Management

The four-year Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree program is designed for students with clearly defined career goals in the business field. Through the completion of core business courses, students engage in solving global, real-world problems.

Students learn to diagnose, research, solve, execute and evaluate business problems in a team environment. Interactivity of students, course work, faculty and peers enhance critical skills of collaboration and cooperation. The program is geared towards course work that students can apply in ways that are meaningful for professional and personal success.

Students may choose to specialize in one of the following concentrations:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Healthcare Management
• Human Resource Management
• International Business
• Marketing
• Organizational Management

We also offer degree completion opportunities that allow students who have earned some college credit to complete their bachelor's degree.

Dental Hygiene - Associate's

The mission of this program is to provide the community with qualified dental hygienists prepared to perform effectively and productively within the allied health arena. Enrolled students will experience an integrated curriculum providing opportunities for building skills in assessment, cognitive and lifelong learning, as well as technical skills.

Graduates will be prepared to provide preventative dental services as dental hygienists under the supervision of the dentist.

Diagnostic Medical Sonography - Associate's

This program prepares students to work as healthcare professionals, to interact with other healthcare professionals and patients in a professional and ethical manner, to develop the best possible technical skills in sonography and to demonstrate at all times the utmost respect and concern for the well-being of the patients they serve.

Graduates will be prepared to provide healthcare services as sonographers. The diagnostic medical sonographer works under the direction of a physician, using ultrasound imaging techniques for purposes of diagnosis.

Health Service Management - Master's

The Master of Science in Health Services Management provides a comprehensive course of graduate study to prepare health service providers and managers for the challenges of modern health care. The program recognizes the value of applied research in solving the problems of today's health systems, and encourages the acquisition of sustainable research methods and skills.

The program curriculum is intended to provide students with an advanced understanding of contemporary business practices, modern health care systems and organization, policy development and planning techniques, management and leadership strategies, health behaviors, financial management and analytical research methods. The program provides students with the knowledge and skills to fully utilize proven health care management methods, while developing new theories and applications relevant to modern health care management.

Histotechnology - Associate's

The mission of this program is to teach students to work as healthcare professionals, to interact with other healthcare professionals and patients in a professional and ethical manner, to develop the best possible technical skills in histology and to demonstrate at all times the utmost respect and concern for the well-being of the patients they serve.

Graduates will be prepared to provide healthcare services as histotechnicians. Histology is the study of cells, tissues and body systems. Histotechnicians prepare tissue specimens for examination and diagnosis by pathologists. These tissue sections enable the pathologist to diagnose body dysfunction and malignancy.

MBA - Healthcare Administration

Argosy University's Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is focused on identifying solutions, putting the solutions to work and evaluating the consequences of those actions. Students acquire skills to be a new kind of leader - one who can identify challenges and opportunities, draw on the latest technology and information, use advanced analytical and planning approaches, and execute plans for positive change. Businesses need leaders who can act and realistically evaluate how to maximize the impact of the solution. Argosy University's curriculum embraces solutions, leadership and action. The program is designed to serve the needs of talented students, regardless of their undergraduate degrees.

Students may choose one of seven concentrations:

• Business Administration
• Corporate Comnpliance
• Customized Professional Concentration
• Finance
• Fraud Examination
• Healthcare Administration
• Information Systems Management
• International Business
• Management
• Marketing
• Public Administration
• Sustainable Management Concentration

Medical Assisting - Associate's

The mission of this program is to prepare students to work in a healthcare environment as part of a professional team dedicated to providing top-quality medical care. In support of this, the Argosy University faculty and staff provide an educational environment in which the students develop their personal and technical skills to become dedicated, knowledgeable and ethical caregivers demonstrating utmost respect and concern for the well-being of the patients and families they serve.

Medical assistants are trained to be multi-skilled allied healthcare professionals. Their responsibilities include patient care, laboratory testing, limited x-ray, office management and assisting the physician. Their versatility keeps them in high demand in clinics and doctors offices.

Medical Laboratory Technology - Associate's

The mission of this program is to teach students to work as healthcare professionals; to interact with pathologists, technologists, other medical personnel and patients in a professional and ethical manner, to develop the best possible technical skills in laboratory analysis and to demonstrate at all times the utmost respect and concern for the well being of the patients they serve.

The modern medical laboratory is a technologically advanced working environment that offers outstanding career opportunities for medical laboratory technicians. Technicians perform extensive laboratory testing procedures and often participate in medical research leading to advancements in healthcare.

Medical Technology - Bachelor's

Radiation Therapy - Associate's

The mission of the program is to provide the medical community with entry-level radiation therapists by providing them with knowledge and technical skills, a broad-based general education and an understanding of, and compassion for, cancer patients and their families.

Radiation therapists prepare patients for radiation treatment, position patients under a linear accelerator and administer pre-prescribed doses of ionizing radiation to specific parts of the body. They may also assist in treatment planning, patient support and care and brachytherapy.

Radiologic Technology - Associate's

The mission of the program is to provide the medical community with entry-level radiologic technologists competent to perform diagnostic medical radiography. Consistent with the institutional mission, the program is committed to the student's educational and professional growth. The program integrates both general and technical education to ensure that graduates can meet the multiple demands of rapidly changing technology in medical practice.

Radiographers are highly skilled professionals qualified by education to perform imaging examinations and accompanying responsibilities at the request of physicians qualified to prescribe and/or perform radiologic procedures.

Veterinary Technology - Associate's

The mission of this program is to teach students to work as healthcare professionals, to interact with veterinarians, other technicians and animal owners in a professional and ethical manner; to develop the best possible technical skills in the handling and care of animals, and to demonstrate at all times the utmost respect and concern for the well-being of the animal patients they serve.

Veterinary technicians provide critical and ongoing care to all types of animals, from companion animals such as dogs, cats and horses to farm animals and exotic animals. Veterinary technicians may choose to specialize or participate in a general practice, serving the healthcare needs of all types of animals.