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WSP 399 - Internship
Internship is an area directly related to the Educational Design. This is an off-campus experience under joint-college/site planning and supervision. Service Learning Course.
Pre-req: Instructor permission; not open to seniors
1 to 4 credits
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WSP 401 - Senior Seminar in Whittier Scholars Program
Final course in the sequence. Capstone seminar which enables student in the program to share their ideas and to peer review one another’s work as they progress through the creation of a Senior Project.
Pre-req: WSP 399
3 credits
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WSP 495 - Independent Study
Credit and time arranged. May be repeated for credit.
1 to 4 credits
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WSP 499 - Senior Project in Whittier Scholars Program
Credit and time arranged.
Pre-req: Design Board approval and Director’s permission
1 to 9 credits
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Whittier College Healthcare Leadership Program |
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WCHL 200 - Principles of Written & Oral Communication
This course aims to provide a solid foundation of communication philosophy and practice on which the remainder of the program’s courses will continue to build upon. Understanding that collaboration in both the college environment and the professional workplace will be a key element in the success of this program’s purpose, we begin our engagement in a setting where communication is the focus. This course will pay particular attention to the conventions of college-level writing and techniques of public speaking, connecting their value to both academic and professional development.
2 credits
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WCHL 250 - Healthcare and Society
The goal of this course is to help students understand how societal factors such as poverty, race and ethnicity, gender, and other factors impact the spread of a disease and the type of healthcare to which a person has and receives. Students will gain a theoretical understanding of how these factors impact healthcare issues, and then they will explore how these factors interface with one another with regards to two diseases: AIDS and Cardiovascular Disease.
1.5 credits
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WCHL 255 - Healthcare Decisions in a Multi-Cultural World
In a complex healthcare environment, it is increasingly important that we understand how decisions have been made, and how healthcare employees can make the best decisions in the future. This course will explore the basis of healthcare decision-making, using data, statistical studies, case studies, and cultural influences to understand how different constituencies approach and respond to decision-making.
3 credits
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WCHL 300 - Management of Healthcare Systems
The focus of this course is management and its primary goal is to advance your understanding of management in complex systems. As 21st Century healthcare managers you must learn to think through multifaceted, ambiguous and dynamic situations and to construct operational approaches that foster effective and efficient outcomes. The course is founded upon thinking that brings a liberal arts perspective to the practice of management. To that end, students will increase their ability to develop and grow people, learn through experience, and work with others through difficult situations. Finally, this course will equip students to be more effective communicators and to employ analytical investigations.
3 credits
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WCHL 350 - Healthcare Finance and Accounting
This course provides an overview of financial and managerial accounting in the healthcare field. This background equips healthcare managers with important concepts that will help them handle their daily operational tasks and contribute to strategic decisions.
1.5 credits
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WCHL 355 - Healthcare Risk Management & the Law
Effective risk management in the healthcare industry requires a working knowledge of the law and the concepts of civil and administrative liability. The purpose of this class is to introduce these legal concepts to healthcare administrators and managers. With this background, healthcare managers can work proactively to avoid or minimize risks and/or can accumulate information and effectively report any incidents once they occur.
1.5 credits
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WCHL 400 - Leadership Development
This course explores the connection between leadership and morality and how to improve your competence as an ethical leader. Management and leadership influence the lives of people within the organization and outside it. By discussing managerial theoretical frameworks and empirical case studies, the course will allow you to develop your own analytical and judgmental skills for leading organizations.
1.5 credits
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WCHL 450 - Organizational Change and Research Project
The topic of this course is organizational change as it pertains to healthcare systems. We can think of change as a threat or an opportunity. The intent of this course is to equip you to turn change as a problem into change as a prospective gain. Fundamental to effective change is your ability to bring a liberal arts perspective to organizational change. This course, intentionally placed at the end of the WCHL program, is to give you the opportunity to become a change leader and manager.
3 credits
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