Healthcare Pathway

Overview

The Healthcare pathway prepares students for diverse careers in the healthcare sector, an innovative, complex, and critical part of every developed economy. Foundational courses provide core knowledge essential for all healthcare careers and encompass the payer, provider, and biotech/pharmaceutical sub-industries. Students then choose sub-industry electives based on their specific interests. This pathway is ideal for careers in healthcare investing, management, consulting, policy, and entrepreneurship.

Course Catalog

Explore Healthcare courses in the Course Catalog

Pathway Breakdown

Foundational Courses

  • The U.S. Healthcare System: Structure and Strategies (B8823, 1.5 credits)
  • *Financing Innovation in Healthcare (B8356, 1.5 credits)

*Corporate Finance Prerequisite

Courses

  • Applying Healthcare IT & Digital Health (B8145, 1.5 credits)
  • Public Policy & the Healthcare Industry (B8578, 1.5 credits)
  • Healthcare Venture Capital and Private Equity: HCIT & Services (B8128, 1.5 credits)
  • Investing in Digital Healthcare Startups (B8132, 1.5 credits)

Courses

  • Biotech/Pharma Commercialization and Development Strategies (B8692, 1.5 credits)
  • **Investing in Medical Technologies (B8746, 1.5 credits)
  • Strategy and Competition in Pharmaceutical & Biotech (B8536, 1.5 credits)

** Capital Markets Corequisite

  • Consulting Practicum: Healthcare Management, Design, and Strategy [with CUIMC] (B8100, 3 credits All Industries)