MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3888 Catalog Year: 2024-2025 Effective Term: 2019 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 61-66 CIP Code: 51.0718	Primary College: Rio Salado College Initiating College: Rio Salado College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Health Sciences Instructional Council: Allied Health (51) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: Upon completion of this program, students may pursue a career as: 11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers

Description: The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Senior Living Management program is designed to prepare future professionals for a career path in the senior living industry and the expanding roles of senior living executives who can adapt to an ever-changing environment of industry demands and growth. The program equips students with essential skills for success in today`s ever changing healthcare and human services marketplace: excellent written and oral communication skills; cultural competency; and critical thinking skills. Graduates will develop the foundational capacity to work with adults and their families in the management of a variety of senior living housing facilities including assisted living, residential care, and continuing care retirement facilities. The program includes a Certificate of Completion (CCL) in Senior Living Management. Students completing the Associate in Applied Science in Senior Living Management may seek employment as activities directors or business office managers or may transfer on for a four-year degree in preparation for employment at the level of executive director or assisted living administrator.

Learning Outcomes
1. Employ logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. (HCC130, SLM110, ACC111, HES100, MGT175, MGT251, MGT276, MKT271, SLM114, SLM116, SLM117, [SQ]) 2. Apply mathematical and computer skills to compile, calculate, audit, or verify information and data. (HCC130, SLM110, ACC111, HES100, SLM117, [CS], [MA]) 3. Evaluate information to assess level of risk, regulatory compliance, and program effectiveness. (HCC130, SLM110, ACC111, MGT175, MGT251, MGT276, MKT271, SLM114, SLM116, SLM117, (CRE),[FYC]) 4. Integrate concepts of ethics, privacy, laws and regulation to achieve optimal organizational effectiveness. (HCC130, SLM110, SLM113, ACC111, HCR210, MGT175, MKT271, SLM114, SLM117, (CRE), [FYC], [HU]) 5. Communicate in varied settings, both orally and in writing, in a culturally responsive manner. (HCC130, SLM110, SLM113, SLM112, SLM114, SLM116, SLM117, (CRE), [FYC]) 6. Collaborate with diverse individuals and institutions to achieve common goals by leveraging the strengths of others. (MGT229, MGT175, MGT251, MGT276, PSY156, SOC265, (COM), (CRE), [FYC], [HU], [SB]) 7. Determine appropriate principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. (MGT229, SLM110, MGT251, MGT276, SLM116) 8. Distinguish between normal and abnormal age-related biological, psychological, and social aspects of adult development and aging. (SLM110, PSY156, SLM112, SOC265) 9. Examine contemporary issues in society and how they impact aging populations. (SLM110, PSY156, SLM112, SOC265) 10. Appraise the roles of various members of the senior living team. (SLM110, SLM113)

Program Notes
Students must earn a grade of C or better for all courses within the program. + indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.

Required Courses

HCC130 Fundamentals in Health Care Delivery 3
MGT229 Management and Leadership I 3
SLM110 Introduction to Senior Living Management 3
SLM113 Resident Care and Management in Senior Living Facilities 3

Credits: 12

Restricted Electives
ACC111 Accounting Principles I (3) AND MKT271 Principles of Marketing (3) OR SLM117 Financial Management and Marketing Practices in Senior Living Facilities (2) 5-6 MGT175 Business Organization and Management (3) OR SLM114 Organizational Management in Senior Living (3) 3 MGT251 Human Relations in Business (3) OR MGT276 Personnel/Human Resources Management (3) OR SLM116 Human Resource Management in Senior Living Facilities (2) 2-3 PSY156 Understanding Death and Dying (3) OR SLM112 Adult Development and Aging for Senior Living Facilities (3) OR SOC265 Sociology of Aging (3) 3 Note: Completion of the above courses fulfills the requirements of the CCL in Senior Living Management (5888).	Credits: 10-15

General Electives
Students should choose twelve (12) to seventeen (17) credits from Free Electives. Any 100/200 level prefixed courses may be selected, except courses used to satisfy the Required Courses area.	Credits: 12-17

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 22-27

General Education Core	Credits: 12-17

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
+ ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG107 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) AND + ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) OR + ENG108 First-Year Composition for ESL (3) 6

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
COM100 Introduction to Human Communication (3) OR COM110 Interpersonal Communication (3) OR + COM225 Public Speaking (3) OR COM230 Small Group Communication (3) 3

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent as indicated by assessment 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
+ MAT112 Mathematical Concepts and Applications (3) OR + MAT140 College Mathematics (5) OR + MAT141 College Mathematics (4) OR + MAT142 College Mathematics (3) OR + MAT150 College Algebra/Functions (5) OR + MAT151 College Algebra/Functions (4) OR + MAT152 College Algebra/Functions (3) OR Any approved general education course in the Mathematical Applications [MA] area 3-5

General Education Distribution	Credits: 10

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
HCR210 Clinical Health Care Ethics 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 3
HES100 Healthful Living 3

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course in the Natural Sciences area 4

+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected.

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: June 25, 2019

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.