Healthcare Management M.B.A.

Major in Healthcare Management (M.B.A.)

(Major Code: 5323)

M.B.A. Requirements (31-49 graduate hours)

M.B.A. Foundation Courses (0-18 graduate hours)

We review the academic background of each applicant to determine whether they will need to complete foundation courses. The three areas, which applicants are most likely to need foundation courses are Financial Accounting, Statistics, and Corporate Finance, but might also include Economics, Management, Marketing, or Business Law.

Applicants with an undergraduate degree in business administration may or may not be required to take foundation courses.
Applicants with an undergraduate degree outside of business administration or an undergraduate degree in business administration may be required to take up to 9 semester hours from the following: ACCT 6300, ECON 6300, CIDM 6300, MGT 6300, MKT 6300, FIN 6300, and BUSI 6300. This determination is made by the associate dean. In addition, the associate dean may select more 9 semester hours of foundation courses in special cases where student academic background in business administration, grade point average or work experience are limited.

M.B.A. Core Requirements (28 graduate hours)

ACCT 6305 - Accounting for Decision Making 3 or
ACCT 6306 - Seminar in Accounting Theory 3 or
ACCT 6370 - Accounting in Health Care Organizations 3
CIDM 6305 - Quantitative Analysis in Business 3 or
CIDM 6308 - Seminar in Data Analytics 3 (may also take as cross-listed ECON 6308 ) or
CIDM 6320 - Econometrics 3
CIDM 6310 - Information Technology Management 3 or
CIDM 6311 - Social Network and Media Analysis 3 or
CIDM 6350 - Data and Information Management 3
FIN 6320 - Seminar in Finance 3 or
FIN 6370 - Financial Management of Health Care 3
ECON 6305 - Seminar in Microeconomic Theory 3 or
ECON 6306 - Seminar in Macroeconomic Theory 3
MKT 6340 - Seminar in Marketing 3 or
MKT 6352 - Seminar in Digital Marketing 3 or
MKT 6356 - Marketing in the Age of Social Networks 3
MGT 6334 - Seminar in Organizational Behavior 3 or
MGT 6345 - Seminar in Leadership 3
MGT 6318 - Strategic Management 3 or
MGT 6390 - Project Management for the Enterprise 3 (may also take cross-listed CIDM 6390 ) or
MKT 6348 - Seminar in Marketing Strategy 3
BUSI 6105 - MBA Portfolio 1 or
BUSI 6360 - Research Methods in Business and Economics 3 (or cross-listed ECON 6360 )

Three semester hours in international business from:

Healthcare Management Courses (9 graduate hours)

Take nine graduate hours from:

Note:

To join this M.B.A. program, an applicant needs at least two years of work experience in the healthcare field or a closely related equivalent.