Business Management and Administration/Health Care Concentration, MBA

Degree Requirements

A minimum of 36 credits is required for the MBA Health Care Concentration degree.

For the MBA Health Care Concentration a maximum of 54 credits may be taken, subject to waivers which may result in a minimum of 36 credits being taken. See waiver policy under Admissions .

The credits are distributed as follows for the MBA Health Care Concentration:

1. A minimum of 33 semester hours of core credits
2. 18 hours of additional course work (if not waived)
3. Three semester hours of capstone course, MGT 6700, which is a health care practicum.

Required Courses

The core curriculum will prepare students for management positions in the health care sector. Graduates are prepared for managerial employment in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that operate in the health care sector.  In addition, students will develop a working knowledge of the various functional areas of business and exposure to the larger environment in which health care providers must function.

• MGT 5020 - Speech Communication for Management (3)
• MGT 5050 - Organizational Behavior and Management (3)
• MGT 5060 - Marketing Management (3)
• MGT 5110 - Production and Operations Management (3)
• MGT 5140 - Ethics in Management (3)
• MGT 5200 - Writing and Research for Managers 4
• MGT 5210 - Health Care Industry Analysis 3
• MGT 5220 - Issues and Trends in Ambulatory & Acute Care 3
• MGT 5230 - Corporate Compliance & Legal Issues in Health Care Sector 3
• MGT 5240 - Financial Management in the Health Care Sector 3
• MGT 5250 - Public Policy and Health Care 3

Additional Core Credits

For the MBA Health Care Concentration, the following 18 semester hours of core credits are required, subject to the waiver policy under Admissions.

• MGT 5030 - Statistical Analysis for Management 3
• MGT 5040 - Management Information Systems 3
• MGT 5070 - Managerial Accounting 3
• MGT 5080 - Quantitative Methods for Management 3
• MGT 5100 - Managerial Economics 3
• MGT 5130 - The International Business Environment 3

MBA Health Care Captstone Course

The practicum that provides the culminating experience in the program is designed so that students might integrate their entire graduate experience into strategic planning and problem solving in health care settings.

• MGT 6700 - Health Care Practicum 3