Health Care Management/Business Administration Dual Degree (M.S./M.B.A.)
The M.S. in Health Care Management and M.B.A. dual-degree program is designed to meet the needs of students who desire a strong business background with a prominent emphasis on the U.S. health care industry. A dual degree will prepare students for middle- or senior-level management positions in hospitals or other health care organizations.
Upon successful completion of all dual-degree requirements, students will receive both an M.S. in Health Care Management and an M.B.A. Students successfully completing both degrees will achieve the learning outcomes of each of the two programs. See the M.S. in Health Care Management program for its student outcomes and the M.B.A. program for its student outcomes.
Admission Requirements: In addition to meeting the universitywide requirements, students applying to the health care management/business administration dual degree must meet the admission requirements of each of the two programs.
Minimum Grade Requirements: A minimum grade of C is required to receive credit for a course in this dual-degree program. All graduate students in the School of Business and Technology must maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 will be placed on academic probation. Students must bring their cumulative GPA to 3.0 or higher within nine (9) graduate credits or be dismissed. A student whose cumulative GPA falls below 3.0 a second time will be dismissed.
Dual-Degree Requirements — Health Care Management/Business Administration
63 credits
Courses are listed in recommended sequence of enrollment.
| HCM 500 | Accounting Basics for Health Care Managers | 3 |
| HCM 510 | Health Care Management | 3 |
| MBA 511 | Management Foundations | 3 |
| NU 590 | Health Care Data Analysis | 3 |
| IT 545 | Health Care Informatics | 3 |
| MBA 515 | Management in Organizations | 3 |
| ECO 590 | Health Care Economics | 3 |
| HCM 535 | Health Care Policy and Ethics | 3 |
| LA 540 | Health Care Law | 3 |
| MBA 517 | Leading in Business | 3 |
| HCM 590 | Population Health and Epidemiology | 3 |
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| MBA 585 | Global Business Experience | 3 |
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| HCM 585 | Global Health Care | 3 |
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| HCM 560 | Health Care Operations Management | 3 |
| HCM 520 | Health Care Reimbursement Systems | 3 |
| HCM 550 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| MBA 522 | Corporate Finance | 3 |
| MBA 521 | Marketing Concepts and Practice | 3 |
| HCM 555 | Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing | 3 |
| HCM 565 | Health Care Cases and Project | 3 |
| MBA 626 | Strategic Management Seminar | 3 |
| One (1) graduate-level elective | 3 |
| HCM 530 | Human and Organizational Development in Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 585 | Global Health Care | 3 |
| HCM 525 | Health Care Management — Long-Term Care | 3 |
| HCM 596 | Special Topics in Health Care Management | 3 |