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Master of Business Administration (MBA)

School of Business and Technology

Health Care Management specialization

Increase your career potential in the fast-growing field of health care management, where a master's degree is the standard credential for most positions. This MBA Health Care Management specialization is designed to strengthen the management and business skills you need to function effectively within the health care industry. The curriculum, designed using guidelines outlined by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education, includes a thorough study of health care strategic and financial management, health care policy analysis, and legal and ethical considerations within the industry. People who choose this specialization are often pursuing mid-level management or executive positions in the health care industry or in organizations serving the health care industry.

MBA business core

The business core delivers the traditional MBA disciplines in courses such as marketing, operations, strategy, and finance.

MBA coaching process

Our Professional Effectiveness CoachingSM process allows you to work with a professional coach to define and develop the skills you need to become a more effective leader. Our coaches help you facilitate your growth and performance in your current job, while positioning you to advance toward your career goals.

Total Program: 48 quarter credits
Up to 12 quarter credits may be transferred into this program
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Next Start Date: January 11, 2010
Credit: $645

78% of our learners receive aid.

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Core Courses (each course 3 quarter credits unless noted)

  • MBA6010 and MBA6020 must be taken first and in sequence.
  • MBA6010 - Professional Effectiveness: Stretch, Impact, Reposition
  • MBA6020 - Leading for Results
  • MBA6110 - Marketing and Brand Management
  • MBA6130 - Operations and Process Management
  • MBA6140 - Applied Managerial Statistics
  • MBA6150 - Accounting
  • MBA6160 - Financial Management*
  • MBA6180 - Managing Information Assets and Technology
  • MBA6190 - Strategy

Specialization Courses (each course 3 quarter credits unless noted)

  • MBA6271 - Strategic Management of Health Care Systems*
  • MBA6273 - Health Care Financial Management*
  • MBA6275 - Health Care Policy Analysis and Decision Making*
  • MBA6277 - Ethical and Legal Considerations in Health Care*
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  • In addition, choose two from the following courses:
  • MBA6120 - Sales and Customer Relationship Management
  • MBA6210 - Building Relationships
  • MBA6220 - Developing and Coaching Others
  • MBA6230 - Leading Teams
  • MBA6240 - Facilitating Change
  • MBA6250 - Leveraging Workplace Diversity
  • MBA6260 - Negotiating for Results
  • MBA6270 - Regulatory and Ethical Environment of Business

Capstone Course (taken during learner's final quarter)

  • MBA6370 - Health Care Management Capstone: Judgment, Planning, and Action* - 3 quarter credits
* This course has a prerequisite. Contact an enrollment counselor for more information.
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