MBA - Healthcare Management and Leadership

A Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Healthcare Management and Leadership is designed to prepare students for careers in the fields of managed care supervision, patient care management, health care services manager and analysis.

MBA CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS (45 units)

1. REQUIRED COURSES: 21 units/7 Courses

• GRC 500 MBA Program Planning & Practices & Knowledge TRA
• ACC 511 Financial Statement Analysis
• MKT 517 Marketing and Brand Management
• ECO 518 Economics for Decision Making
• MGT 525 Strategic Human Resource Management
• MGT 545 Strategic Management & Competitive Globalization
• GRC 505 Problem Analysis & Research Methods

Students will take the Comprehensive Competency Assessment 1 (CCA1) upon completion of the above listed Required Courses.

2. SPECIFIC COURSES FOR EMPHASIS: 15 units/5 courses

• HCM 503 Leadership in Healthcare
• HCM 507 Healthcare HR Management
• HCM 512 Health Care Economics
• HCM 523 Ethics of Healthcare
• HCS 533 Healthcare Information Systems

Comprehensive Competency Assessment 2 (CCA2) Exam will be taken after completing the 5 emphasis courses

3. PREPARATION OF MASTER’S CAPSTONE PROJECT OR MASTER’S THESIS: 9 Units

To fulfill this academic requirement, student must select either a Master’s Capstone Project or a Master’s Thesis and receives approval by the Student Advisory Faculty (SAF). Students must successfully complete 9 semester units of coursework in this area.

For the Master’s Capstone Project, students must complete 9 semester units of coursework ending with a Capstone Project Report:

• GRC 520 – Project Research Plan; PR: CCA 2
• GRC 530 – Master’s Capstone Project; PR: GRC 520

For the Master’s Thesis, students must complete 9 semester units of coursework ending with a Thesis:

• GRC 525 – Thesis Plan; PR: CCA 2
• GRC 535 – Master’s Thesis; PR: GRC 525