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Graduate Catalog 2022-2023



MBA and Certificate in Health Services Administration

Description

The MBA is designed to accommodate the career needs of professionals across a wide variety of work organizations: business, health care, industrial, educational, and governmental. Through a MBA and Certificate in Health Services Administration, students are prepared for managing a patient focused organization in an ever-changing and increasingly complex business. The program accommodates both current health care professionals who wish to establish themselves as partners with the business staff in the health care environment and business professionals currently in or moving into the health care environment.

The programs are offered cooperatively between the College of Health Professions and the College of Business Administration. The programs are designed for clinicians and others with minimal formal business training, including doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, medical office staff, etc. For the non-health care professional, the Certificate in Health Services Administration provides additional study about the health care environment, providing a stronger basis for obtaining employment in a health care business setting.

  • Health care practitioners need knowledge and experience beyond clinical expertise to manage effectively at the enterprise level.
  • There is a growing need for clinical credibility combined with managerial and administrative excellence.
  • Effective management in a health care environment requires an understanding of health care policy and reimbursement, financial principles and best practices for marketing, operations and information technology.
  • An MBA establishes clinicians as full partners with business staff in preparing to operate in a changing health care environment.

Admission Requirements

The MBA program is open to students of high promise who have earned a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. No prior academic work in business is required. Admission decisions are based on undergraduate grade point average (GPA), work experience, post graduate studies, and recommendations, and GMAT (if needed). The Certificate in Health Services Administration requires a separate application to the College of Health Professions. Admission criteria to the Certificate in Health Services Administration differ from the MBA program admission criteria. For questions or assistance regarding the application process to the Certificate in Health Services Administration, contact the MHSA program director via e-mail at hsaprogram@udmercy.edu.

Admission Materials for MBA

Admission decisions are based on an undergraduate GPA, GMAT score (if needed), work experience, and other degrees.

  • Complete the Online Application (application fee is waived);
  • Official transcripts for all previous academic work;
  • A resume;
  • Letter of Recommendation (included in the online application); and
  • Applicants are welcome to include any other information they feel is important to the admission consideration. This information can be uploaded while completing the online application.

Requirements for the Master of Business Administration (33 credits)

The basic requirements for Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ's MBA program for students concurrently pursuing the Certificate in Health Services Administration includes the following set of core courses and a set of post-core courses. Core courses serve as the heart of a common educational experience for all students who seek the MBA degree. Post-core requirements include an integrated capstone course, MBA 5900 and elective courses in Health Services Administration.

Core Business Courses

  • ACC 5200 Managerial Accounting (3 credits)
  • MBA 5200 Modeling, Analytics, and Operations Decisions (3 credits)
  • MBA 5210 Personal Development, Ethics, and Social Responsibility (3 credits)
  • MBA 5220 Strategic Financial Management (3 credits)
  • MBA 5240 Marketing Management and Planning (3 credits)
  • MBA 5250 Teamwork and Shared Leadership: Enhancing the Creative Process in Organizations (3 credits)
  • MBA 5260 Systems and Technology (3 credits)

Post-Core Courses

  • MBA 5900 Strategic Management and Innovation in a Global Economy (3 credits)
  • HLH 5500 Research Methods in Health Care (3 credits)
  • HLH 5700 Health Care Delivery and Policy Issues (3 credits)
  • HSA 5780 Quality Improvement in Health Care Organizations (3 credits)

Foundation Courses

Foundation requirements include a set of courses designed for those applicants who have had no exposure or limited exposure to business courses in their academic background and/or limited work experience. These courses, up to a maximum of 12 credit hours, may be required to guarantee preparedness for the program's core and post-core requirements.

Foundation Courses

  • ACC 5100 Corporate Financial Accounting (3 credits)
  • MBA 5100 Legal Issues in Organizational Strategy (3 credits)
  • MBA 5120 Data Analysis for Decision Making (3 credits)
  • MBA 5180 Fundamentals of Financial Management (3 credits)

Each applicant's program requirements are determined immediately following the admission decision. Foundation requirements may be waived, in any number, depending upon the applicant's academic background. The mere fact that a student has completed coursework in one or more particular disciplines or had extensive work experience does not imply that any waiver will be granted. Prior academic work must be of sufficient quantity and quality as to satisfy the specific criteria established. As a general rule, to be even considered as a basis for waiver, prior coursework must have been at least a 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). Each student's specific requirements are determined individually with the objective of ensuring the overall quality of that student's degree program.

MBA and Certificate in Health Services Administration

Students interested in receiving the MBA and Certificate in Health Services Administration will need to take two additional Health Services Administration courses beyond the MBA degree, totaling five Health Services Administration courses. Students must apply to the Certificate in Health Services Administration program in addition to applying to the MBA program and are subject to the rules and regulations of both the College of Business Administration and the College of Health Professions. A grade of B- or above is required for the five Health Services Administration courses that culminate in a GPA of 3.00 or above. Admitted students have a choice of two electives from the following list:

  • HSA 5070 Population Health (3 credits)
  • HSA 5050 Legal Aspects of Health Services Administration (3 credits)
  • HSA 5500 Information Systems for Health Services Administrators (3 credits)

Program Contact Information

Graduate Admissions Counselor: Corinne Foote


Director of Graduate Business Programs: Omid Sabbaghi, Ph.D.


Coordinator of Student Services: Carrol Parris