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Graduate Catalog 2024-2025



Dual Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Services Administration (MBA/MHSA)

Description

The Master of Business Administration and the Master of Health Services Administration (MBA/MHSA) dual program is designed to accommodate the career needs of health care professionals. 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 dual program is offered cooperatively between the College of Health Professions and the College of Business Administration. It is 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 dual program provides additional study about the health care environment, providing a stronger basis for obtaining employment in the 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

Students interested in the MBA/MHSA dual program must apply to both the MBA and MHSA programs and be accepted into both programs in order to be fully admitted into the MBA/MHSA dual program. The Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) program requires a separate application to the College of Health Professions. Admission criteria to the Master of Health Services Administration program differ from the MBA program admission criteria. For questions or assistance regarding the application process to the Master of Health Services Administration, contact the MHSA program director via e-mail at hsaprogram@udmercy.edu.

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).

Admission Materials for the 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 involve a structure that includes the following set of core courses and a set of post-core courses (33 credit hours). 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)
  • HSA 5400 Healthcare Research Methods and Healthcare Statistics (3 credits)
  • HLH 5700 Health Care Delivery and Policy Issues (3 credits)
  • HSA 5780 Quality Improvement in Health Care Organizations (3 credits)

Under the MBA/MHSA dual program, students are required to be enrolled in both programs. In this option a maximum of nine overlapping credit hours may be counted toward the two concurrent degrees if the overlapping credits are approved for both degrees.

Graduate students should consult the Master of Health Services Administration for program requirements and courses.

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. Each student's specific requirements are determined individually with the objective of ensuring the overall quality of that student's degree program.

Degree Identifications

Upon completion of the Dual MBA/MHSA program, graduates receive two diplomas: one for the MBA degree and one for the Master of Health Services Administration degree.

Program Contact Information

Graduate Admissions Counselor: Jennifer Goethals


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