Healthcare Management and Administration, BS/Healthcare, MBA (5-Year Program)

The BS in Business Healthcare Management and Administration/Healthcare MBA program at the Mount is designed to prepare students for careers in diverse organizational settings by inculcating them with skills, abilities, and competencies that allow them to evaluate, communicate and solve Healthcare business problems with ethical reasoning.

Students who complete the full, five-year course sequence will have experienced an integrated program, with a BS in Healthcare management and a Healthcare MBA from their graduate studies, incorporating liberal arts strengths with contemporary business and Healthcare management studies.

The undergraduate program provides students with the professional knowledge needed for key business disciplines, within the context of a comprehensive liberal arts education. Both the undergraduate and graduate business programs provide an internship and/or practicum experience that is largely experiential, involving work with organizational clients and requiring integration of the major business functional areas, including finance, law, marketing, management and accounting.

Undergraduate Business Healthcare Management students are eligible to declare the Healthcare Management 5-year BS/Healthcare MBA Track through the semester in which they have accrued 90 career credits. It is important to note the minimum GPA requirement for admission into the MBA year. Upon the completion of 90 credits, BS/MBA Track students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or better, which, if not met, are then required to revert to the traditional 4-year BS degree in Business Healthcare Management and Administration (BS). Additionally, to qualify for the Healthcare MBA Fifth Year, students must have maintained a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or better through graduation. Special circumstances are subject to review and discretion by the Dean, Chair, and/or Coordinator.

Mount Saint Mary College has received accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) Olathe, Kansas. IACBE is the premier business accreditation body for business programs in student-centered colleges and universities throughout the world. The IACBE accredits business degree programs at more than 225 colleges and universities in more than 20 countries. IACBE promotes and recognizes excellence in business education in colleges at both the undergraduate and graduate levels

Undergraduate Program Requirements for Healthcare Management

Program Requirements for Healthcare Management are as follows (60 credits)

ACC 1050FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

3

ACC 1060MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING

3

BUS 1010INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

3

BUS 1020MARKETING PRINCIPLES

3

BUS 1070/FIN 1070Introduction to Finance

3

BUS 3150ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

3

LAW 2050BUSINESS LAW I

3

HCM 1000Introduction to Healthcare Systems

3

HCM 2021QI and Risk Management in HCM

3

HCM 2200/LAW 2200HEALTH CARE LAW AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

3

HCM 2650HEALTH CARE INFORMATICS

3

HCM 3020FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR

3

HCM 3250HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

3

HCM 4900SEMINAR IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT

3

HCM 4950Healthcare Management Internship

3

Major Electives

Must take 3 courses of business electives (9 credits).

BUS Elective

BUS Elective

BUS Elective

Free Elective (2 courses, 6 credits)

 

General Education Required Courses (14 courses, 42 credits)

ART, MUS, THR, FR, GER, SPA or ITA

AST, BIO, CHM, ERS, PHY, MST, SCI

CIT 1052COMPUTER LITERACY

3

CMA 2170PUBLIC SPEAKING

3

ECO 1010PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS

3

ECO 1020PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS

3

ENG 1010COLLEGE WRITING

3

ENG 1020FORMS OF LITERATURE

3

HIS

MTH 1400ELEMENTARY FUNCTIONS

3

Or

MTH 1500PRE-CALCULUS

3

or

MTH 2300/BUS 2300INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

3

or

MTH 2510ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY- CALCULUS I

4

MTH 2070ELEMENTARY STATISTICS

3

PHL 2080LOGIC

3

or

PHL 1030INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

3

PHL 3670MEDICAL ETHICS

3

REL

Students must also take one lab science elective and 18 credits of liberal arts electives (6 courses)

Liberal Arts Electives

6 courses, 18 credits

Graduate Program Requirements for the HCM, BS/HC, MBA

A minimum of 31 semester hours of core credits, excluding the Capstone and Practicum courses. There are no elective courses in the MBA Healthcare course of study.

The credits are distributed as follows for the MBA Healthcare Concentration:

1. A minimum of 34 semester hours of core credits
2. 18 hours of additional foundational course work (if not waived)
3. Three semester hours of capstone course, MGT 6600, and three semester hours of MGT 6700, which is a

            Healthcare practicum.

Required Courses

The core curriculum will prepare students for management positions in the Healthcare sector. Graduates are prepared for managerial employment in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that operate in the Healthcare sector. In addition, students will develop a working knowledge of the various functional areas of business and exposure to the larger environment in which Healthcare providers must function.

MGT 5050ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5060MARKETING MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5110PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5140ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5200WRITING AND RESEARCH FOR MANAGERS

4

MGT 5210HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

3

MGT 5220ISSUES AND TRENDS IN AMBULATORY AND ACUTE CARE

3

MGT 5230CORPORATE COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR

3

MGT 5240FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR

3

MGT 5250PUBLIC POLICY AND HEALTH CARE

3

MGT 6600RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS POLICY

3

MGT 6700CORE REQUIRED PRACTICUM

3

MGT 5200 and MGT 5020 are merged for the HEALTHCARE MBA ONLY so that students are only required to take the 4-credit MGT 5200, a required core course. MGT 6600 is a capstone course and MGT 6700 will be included in the care (required practicum for HEALTHCARE only).

Additional Core Credits

For the MBA Healthcare Concentration, the following 18 semester hours of core credits are required, subject to the waiver policy under Admissions.

MGT 5030STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5040MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

3

MGT 5070FINANCE & MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

3

MGT 5080QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT

3

MGT 5100MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

3

MGT 5130THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

3

MBA Healthcare Capstone Courses

The practicum that provides the culminating experience in the program is designed so that students might integrate their entire graduate experience into strategic planning and problem solving in Healthcare settings. Additionally, the 6600 Capstone provides a similar culminating experience in the program, whereby students may integrate their entire business graduate experience to apply what they have learned across the business and Healthcare spectrums in a final course.