Health Care Management
Baltimore is one of the hotbeds in the U.S. for health care with large research and community hospitals, biotechnology firms, insurance providers, in the region. The specialization in Health Care Management professionals to advance their careers by strengthening their credentials as healthcare managers, administrators and consultants. It provides a sound basis in the latest business practices and leadership skills.
This specialization utilizes the faculty expertise found in the University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs School of Health and Human Services.
"From January 2007 through November 2017, the health care sector added just over three million jobs, which represented about 32 percent of all new U.S. jobs." 1
Source: 1 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (website accessed 05-21-18)
MBA Program Requirements and Specialization Courses
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Foundation Courses (0-12 Credits)
Up to 12 Foundation Credits may be waived. Please speak with your adviser. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 505 Accounting Essentials
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 ECON 505 Micro Economics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 ECON 506 Macro Economics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 FIN 505 Essentials of Finance 1.5 MKTG 505 Marketing Essentials
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPM 505 Introduction to Operations Management
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPRE 505 Fundamentals of Statistics
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 OPRE 506 Managerial Statistics
Prerequisite: OPRE 5051.5 -
Required Core Courses (15 Credits)
All students in the MBA program take these Required Core Courses. Course No. Title Credits ACCT 605 Performance Management and Accounting Controls
Prerequisites: ACCT 505 or equivalent.3 ECON 605 Business and Public Policy in a Global Economy
Prerequisites: ECON 505 and ECON 506.1.5 ENTR 605 Creativity and the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing.1.5 FIN 605 Financial Management
Prerequisites: FIN 505 or with permission.1.5 INSS 605 IT for Business Transformation
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing3 MGMT 605 Leading with Integrity
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing1.5 MKTG 605 Marketing Strategy
Prerequisites: MKTG 504 or MKTG 505, or with permission.1.5 OPRE 605 Business Analytics
Prerequisites: OPRE 504 or OPRE 505 and OPRE 506, or with permission.1.5 -
Flexible Core Courses (9 credits)
Are you more the corporate type or do you have an entrepreneurial mindset?
These Flexible Core Courses can be tailored to fit your career goals.Course No. Title Credits FIN 615 Entrepreneurial Finance
Prerequisites: FIN 605 or with permission.1.5 FIN 625 Corporate Finance
Prerequisite: FIN 6051.5 MGMT 615 Managing in a Dynamic Environment
Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 6003 MGMT 625 Collaboration, Negotiation and Conflict Management
Prerequisites: MGMT 605 or MGMT 6003 MKTG 615 Entrepreneurial Marketing
Prerequisite: MKTG 6151.5 MKTG 625 Customers and Markets
Prerequisite: MKTG 6051.5 OPM 615 Innovation and Project Management
Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 5063 OPM 625 Operations and Supply Chain Management
Prerequisites: OPM 505 or MGMT 5063 -
Capstone Course (3 Credits)
You are close to graduating. It's time to step up your game with the experiential Capstone Course. Course No. Title Credits MGMT 790 Strategic Management Capstone
Prerequisites:
ACCT 605, ECON 605,
ENTR 605, FIN 605,
INSS 605, MGMT 605,
MKTG 605, OPRE 6053
Specialization Courses (9 Credits)
| Course No. | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HSMG 630 | The Legal Environment of Health Care Management | 3 |
| HSMG 632 | Quantitative Tools for Health Systems Management | 3 |
| HSMG 650 | Quantitative Management Methods for Decisions in Health Services Prerequisite: HSMG 632 or Advising Approval |
3 |
| HSMG 697 | Health Insurance and Prepaid Health Care | 3 |
| HSMG 750 | Health Care Systems, Organization and Management | 3 |
| HSMG 753 | Policy Issues in Health Care | 3 |
| HSMG 755 | Health Administration | 3 |