Dual Degree: Business Administration/ Health Administration

Curriculum

The MBA/MHA Dual Degree Program integrates the AACSB-accredited MBA curriculum with the CAHME-accredited MHA curriculum for both the residential and online student. Competencies have been mapped to assure compliance with both accreditation bodies. The total credit hour completion for this dual degree is seventy (70) credits if HAD 581 - Administrative Residency  is required, or sixty-five (65) credits if HAD 580 - Internship in Health Administration  is required. Students must meet all admission criteria for both programs.

• All of the degree requirements of both the MBA and MHA must be satisfied;
• Students are expected to take the cornerstone course MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice  early in the program, ideally as their first regular course, but no later than as their third regular course.
• HAD 501 - Health Care Financial Management I , HAD 518 - Healthcare Research and Analytics ,  HAD 519 - Health Services and Systems  and MGT 505 - Organizational Behavior  are foundational/core courses that are to be taken in the first year. To be eligible to enroll in MGT 509 - Business Policy , a student must (i) have completed MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice  and (ii) be in their final semester of coursework prior to their Administrative Residency.
• All MBA/MHA dual degree students are required to complete one (1) MHA elective course.

• Students transferring from MBA or MHA: In order to be eligible for admission to the MBA/MHA dual degree program, a student matriculated in either the MBA or MHA degree programs must apply before completing 75% of their respective degree program’s credit hour requirements. Any MBA or MHA course that the student completed that also belongs to the dual MBA-MHA curriculum may be counted toward the dual program’s requirements.

Admission Requirements

On-campus Program

Applicants must meet the admissions requirements of both residential MHA and the MBA programs to be admitted into the MBA/MHA Dual Degree Program.

The following is required to apply for admission:

• Bachelor’s degree from an American college or university which is accredited, or equivalent from an international college or university;
• Undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a grading scale of 4.00;
• Completed Graduate School Application;
• Official transcripts;
• Two letters of reference from people capable of evaluating an applicant’s ability to succeed in this program;
• Resume and career statement with career goals;
• Score of 80 (internet) on the TOEFL exam for international students; Step Test-Pre-1st; IELTS-Band 6;
• Personal interview with the MHA Program Director and others.

Online Program

Applicants who wish to meet some or all of the program requirements online must meet the admissions requirements of the residential MBA/MHA Dual Degree Program (above) as well as the following requirements for online programs.

• At least one of the letters of reference must be from senior executive other than the one signing the affidavit verifying 3 years of managerial experience;

• International students must have a minimum TOEFL of 80 (ibt).

 Total Program Credits: 62 credits of coursework plus 3-8 credits of fieldwork

Core Courses (59 cr required)	Credits
ACC 502 - Accounting for Management	3
FIN 508 - Financial Management	3
HAD 501 - Health Care Financial Management I -taken 1st year	3
HAD 504 - Human Resources Management	3
HAD 518 - Healthcare Research and Analytics	3
HAD 506 - Health Care Economics and Policy	3
HAD 530 - Leadership and Organization Behavior	3
HAD 509 - Administrative Issues	3
HAD 519 - Health Services and Systems -taken 1st year	3
HAD 521 - Health Care Financial Management II	3
HAD 523 - Health Care IT Management	2
HAD 524 - Health Care Law and Ethics	3
MGT 501 - Responsibility, Sustainability & Justice -taken 1st year	3
MGT 505 - Organizational Behavior -taken 1st year	3
MGT 509 - Business Policy	3
MKT 506 - Marketing Management	3
OM 503 - Operations Management	3
OM 545 - Quality Management	3
BUAN 571 - Introduction to Business Analytics	3
ECO 507 - Managerial Economics	3
MHA Elective (3 cr required) select one of the following
HAD 510 - Hospital Administration	3
HAD 512 - Medical Practice Administration	3
HAD 513 - Long Term Care Administration	3
HAD 517 - Global Health Management	3
HAD 526 - Grants Writing and Management	3
HAD- prefixed travel course	3
HAD Fieldwork (3-8 cr required) Credits based upon prior work experience; to be determined at time of admission ( HAD 580 - Internship in Health Administration , HAD 581 - Administrative Residency , HAD 582 - Directed Study ,  HAD 583 - Externship in Health Administration )	3 to 8
Total Program Credits- 62 credits of coursework plus 3-8 credits of fieldwork	65 to 70

 

Course Requirements for Specializations (All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted)

Students in the Dual MBA-MHA program automatically earn the MBA specialization in Healthcare Management and the MHA specialization in Health Administration. Students wishing to pursue a further third specialization may consider one of the following, all of which require additional coursework as indicated in the last column below.

 

MHA Specialization	Coursework Needed
Global Health	HAD 517 - Global Health Management  or a HAD-prefixed travel course, HAD 595 - South American Health Systems  and HAD 596 - European Health Systems
Health Informatics	HINF 520 - Introduction to Health Informatics ,  HINF 550 - Population Health for Health Informatics  and HINF 570 - Health Information Policy and Governance
Population Health Management	HAD 540 - Epidemiology and Population Health Management ,  HAD 541 - Population Health and Systems Science  and HAD 542 - Population Health Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach
MBA Specialization	Coursework Needed
Accounting	3 ACC Advanced Electives
Business Analytics	3 BUAN Advanced Electives
Enterprise Resource Planning	3 ERP Advanced Electives
Finance	ECO 500 - Essentials of Economics  and 3 FIN Advanced Electives
Human Resource Management	3 HRM Advanced Electives
International Business	3 International Advanced Electives
Marketing	3 MKT Advanced Electives
Operations Management	2 OM Advanced Electives