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MBA In Health Care Management & Leadership [HCML]


This program is designed to prepare students for careers in the fields of managed care supervision, patient care management, Health Care services manager, regulatory analysis, & resource specialist. Students pursuing this Emphasis will learn about leadership skills in Health Care management, Health Care economics, Health Care information systems, & the ethics of Health Care.

    - Fundamentals of Health Care Systems
    - Medical Assisting
    - Statistics for Health Care Policy & Administration
    - Health Care Management Organization & Behavior
    - Information Technology for the Health Care Profession

MBA CURRICULAR REQUIREMENTS (60 units)

1. REQUIRED COURSES: 30 units/10 courses
  • GRC 500 MBA Program Planning & Practices & Knowledge TRA
  • ACC 511 Financial Statement Analysis
  • MKT 517 Marketing and Brand Management
  • ECO 518 Economics for Decision Making
  • MGT 525 Strategic Human Resource Management
  • MGT 545 Strategic Management & Competitive Globalization
  • GRC 505 Problem Analysis & Research Methods
Students will take the Comprehensive Competency Assessment 1 (CCA1) upon completion of the above listed Required Courses.

2. SPECIFIC COURSES FOR EMPHASIS: 15 units/5 courses
  • HCM 503 Leadership in Healthcare
  • HCM 507 Healthcare HR Management
  • HCM 512 Health Care Economics
  • HCM 523 Ethics of Healthcare
  • HCS 533 Healthcare Information Systems
Comprehensive Competency Assessment 2 (CCA2) Exam will be taken after completing the 5 Emphasis courses

3. PREPARATION OF MASTER’S CAPSTONE PROJECT OR MASTER’S THESIS: 9 Units
To fulfill this academic requirement, student must select either a Master’s Capstone Project or a Master’s Thesis and receives approval by the Student Advisory Faculty (SAF). Students must successfully complete 9 semester units of coursework in this area.

For the Master’s Capstone Project, students must complete 9 semester units of coursework ending with a Capstone Project Report:
  • GRC 520 – Project Research Plan; PR: CCA 2
  • GRC 530 – Master’s Capstone Project; PR: GRC 520

For the Master’s Thesis, students must complete 9 semester units of coursework ending with a Thesis:
  • GRC 525 – Thesis Plan; PR: CCA 2
  • GRC 535 – Master’s Thesis; PR: GRC 525