Healthcare Management and Administration, BS/Healthcare Management, MBA (4 + 1 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, 4 + 1 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 4 + 1 BS/Healthcare MBA Track through the semester in which they have accrued 90 career credits or lower. It is important to note the minimum GPA requirement for admission into the MBA year. Upon the completion of 90 credits or lower, 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 4 + 1, 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.
A student cannot begin their MBA graduate studies until they have completed their undergraduate Bachelors studies and have been awarded their undergraduate degree.
Undergraduate Program Requirements for Healthcare Management
Program Requirements for Healthcare Management (60 credits)
Major Electives
Must take 3 courses of ACC/BUS, ECO, FIN, HCM, LAW, MKT or SPM electives (9 credits).
Free Elective (2 courses, 6 credits)
Required Support Courses
Graduate Program Requirements for the MBAHC
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 MBA Healthcare:
1. A minimum of 31 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 5050 | ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5060 | MARKETING MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5110 | PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5140 | ETHICS IN MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5200 | WRITING AND RESEARCH FOR MANAGERS | 4 |
| MGT 5210 | HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | 3 |
| MGT 5220 | ISSUES AND TRENDS IN AMBULATORY AND ACUTE CARE | 3 |
| MGT 5230 | CORPORATE COMPLIANCE AND LEGAL ISSUES IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR | 3 |
| MGT 5240 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR | 3 |
| MGT 5250 | PUBLIC POLICY AND HEALTHCARE | 3 |
| MGT 6600 | RESEARCH SEMINAR IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF BUSINESS POLICY | 3 |
| MGT 6700 | CORE 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).
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.
Additional Core Credits
For MBA Healthcare, the following 15 semester hours of core credits are required, subject to the waiver policy under Admissions.
| MGT 5030 | STATISTICAL ANALYSIS FOR MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5040 | MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 3 |
| MGT 5070 | FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING | 3 |
| MGT 5080 | QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT | 3 |
| MGT 5100 | MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS | 3 |
| MGT 5130 | THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT | 3 |