The following academic calendars are for Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration students.

First Year

First Trimester

• Managerial Statistics (3 credits)
• Strategy and Competitive Advantage (3 credits)
• Global Perspectives in Healthcare Management (1.5 credits)

Second Trimester

• Financial Accounting (3 credits)
• Managing People and Organizations (3 credits)

Third Trimester

• Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness (3 credits)
• Societal and Governmental Environment of Business (3 credits)

Second Year

Fourth Trimester

• Healthcare Informatics and Quality (3 credits)
• Managing Business Operations (3 credits)
• Population Health Assessment (1.5 credits)

Fifth Trimester

• Healthcare Economics (3 credits)
• Corporate Finance (3 credits)

Sixth Trimester

• Marketing Management (3 credits )
• Managerial Accounting and Applications in Healthcare (3 credits)

Third Year

Seventh Trimester

• Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3 credits)
• Emerging Issues in the Healthcare Industry (3 credits)

Eighth Trimester

• Healthcare Ventures (3 credits)
• International Study Tour (1.5 credits)

NOTE: The program reserves the right to make changes in curriculum and sequencing as needed.

A key highlight of the EMBA HCA curriculum is an international study tour that occurs at the end of the program. You will travel with a faculty member to an international location for 8-10 days to experience a first-hand view of the challenges faced by managers and executives in different healthcare systems. The trip is designed to be an illuminating experience that enhances students’ international business perspective and gives them a greater understanding of the impact of our rapidly globalizing world.

The Emerging Issues in Healthcare course, taken in the final year of the program, brings C-suite executives to the classroom to discuss impending challenges in healthcare and their institutions. Following their lecture, the speakers dine with a small group of program participants, providing a unique opportunity for personal interaction with major executives in the healthcare industry. You will get to have dinner two or three times during the semester with the executives of your choice.

This capstone experience in the final trimester of the Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration program requires you to develop a comprehensive business plan for a healthcare business venture. The project challenges you to work cohesively to cultivate an original idea, using all the business and healthcare knowledge presented throughout the program. At the culmination of the project, you will pitch your idea to stakeholders in the healthcare community, including CEOs, CFOs, VPs, and other executives.

The Program has established a series of benchmarks for our students upon completion. Our goal is that majority of our graduates will meet or exceed the expectations of the evaluators from outside the Program with respect to the following eight competencies.

Teamwork and Leadership

Students will develop skills that permit them to function effectively in teams and be given opportunities to experience, understand, and develop their competencies as leaders.

Communication

Students will be effective oral and written communicators as leadership and teamwork in business is dependent on developing shared meaning and commitment to action fostered through communication.

Information and Technology Literacy

Students will develop effective information literacy skills and understand how information technology is used to support organizational decision-making.

Ethical Awareness

Students will be sensitive to ethical issues in business, understand the importance of behavior and their responsibilities as business people to uphold ethical principles in their dealings.

Quantitative Analysis

Students will effectively use quantitative techniques to describe and analyze business phenomena and help develop solutions to business problems.

Financial Knowledge

Students will effectively use economic, accounting and financial concepts to assess markets, to manage revenues and costs, and to oversee budgets in healthcare organizations.

Knowledge of the Healthcare Environment

Students will know the health insurance system in the US, its major payers and its myriad incentives so as best adapt business skills to the efficient provision of healthcare services to diverse populations and their multiple needs.

Knowledge Integration

Students will have the opportunity to develop a specialized intellectual competence in at least one business discipline to support post degree employment aims.