This specialized MBA degree prepares business leaders with focused skills in finance, accounting, strategic management, marketing, and information systems for the healthcare industry. Business competencies are a must-have for health organizations in all sectors including hospitals, community health centers, and large healthcare systems.

You will learn about the social, political, economic, and financial environments of the American healthcare system; and the tools, concepts and techniques of effective managerial decision-making, financial planning, and administrative control.

The MBA/Health degree has the same number of credits as the MBA. The specialization occurs in the designation of the electives.

Locations

The MBA portion of this specialized degree may be completed at our main Boston campus, at our off site location in North Andover and fully online.  

The specialized Health Administration portion of the degree must be completed on campus in Boston. 

MBA/Health Program of Study

Required Introductory Course– 1 credit

• MBA 600  Effective Career Planning

Core Courses – 24 credits – may be waived

• MBA 610  Organizational Behavior 
• MBA 622 Operations and Data Analysis 
• MBA 630  Economic Analysis for Managers 
• MBA 640  Corporate Financial Reporting and Control 
• MBA 650  Value-Based Financial Management 
• MBA 660  Marketing: The Challenge of Managing Value 
• MBA 670  Information Management for Competitive Advantage
• MBA 680  Managing in the Ethical and Legal Environment 

Required Capstone Courses – 6 credits

• MBA 780  Managing in the Global Environment 
• MBA 800  Strategic Management OR HLTH 890 Healthcare Strategic Management 

Electives – 24 credits*

Fifteen of the 24 credits are designated within this specialized MBA.

HLTH 701  Health Systems I
HLTH 702  Health Systems II
P.AD 716    Human Resource Management 
HLTH 840  Global Health Needs, Policy & Organizations - 1.5 credits 
HLTH 841  Global Health Policy - 1.5 credits   
HLTH 831  Performance Improvement & Patient Safety - 1.5 credits
HLTH 826  Healthcare Financial Management - 1.5 credits

Six of the 24 credits (2 courses) will be healthcare electives to be selected with the consultation of the Healthcare Adminstration Director.

Three of the 24 credits (1 course) will be an MBA elective  and may be selected from accounting, business law and ethics, entrepreneurship, finance and managerial economics, information systems, international business, marketing, organizational behavior, strategic management, and taxation.

* One elective must be in the International Business Area.