The Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration (EMBA-HCA) prepares individuals for leadership positions in a wide variety of healthcare organizations. It achieves this by:
- Developing executive students’ analytical and decision-making skills
- Helping them build a strong foundation in business
- Providing them with a thorough, current knowledge of the healthcare industry
This is an accelerated part-time program designed to be completed in 30 months.
The Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration program leads to a Master of Business Administration degree.
Admission Requirements
- At least 5 years of professional/managerial experience, preferably in the healthcare industry. Generally, this experience should be post-undergraduate.
- An undergraduate degree from an accredited university or foreign equivalent.
- Appropriate quantitative skills acquired via academic training or professional experience. These skills may also be demonstrated through a satisfactory score on the GMAT or GRE, or our in-house admissions test.
EMBA-HCA Curriculum
The program has a total of 49.5 credit hours.
Course | Title | Credits |
| Required Courses (24 credits) | ||
Managerial Statistics | 3 | |
Business and Society | 3 | |
Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration | 3 | |
Strategy and Competitive Advantage | 3 | |
Managing People and Organizations | 3 | |
Healthcare Economics | 3 | |
Global Perspectives in Healthcare Assessment | 1.5 | |
Special Topics in Entrepreneurship: Healthcare Ventures | 3 | |
Special Topics in International Business: International Study Tour | 1.5 | |
| Functional Skills Courses (9 Credits from this list, to be selected by the program Academic Director) | ||
| Financial Accounting | 3 | |
| Corporate Finance | 3 | |
Marketing Management | 3 | |
Managing Business Operations | 3 | |
| Information Technology Strategy | 3 | |
Leadership and Managerial Effectiveness | 3 | |
| Elective Courses (16.5 credits, to be selected by the program Academic Director) | ||
| Shown here are selected examples of some courses that have been included in the past. | ||
Special Topics in Sustainable Business: Emerging Issues in the Healthcare Industry | 3 | |
Healthcare Informatics and Quality | 3 | |
Special Topics in Economics: Population Health Assessment | 1.5 | |
The program reserves the right to amend, modify and change the courses offered and/or the sequence of courses.
Degree Requirements
Students must earn 49.5 credits for the MBA in Healthcare Administration degree, maintain a cumulative 3.000 grade point average, and satisfy all Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business and Executive Programs policies, rules, and regulations.
A student whose GPA falls below 3.000 after taking 6 or more credits in the program will be on academic probation. He or she must comply with all Baruch College requirements of grade probation status to continue in the program. Please refer to the current Baruch College Graduate Bulletin, discussion of General Academic Regulations for information on these requirements.
Because this is a cohort program, all students take the same courses together and in the same order. Any student who enters grade probation status may not be able to complete the EMBA-HCA program within the period of 30 months.
Students taking all of the courses offered in this cohort program will be registered for either 6 or 7.5 credits in the Fall semester. As such, they are considered to be part-time students.
Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration Degree Competencies & Program Learning Goals
| 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 specialized intellectual competence in at least one business discipline to support post degree employment aims. |
Contact Information
Office of Executive Programs
Zicklin School of Business
Baruch College/CUNY
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box B13-282
New York, NY 10010-5585
Phone: (646) 312-3100
Fax: (646) 312-3101
Email: ExecZicklin@baruch.cuny.edu