The program in Health Care Administration (HCA) leads to the degree of Master of Business Administration in health care administration. Its purpose is to prepare individuals for leadership positions in a wide variety of health care organizations. It achieves this by:
- developing the management students analytic and decision-making capabilities,
- providing the student with a strong foundation in business, and
- providing the student with a thorough background in the health care delivery system.
This is an accelerated program designed to be completed in three years. It is also designed to meet the educational requirements of the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration. Since this program is only offered on a part-time basis, it may not be taken by international students whose visas require full-time study.
Students are registered for a total of 57 semester hour credits. This includes MBA core requirements and required courses outside the core.
Baruch MBA in Health Care Administration Web Site
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required | ||
| ACC 9110 | Financial Accounting | 3 credits |
| ACC 9313 | Managerial Accounting | 3 credits |
| BUS 9100 | Business and Society | 3 credits |
| BUS 9200 | Business Policy | 3 credits |
| BUS 9301 | Leadership Development and Assessment | 2 credits |
| BUS 9303 | Three Faces of Negotiating: Behavior, Law, and Labor | 1 credit |
| FIN 9770 | Financial Decision Making | 3 credits |
| FIN 9790 | Seminar in Finance | 3 credits |
| LAW 9213 | Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration | 3 credits |
| MGT 9300 | Management: A Behavioral Approach | 3 credits |
| MGT 9400 | Human Resource Management | 3 credits |
| MKT 9703 | Marketing Management | 3 credits |
| STA 9708 | Applied Statistical Analysis for Business Decisions | 3 credits |
| either this course... | ||
| CIS 9000 | Information Systems for Managers | 3 credits |
| ...or the following two courses... | ||
| CIS 9001 | Information Systems for Managers I | 1.5 credits |
| CIS 9002 | Information Systems for Managers II: Managing and Harnessing Technology | 1.5 credits |
| either these three courses... | ||
| ECO 9708 | Microeconomics for Managers | 2 credits |
| ECO 9709 | Macroeconomics | 2 credits |
| ECO 9766 | Health Care Economics | 2 credits |
| ...or the following four courses... | ||
| ECO 9730 | Fundamentals of Microeconomics | 1.5 credits |
| ECO 9740 | Fundamentals of Macroeconomics | 1.5 credits |
| ECO 9792 | Specials Topics in Economics: Economics of Health Care Systems | 1.5 credits |
| MGT 9792 | Special Topics in Operations Management: Health Care Quality Management | 1.5 credits |
| either this course... | ||
| MGT 9700 | Introduction to Operations Management | 3 credits |
| ...or the following two courses... | ||
| MGT 9702 | Service Operations I | 1.5 credits |
| MGT 9704 | Service Operations II | 1.5 credits |
| either these two courses... | ||
| MGT 9721 | Strategic Planning | 3 credits |
| MGT 9350 | Organizational Analysis in Health Care | 3 credits |
| ...or the following two courses... | ||
| BUS 9793 | Special Topics in Sustainable Business: Emerging issues in the Health Care Industry | 3 credits |
| MGT 9994 | Special Topics in Enterpreneurship: Health Care Ventures | 3 credits |
| either this course... | ||
| STA 9000 | Regression and Forecasting Models for Business Applications | 3 credits |
| ...or the following two courses... | ||
| ECO 9792 | Special Topics in Economics: Population Health Assessment | 1.5 credits |
| MGT 9792 | Special Topics in Operations Management: Business Forecasting | 1.5 credits |