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The health care industry is experiencing far-reaching changes. With the rapid development of managed care, providers are merging to form large, integrated delivery systems. The systems that thrive will be led by managers prepared to operate under new sets of rules. Providers will be responsible for the health of the population they serve and for controlling the cost of services.Management of these organizations will require special skills on the part of the health care professionals.

The MBA in Health Care Administration Program is dedicated to excellence in health industry management. The program graduates high-quality managers, people with the requisite flexibility to cope with a rapidly changing health care environment and function effectively in a wide range of settings and organizational forms. To achieve its goals, the program takes a generalist approach to its curriculum. Students obtain a firm grounding in all management disciplines and then consider the application of these disciplines to the problems of health care delivery.

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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:

1. developing the management students analytic and decision-making capabilities,
2. providing the student with a strong foundation in business, and
3. 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

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, it may not be taken by international students whose visas require full-time

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study.

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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

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Admission

Applicants should address inquiries to the Office of Graduate Admissions,
Zicklin School of Business, 
Baruch College/CUNY,
One Bernard Baruch Way, Box H-0820, 
New York, NY 10010-5585
or call (646) 312-1300,  fax (646) 312-1301, 
or e-mail ZicklinGradAdmissions@baruch.cuny.edu

Considerable admission and program information is available on the Zicklin Website:www.baruch.cuny.edu/zicklin. Application materials can be downloaded from this site.

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