Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management

Required Courses

MBA 708: Essentials of Financial Analysis
Learn to interpret corporate financial statements to see how these documents inform an organization’s decision-making process. You will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to analyze past performance and apply this information to formulate strategic decisions to influence future performance.

MBA 780: Leading the Healthcare Workforce
Explore the challenges and opportunities that leaders in healthcare management careers face. Learn how to maximize human resources and other organizational resources to improve efficiencies and the quality of healthcare.

MBA 783: Informing Healthcare Decisions with Data Analytics
Discover ways to gather, analyze, interpret, communicate, and use data for organizational decision-making. Learn concepts regarding data analytics, methodologies for collecting data, and strategies for managing data for analysis.

MBA 786: Addressing Contemporary Issues and Trends in Healthcare
Examine current United States healthcare, identifying trends and issues relevant to your experiences and explore strategies for addressing them.

Elective Courses

If you plan to earn your MBA in Healthcare Management after earning your healthcare management certificate, we recommend you take MBA 709: Essentials of Economic and Statistical Analysis as an elective.

There are more than 20 additional elective courses to choose from to complete four credits of electives to earn the certificate, including the following additional healthcare management courses:

MBA 781: Fundamentals of Health Information Technology Management
An introduction to the dynamic world of information technology in healthcare management. Gain an understanding of information processing, the content and evolution of healthcare information systems, and the current and future methodologies.

MBA 782: Healthcare Finance and Economics
Become better informed about the economics of health insurance and healthcare. Explore public policy issues concerning health, medical care, and healthcare reform.

MBA 789: Health Care Organization and Delivery
Gain a foundational understanding of our complex health system, from basic organization and management to an exploration of the relationships between cost, quality, and access in the context of system improvement and healthcare reform.

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