Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Health Care Administration

What We Need From You

• Completed application form
• An official transcript indicating a bachelor’s degree conferred from a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• For applicants whose native language is not English, a minimum TOEFL test score of 600 on the paper-based test, a score of 250 on the computer-based test, or score of 100 on the internet-based test for international applicants (Minimum passing score may vary as the ETS revises the exam.)

Still completing your bachelor’s?

Send all official transcripts for all colleges attended and an official transcript from a regionally accredited institution of higher education showing all undergraduate coursework completed and a letter from the school’s registrar on letterhead validating the anticipated degree and degree completion date.

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Students will be admitted to the MBA program with one of the following statuses:

• Full admission: Applicants who meet admissions requirements and have earned a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) from all colleges and universities attended.
• Conditional admission: Applicants who meet admissions requirements but have earned a cumulative grade point average below 2.75 (on a 4.0 scale) from all colleges and universities attended. Students accepted conditionally must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA upon completing 9 credit hours in the MBA program to be granted full admission.
• Provisional admission: If an SPGS graduate applicant is lacking an official final transcript as described in the admission requirements, the applicant may be admitted on a provisional basis. Students admitted provisionally have until the last day of the first course to submit all admission documents required to be granted either full or conditional admission. Failure to satisfy this provision results in administrative withdrawal from the program.

Based on reasonable projections of faculty availability and appropriate curriculum considerations, the following courses can change as deemed necessary by Baker University to fulfill its role and mission. Students can finish the curriculum requirements in 18 to 20 months. Some students finish in 12. Students may take one or two courses at a time but must maintain a 3.50 grade point average if doubling up.

Pre-MBA Courses | 6 credit hours

MBA 500 Fundamentals of Business Administration
This course provides the knowledge, resources, and essential skills for success at the business graduate level. Students will demonstrate an understanding of common professional components (e.g., marketing, business finance, accounting, management, legal environment of business, economics, business ethics). (3 credits)

MBA 501 Fundamentals of Business Economics and Finance
Students will gain a foundational understanding of business economics and finance to prepare them for their graduate business studies. This course will cover the basics of supply and demand, comparative advantage, opportunity costs, maximization of profit, money, banking, investments, and financial planning. (3 credits)

Foundational Courses | 9 credit hours

MBA 553 Marketing Management and Strategy
This course examines the issues facing today’s marketing managers in a dynamic competitive global environment. The course assesses responsive marketing strategies measured by industry-recognized key performance indicators. Students will explore the various contemporary functions of marketing and build competency for making effective decisions in the area of marketing management. (3 credits)

MBA 557 Accounting Applications for Managers
Students will examine and apply key financial and managerial accounting concepts necessary to effectively operate a business. Students will learn the importance of financial planning and control, and they will understand how costs behave and how to determine financial success. Students will be asked to interpret financial statements, formulate strategies for making sound financial decisions, and build the skills required to effectively evaluate and report business performance. (3 credits)

MBA 554 Managerial Finance
Students learn about methods for determining the optimal volume and composition of firm assets, liabilities, and equity in this course. The focus is on the theory and practice of capital budgeting and asset financing. (3 credits) Prerequisite MBA 557 Accounting Applications for Management

Core Curriculum | 9 Credit Hours

MBA 542 Business Data and Analytics
This course provides students with the ability to comprehend, analyze, and solve business challenges using data from internal and external sources. Students will apply the latest data analysis techniques to support effective organizational decision-making across industries. (3 credits)

MBA 580 Executive Leadership
This course presents a broad survey of theory, research, and the practical application of effective leadership in formal organizations.  Students will examine the major perspectives on leadership and think critically to apply leadership concepts related to leading change, influencing others and organizations, as well as the dyadic relationships between leaders and followers. (3 credits)

MBA 595 Strategic Planning for Competitive Organizations
This course is the capstone of the MBA core. Students will go through the actual strategic planning processes of an organization to identify the firm’s present situation, internal and external competitive positions, financial health, and overall market standing. Students will learn how to formulate realistic and attainable short- and long-term strategies for achieving organizational objectives. (3 credits)

HCA 520 Advanced Concepts of Health Care Administration
Students analyze organizational dynamics and complex operational and regulatory factors that must be aligned to ensure the highest quality care and greatest efficiency and cost effectiveness. Operational divisions, functions, and groups, including professional providers, care givers, and support services such as finance management, information services, human resources, plant services, and marketing are explored in relation to their integral value, purpose, function, and unique perspectives. Emphasis on the creation of an environment of continuous improvement and organizational adaptability and success are explored. Measures and benchmarks of success are integrated throughout the course. (3 credits)

HCA 540 Integrating Ethics in Health Care
Students explore the ethical components, dilemmas, and obligations in American health care organizations and systems. Specifically, ethical issues related to caregiving and bioethics, demographic trends, relationships among organizational professionals and staff, delivery models, securing and allocating scarce resources, ethical terminology, and technology are examined. Health care organizational ethics and obligations are analyzed, emphasizing the role of manager/leader in creating an ethical culture of care delivery and cost-effectiveness. Various ethical decision-making models are compared and applied to case scenarios while incorporating and using ethical terminology.  (3 credits)

HCA 550 Managing Health Care Information Systems
Students focus on the increasing presence of and reliance on information technology and information systems in health care organizations and systems of all sizes and purposes. Today’s health care manager/leader must understand the use, types, benefits, and limitations of information technology on structure, processes, and work design. Infrastructure requirements and cost, security, and related regulation and law are reviewed. The selection and alignment of information management with organizational strategic planning to achieve high levels of performance are emphasized throughout. (3 credits)

HCA 560 Hospital Management
Hospital Management provides a framework for addressing management problems in hospitals and other health care organizations. By the end of the course, students will have been exposed to many management ideas, theories, and applications. (3 credits)

• Successful completion of the MBA curriculum (30 credit hours)
• A 3.0 overall GPA with no grades below C
• Completion of all coursework within six years of the date of initial enrollment
• Submission of intent to graduate form to the Office of the Registrar
• Payment of all tuition and fees
• Approval by the faculty and Board of Trustees