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Course summary

This program prepares students to facilitate the practice of health care and align the business of health care with its healing purpose. The program provides students with solid business management skills and industry specific knowledge needed to effectively lead today's health care organizations. The broad spectrum of health care services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region affords students employment opportunities from a wide array of settings including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, managed care organizations, surgical care centers, medical group practices, pharmaceutical firms and consulting firms. Career possibilities include: emergency management specialist, health educator, hospital administrator, industrial safety and health engineers, management analyst, medical and health services manager, medical records and health information technician, occupational health and safety specialist.

Program modules

The modules include ACCT 5020 (3 hrs.) Accumulation and Analysis of Acct. Data, BCIS 5090 (1.5 hrs.) Intro. to Business Computer Info. Systems, BLAW 5050 (1.5 hrs.) Legal, Reg. and Ethical Env. of Business, DSCI 5010 (1.5 hrs.) Statistical Analysis, FINA 5040 (1.5 hrs) Intro. to Finance and Financial Mathematics, MATH 1190 (3 hrs.) Business Calculus (or other calc. course), MGMT 5070 (1.5 hrs.) Management Issues, MKTG 5000 (1.5 hrs.) Marketing Concepts, ACCT 5130 (3 hrs.) Accounting for Management, DSCI 5180 (3 hrs.) Introduction to Decision Making, FINA 5170 (3 hrs.) Financial Management, MKTG 5150 ( 3 hrs.) Marketing Management, MGMT 5140 (3 hrs.) Organizational Behavior and Analysis, BUSI 5190 (3 hrs.) Administrative Strategy, MGMT 5530 Physical Practice Organizations, HMAP 5245 Health Economics, HMAP 5270 Health Services Management, HMAP 6215 Health Insurance and Managed Care, HMAP 5255 Health Finance I, HMAP 5256 Health Finance II, HMAP 5260 Health Information Systems, HMAP 5240 Health Politics and Policy, HMAP 5272 Strategy Planning and Marketing, EPID 5100 Epidemiology.

Entry requirement for international students

Students must hold a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from a regionally accredited institution. Students should have a 2.8 grade point average or higher on all undergraduate work or a 3.0 GPA on the last 60 hours of their undergraduate degree or a 3.4 GPA on their master's degree. International students should have obtained a minimum TOEFL score of 79 (Internet-based), score of 550 (Paper-based) and score of 213 (Computer-based) and a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 overall band and also should have minimum MELAB (official version) score of 80 or higher.

Qualification

MBA

Awarding body

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

Department name

College of Business Administration, Department of Management

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