Executive Master in Business Administration - Population Health / Health Care Management Courses
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BUS 7303 | Legal, Ethical and Political Aspects of Health Care Management (3 Credits)
Examines the legal, ethical, and political forces to their impact on health care organizations. Explores principles and practical applications of laws affecting the operational decisions of health care providers, health plans, and third-party payors and managers, as well as health care products and services.
BUS 7305 | Regulatory Systems and Quality Assessment in the Health Care Environment (3 Credits)
Course provides insight into a variety of regulatory bodies commonly found in the US health system and explores their function, standards, and impact on quality assessment procedures. Other topics include the meaning of quality as it relates to health and health care, the various roles and responsibilities of regulatory boards, and the applicaton of quality improvement within the medical care sector.
BUS 7450 | Strategic Marketing (3 Credits)
Covers the identification and selection of marketing opportunities, target markets and design, and implementation and evaluation of marketing programs. Cross-listed with BUS 5745.
BUS 7810 | Population Heath Management (3 Credits)
Provides an in-depth overview of Population Health Management as a discipline, its components, and business applications. Covers the PHM paradigm, principles of behavior changes, health system navigation and continuity of care. Course addresses the business case for PHM, IT decision support, policy implication and ethical dimensions, using models of care management and research as its basis.
BUS 7813 | Healthcare Management Informatics (3 Credits)
Graduate level health professional's course offering a multidisciplinary perspective on Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). The course will cover HMIS emergent information systems perspectives, HMIS technology and applications, HMIS planning and management, HMIS standards, policy, governance, and the future of HMIS.
BUS 7816 | Program Development for Improved Outcomes (3 Credits)
Provides practical applications of strategies to improve the health status and outcomes of defined populations.
Executive Master in Business Administration Classes
EMBA Prerequisites
A prospective EMBA student who has not satisfied the preparatory course requirements should take at least one undergraduate accounting course and one economics course with a minimum letter grade of “C” for each, or complete the MBA Math course. The prerequisite course(s) must be completed prior to enrolling in BUS 7500 Managerial Economics and BUS 7800 Management Accounting. Note that BUS 7500 and BUS 7800 are also prerequisite courses for the BUS 7600 Managerial Finance course. Your Student Services Advisor will advise you about how to enroll in the MBA Math course should you require it.
Core Courses
BUS 7000 | Organizational Behavior and Theory (3 Credits)
Examines human behavior as it impacts the work organization. Includes theoretical foundations of motivation, group dynamics,leadership, decision-making, satisfaction and performance. Cross-listed with HRC 7611 and BUS 5700.
BUS 7200 | Value Systems & Professional Ethics (3 Credits)
Studying personal and corporate value systems and decision making. Investigation of personal beliefs, purposes and attitudes, and their effects on self and others. Examines the ethical dimensions of organizational structures and practices. Cross-listed with HRF 7001 and BUS 5720.
BUS 7500 | Managerial Economics (3 Credits)
Applying economic theory to managerial decision making. Emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative application of microeconomic principles to business analysis. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in the fundamentals of economics.
BUS 7600 | Managerial Finance (3 Credits)
Applying the theories and tools used in financial decision making. Topics include present value and capital budgeting, financial analysis and forecasting, market efficiency, and capital structure. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in the fundamentals of accounting and economics.
BUS 7800 | Management Accounting (3 Credits)
Explores the use and application of accounting information for planning, control and decision making. Topics include cost analysis and allocation, budgeting, and behavioral aspects of accounting systems. Prerequisite: Students are expected to have completed undergraduate coursework in accounting fundamentals.
BUS 8500 | Graduate Seminar: Business Policy and Strategy (3 Credits)
Capstone course in which participants develop a major case study of business administration issues, programs and policies in a current organization. Draws from and utilizes concepts, theories, and skills developed in previous courses. Prerequisite: Completion of all core courses in the MBA program or approval of advisor.
BUS/IT 8701/8702 | Executive Practicum(s) (0.5 Credits)
Students participate in a seminar led by a faculty member. Students are required to work a minimum of 5 hours per week in a training position related directly to their concentration. Coursework in the seminar is directly tied to the performance of activities of a regularly scheduled employee in the field of their concentration. NOTE: 12 terms of Executive Praticum courses are equivalent to 6 hours (required).
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