The MBA in Health Services Management is designed to prepare the future executive leadership in the health services industry by providing students with requisite business management skills and the latest knowledge of health services administration. The program comprises traditional topical areas dealing with the operation and management of acute, home, and long-term care health services organizations. In addition, the program is designed to prepare students for the unique challenges of managing integrated health care delivery systems, physician group practices, and managed care organizations.
The Health Services Management Site can be found here. Click here to download a copy of the track sheet and proposed course offerings.
Background Courses (13.5 hours)
All students must fullfil the MBA Program's background course requirements.* These background courses are equivalent to foundation courses of an undergraduate business program and will be waived where appropriate after evaluation of transcripts.
*Note: ECON 5000 is waived for the Health Services Management concentration.
Core Courses (18 hours)
All students must fullfil the MBA Program's course requirements.
Concentration Courses (12 Hours)
Students take the following courses from the UNTHSC at Fort Worth School of Public Health:
- HMAP 5240
- Health Politics and Policy (3 hours)
- HMAP 6200
- Organization Management (3 hours)
- HMAP 5245
- Health Economics (3 hours)
- HMAP 5260
- Health Information Systems (3 hours)
- HMAP 6215
- Health Insurance and Managed Care (3 hours)
Note: It is highly recommended that these courses be taken prior to the graduating semester.
Concentration Elective Courses (6 Hours )
- AGER 5400
- Health Delivery Systems (3 hours)
- AGER 5810
- Administration of Long-Term Care and Retirement Facilities (3 hours)
- EPID 5100
- Principles of Epidemiology (3 hours)
- HMAP 5430
- Health and Public Health Law (3 hours)
- HMAP 6225
- Quality in Long-Term Care (3 hours)
- MGMT 5210
- Human Resource Management Seminar (3 hours)
- MGMT 5530
- Operation & Management of Physician Practice Organizations (3 hours)
- MGMT 5550
- Professional Project in Health Services Management (3 hours)
