Coordinated Master of Public Health/Master of Business Administration Program

This program's purpose is to provide students without relevant advanced degrees and/or without previous public health experience with those skills necessary for advanced positions in health management.  Also, students with experience and/or a relevant advanced degree who wish to pursue a health management credential with broad applicability should seriously consider this coordinated program.

Coordinated MPH/MBA Learning Objectives

• describe the economic, legal, organizational, and political underpinnings of the US health system;
• apply the principles of management and strategic planning in health care organizations;   
• apply skills necessary for advanced positions in health management;
• demonstrate leadership skills necessary for managing a health care organization;
• apply finance, accounting, marketing, planning and management skills necessary for successful administration of health care organizations; and
• acquire a health care field concentration for individuals seeking a Master of Business Administration degree.

Admission: Students admitted to this program will have at least a bachelor's degree.  Students are admitted separately to the MPH and MBA programs.  The School of Business should be contacted for MBA application materials and the School of Public Health should be contacted for MPH application materials.  Admission is competitive and is based on a weighted formula combining GPA and GMAT scores.  Applicants desiring more information on the formulas should consult the Graduate School Catalog under the MBA program.  An undergraduate calculus course is also required for admission.

Curriculum:  Students in this track complete the MPH core (19 credit hours) which includes an Integrative Experience, as well as 18 credit hours of additional HCO courses, including a 3 credit hour Internship and 36-39 credit hours of MBA courses, for a total of at least 73 credit hours.  The work can be completed in two to three academic years. 

This is a coordinated dual degree track, and, as such, graduation from one program is contingent on completion of all requirements for graduation from the other program.

Coursework		Credit Hours
MPH Core (including the Integrative Experience)		19
BST 600	Biostatistics for Public Health	4
ENH 600	Fundamentals of Environmental Health Sciences	3
EPI 600	Introduction to Epidemiology	3
HB 600	Social and Behavioral Science Core	3
HCO 600	Introduction to Public Health Systems and Population-Based Health Programs	3
MCH 695	The Public Health Integrative Experience	3
MPH Courses and Electives		18
HCO 601	Health Economics	3
HCO 603	Public Health Policy	3
HCO 612	Strategic Management in Health Programs	3
HCO 720	Health Insurance and Managed Care	3
MPH Electives		3
Internship *		3
HCO 697	Internship	3
	Total MPH Credit Hours 37
MBA Courses		36 to 39
MBA 609 **	Financial Accounting for Managers	3
MBA 610	Financial Analysis and Reporting for Management	3
MBA 611	Management Information Systems	3
MBA 620	Corporate Finance	3
MBA 630	Social, Ethical, and Legal Environment	3
MBA 632	Managerial Processes & Organizational Behavior	3
MBA 633	Production and Operations Management	3
MBA 634	Business Strategy	3
MBA 641	Macroeconomic Analysis & Decision Making	3
MBA 650	Modern Marketing Concepts	3
MBA 651	Seminar in Marketing Policy	3
MBA 661	Decision Science or Quantitative Methods II	3
One of the following:		3
MBA 624	Global Financial Management	3
MBA 635	International Business Policy	3
MBA 654	International Marketing	3
	Total MBA Credit Hours 73 to 76

* Students waived from the MPH internship will be required to take a graduate level elective as a substitute.

**  MBA 609 may be waived if six or more credit hours of financial accounting was taken as an undergraduate and received a grade of  B or better.