Master of Science in Healthcare Management
Traditional Track

Career health care professionals who want to improve their prospects for advancement, network with other health care professionals, and improve their understanding of this dynamic industry can study business fundamentals in the health care industry. This program is designed to prepare health care professionals to prosper in the 21st century. The curriculum provides students with a unique blend of knowledge that bridges the world of health care and the world of finance, marketing, accounting, and management.

The objective of this advanced training is to enable graduate students to manage more effectively at a managerial or executive level in both public and private health care settings. This interdisciplinary program involves faculty from the College of Business Administration of the University of New Orleans, the Louisiana State University Health Science Center-New Orleans, and lecturers from the health care field.

Program Benefits

• Acquire skills necessary to prosper in the increasingly competitive health care field
• A highly focused program
• All evening courses
• Short-time commitment
• Affordable state university tuition
• Focused emphasis on business practices in public and private health-care settings
• Excellent networking benefits

Master of Science in Health Care Management Curriculum

Our Master of Science in Health Care Management Program delivers a high-quality, high-value education. The MS-HCM Program consists of 33 credit hours: 11 courses.

Students with a non-business undergraduate degree who have not had previous course work in accounting and finance will be required to take ACCT 5400, a foundation course in Accounting and Finance. This course will be counted for elective credit in the program.

Please note that while the web site provides an excellent overview, you should get the very latest information on graduate programs by Contacting Dr. Lane, the Academic Director of the program, at 504-280-7145 or wlane@uno.edu.

Curriculum Summary
The objective of the course work in the program is to survey the general business principles and practical implications then connect those principles and practical implications to health care settings.

The Core Courses are:

• ACCT 6131 – Accounting in Health Care Settings
• ECON 6250 – Health Care Economics
• BA 6010 – Health Care Management
• HCM 5016 -- Health Informatics
• MKT 6536 – Strategic Marketing Decisions for HC Management
• BA 6012 – Culture & Behavior in Health Care Settings
• FIN 6350 – Health Care Financial Management
• BA 6015 – Health Care Law and Ethics
• BA 6013 – Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations
• 2 Approved Electives**

**The balance of 6 credit hours or 2 courses will be taken from approved electives at UNO.

Contact W. J. Lane wlane@uno.edu for more information.