Dual Master of Health Administration/Master of Business Administration, M.H.A./M.B.A.
Associate Dean for Graduate Business Programs: Patsy Norman
Director for the Army-Baylor Graduate Program in Health and Business Administration, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, TX.: COL Dan M. Wood
Note: This M.B.A. program is only open to eligible students enrolled in the Army-Baylor MHA graduate program.
Admissions
Students can take either the GRE or GMAT. The minimum required score is 310 for the GRE or 580 for the GMAT. Candidates for admission must hold either a baccalaureate degree or the first professional degree from an accredited college or university acceptable to Baylor University. Candidates must also demonstrate a capacity for rigorous graduate study. Applicant’s grade point average and GRE/GMAT scores must be predictive of success in this program. Applications must be submitted directly to the Army-Baylor Graduate Program. For further information regarding admission requirements and waivers, contact the Program Administrator at (210) 221-6443.
Requirements
Candidates must complete all degree requirements for the M.B.A. and the M.H.A. The M.H.A. requires the successful (passing) completion of 66 semester hours; the M.B.A. program requires the successful completion of an additional 21 semester hours (for a total of 87 semester hours). The joint program requires a one-year residency and the successful completion of a portfolio of graduate management projects. Since M.H.A./M.B.A. degrees are awarded simultaneously, all requirements in both programs must be completed in order to receive both degrees.
Curriculum
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| HCA 5105 | Ethics in Health Care | 1 |
| HCA 5106 | Fundamentals in Graduate Studies | 1 |
| HCA 5213 | Health Insurance and Managed Care in the U.S. | 2 |
| HCA 5301 | U. S. Health Care Systems | 3 |
| HCA 5310 | Quantitative Analysis I: Statistics & Research Methods | 3 |
| MBL 5310 | Selected Topics in Business Law | 3 |
| MECO 5331 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| HCA 5336 | Health Care Law and Policy | 3 |
| HCA 5356 | Organizational Ethics | 3 |
| HCA 5358 | Quantitative Methods II: Modern Data Science | 3 |
| HCA 5359 | Seminar in Human Resources Management | 3 |
| HCA 5389 | Population Health & Homeland Security | 3 |
| HCA 5450 | Finance I: Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare Organizations | 4 |
| Hours | 19 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| HCA 5306 | Current Issues in Healthcare Quality | 3 |
| HCA 5322 | Organizational Behavior and Theory | 3 |
| HCA 5329 | Leadership in Complex Organizations | 3 |
| MMGT 5460 | Operations Management and Research | 4 |
| MECO 5330 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| HCA 5211 | Quantitative Analysis III: Decision Making with Statistics and Research | 2 |
| HCA 5317 | Health Management Information Systems | 3 |
| HCA 5450 | Finance I: Financial and Managerial Accounting in Healthcare Organizations | 4 |
| MINB 5450 | International Business | 4 |
| MMKT 5371 | Marketing Management | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fifth Semester | ||
| HCA 5218 | Finance II: Financial Apps | 2 |
| MMGT 5325 | Strategy | 3 |
| MECO 5132 | Macroeconomic Analysis in the Global Economy 1 | 1 |
| MECO 5133 | Seminar in World Economic Systems 1 | 1 |
| MMGT 5162 | Seminar in International Management 1 | 1 |
| MMKT 5171 | Seminar in International Marketing 1 | 1 |
| MENT 5137 | 1 | 1 |
| Hours | 10 | |
| Total Hours | 77 | |
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Students are required to take 4 out of the five seminar courses listed.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Elective Hours for Didactic year | 3 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Residency | ||
| HCA 5961 | Administrative Residency | 9 |