Healthcare Leadership Concentration (MBA)
The MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Leadership is a graduate business degree that focuses on building leadership skills in the healthcare industry to prepare students with the competencies, market-driven skills, and experiential learning necessary to lead, innovate, and transform the healthcare industry.
As one of the only campus-based programs of its kind in the Bay Area, the program is able to leverage the vast healthcare partnerships Dominican has curated through its renowned biological sciences, clinical laboratory sciences, nursing, occupational therapy, and physician assistant programs. Designed for working professionals, the courses feature a face-to-face format, small class size, high faculty interaction, and guided career mentoring.
Students will gain hands-on experience not only in functional areas of business such as accounting, finance, marketing, management and global business, but also through state-of-the-art courses in healthcare economics, policies, laws & regulations, healthcare analytics, and healthcare informatics. The program culminates with a Global Consulting Practicum, featuring an international trip focused on project-based learning with healthcare clients.
Graduate degree candidates must maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 ('B') or higher in the graduate program and may have only two final grades of 'C' in their coursework at the time of graduation. Any grade below 'C' (2.0) will not satisfy the graduation requirement for a graduate degree. Students may repeat courses in which they received a grade of 'C' or below. If a student repeats a course in which they received a grade of 'C' or below, the most recently earned letter grade will determine whether a degree requirement has been met. All the letter grades for all the registered courses during the graduate program will be listed on the transcript.
Program Learning Outcomes
Students who complete the program will be able to:
- Lead in clinical, corporate, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
- Interpret and use data for sound managerial decision making in the healthcare industry.
- Formulate innovative strategies to promote outstanding healthcare business solutions.
- Improve the financial health of their organizations.
Healthcare Leadership Concentration (MBA) Requirements
- Successful completion of 40 units of the program that consists of 28 units of graduate business courses and 12 units of graduate healthcare courses.
- Included in the core business courses is a 4-unit Global Consulting Practicum during which students will research the strategic needs and concerns of an international organization and then present consulting recommendations in person during a 10-day in-country visit.
Required Courses
| MBA 5400 | Organizational Behavior and Executive Communication | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5401 | Accounting for Decision Making | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5402 | Marketing Management for Value Creation | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5403 | Global Supply Chain and Sustainable Operations | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5404 | Strategic Leadership for Organizational Performance | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5405 | Global Business Environment | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5406 | Managerial Finance | 3.00 units |
| MBA 5410 | Global Consulting Practicum | 4.00 units |
| MBA 5480 | Capstone | 3.00 units |
| HCL 5000 | Healthcare Economics: Markets and Delivery Systems | 3.00 units |
| HCL 5001 | Healthcare Policies, Laws, & Regulation | 3.00 units |
| HCL 5002 | Healthcare Analytics and Continuous Quality Improvement | 3.00 units |
| HCL 5003 | Healthcare Innovation and Informatics | 3.00 units |
Total Credit Hours: 40