Master of Science in Management (MSM)-Healthcare Curriculum

The healthcare landscape is constantly evolving and growing increasingly complex, as payers experiment with new forms of payment, and providers struggle to improve the quality and efficiency of their operations. With transformation comes the necessity to develop innovative healthcare solutions and successfully adapt to changing market conditions. Strong managerial and leadership skills have never been as important to the success of healthcare organizations.

Weatherhead’s healthcare management curriculum is designed to advance the healthcare field by placing healthcare management professionals on the path towards innovative thinking and professional success.

The Master of Science in Management-Healthcare is available in two different formats to fit your needs as a working professional, the regular, two-year program and an accelerated one-year program.

The regular two-year program:

Designed for the working professional, students attend class one weekday night a week. The 30-credit-hour program is completed in two years. The MSM-Healthcare class forms a single cohort but because some of the classes overlap with the part-time MBA program, it also offers opportunities to make connections with members of the part-time MBA student body, a group diverse in interests and experience.

Healthcare Management Curriculum: Year One (15 credits)

Fall Semester

• HSMC 421 – Health Economics and Strategy
• ACCT 401H – Accounting for Healthcare

Spring Semester

• HSMC 420 – Health Finance
• HSMC 457 – Health Decision Making & Analytics

Summer Semester

• HSMC 411 – Identifying Design Opportunities

Healthcare Management Curriculum: Year Two (15 credits)

Fall Semester

• HSMC 407 – Managerial Marketing
• HSMC 412 – Lean Services Operations

Spring Semester

• HSMC 404 – Managing People and Organizations
• HSMC 425 – Dialogues in Health Care Management

Summer Semester

• MGMT 497 – Action Learning Project

Accelerated one year program:

The accelerated program is 30 credit hours over the course of three semesters (fall, spring and summer). The program is still designed with the working professional in mind as classes take place in the evenings, however requires students to be on campus two times per week.

Healthcare Management Curriculum: Fall (12 credits)

• HSMC 412 – Lean Services Operations
• HSMC 421 – Health Economics and Strategy
• ACCT 401H – Accounting for Healthcare
• HSMC 407 – Managerial Marketing

Healthcare Management Curriculum: Spring (12 credits)

• HSMC 420 – Health Finance
• HSMC 457 – Health Decision Making & Analytics
• HSMC 425 – Dialogues in Health Care Management
• HSMC 404 – Managing People and Organizations

Healthcare Management Curriculum: Summer (6 credits)

• HSMC 411 – Identifying Design Opportunities
• MGMT 497 – Action Learning Project