The MBA with concentration in health services management is a cooperative program offered by the UNT College of Business Administration and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health. This program prepares students to facilitate the practice of health care and align the business of health care with its healing purpose. The program provides students with solid business management skills and industry specific knowledge needed to effectively lead today's health care organizations. The broad spectrum of health care services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region affords students employment opportunities from a wide array of settings including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, managed care organizations, surgical care centers, medical group practices, pharmaceutical firms and consulting firms.
Career Possiblitities with a MBA in Health Services Management
Emergency Management Specialist
Health Educator
Hospital Administrator
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers
Management Analyst
Medical and Health Services Manager
Medical Records and Health Information Technician
Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
Professional Organizations
Students majoring in Health Services Management have numerous opportunities to participate in professional organizations. Among these are: the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
Course Requirements
Background Courses* (15 hours)
*NOTE: Background courses may be required if your undergraduate degree did not prepare you for current master level courses. Background courses are assessed on an as needed basis after evaluation of undergraduate transcripts.
| ACCT 5020 (3 hrs.) | Accumulation and Analysis of Acct. Data |
| BCIS 5090 (1.5 hrs.) | Intro. to Business Computer Info. Systems |
| BLAW 5050 (1.5 hrs.) | Legal, Reg. and Ethical Env. of Business |
| DSCI 5010 (1.5 hrs.) | Statistical Analysis |
| FINA 5040 (1.5 hrs) | Intro. to Finance and Financial Mathematics |
| MATH 1190 (3 hrs.) | Business Calculus (or other calc. course) |
| MGMT 5070 (1.5 hrs.) | Management Issues |
| MKTG 5000 (1.5 hrs.) | Marketing Concepts |
Core Courses (18 hours)
| ACCT 5130 (3 hrs.) | Accounting for Management |
| DSCI 5180 (3 hrs.) | Introduction to Decision Making |
| FINA 5170 (3 hrs.) | Financial Management |
| MKTG 5150 ( 3 hrs.) | Marketing Management |
| MGMT 5140 (3 hrs.) | Organizational Behavior and Analysis |
| BUSI 5190 (3 hrs.) | Administrative Strategy (take in last semester) |
Concentration Courses (15 hours)
| MGMT 5530 | Physical Practice Organizations |
| HMAP 5245 | Health Economics |
Select 3 courses (9 hours) from this group:
| HMAP 5270 | Health Services Management *Recommended |
| HMAP 6215 | Health Insurance and Managed Care *Recommended |
| HMAP 5255 | Health Finance I *Recommended |
| HMAP 5256 | Health Finance II |
| HMAP 5260 | Health Information Systems |
| HMAP 5240 | Health Politics & Policy |
| HMAP 5272 | Strategy Planning & Marketing |
| EPID 5100 | Epidemiology |
ECON 5180 Economics of Health Care may substitute (UNT Denton)
*Note: In order to enroll in HMAP or EPID courses, students must be admitted to the UNTHSC School of Public Health. For more information, please contact the HSM program coordinator.
Concentration Elective Requirement (3 hours)
In addition to the above courses, you will need to select one course (3 hours) to add breadth to your program. This selection must come from UNT Denton 5100-level course listings.
