Healthcare Management MBA (MBA-HCM)
Quinlan’s MBA in Healthcare Management develops professionals who are effective, responsible leaders with the knowledge, skill, and understanding to successfully manage and lead in any segment of the dynamic healthcare industry.
Whether you are in the hospital or non-hospital sector, we will strengthen your business knowledge, management skills, and leadership capacity to improve the healthcare delivery system.
The Quinlan School of Business offers four MBA programs. Learn which one best fits your needs through our MBA guide.
Curriculum
Quinlan’s executive MBA in Healthcare Management prepares professionals to strategically manage operations and lead change. Whether you are in the hospital or non-hospital sector, the program will strengthen your business knowledge, management skills, and leadership capacity to improve the healthcare delivery system.
Course Schedule for Loyola's Healthcare MBA
Our course schedule is designed for working professionals. Courses are offered over eight, 10-week quarters (the program is 24 months) and meet on Loyola’s Water Tower Campus approximately twice per month with other weeks as asynchronous learning.
As a member of the Healthcare Management MBA program, you and your cohort will complete 49.5 credit hours (the equivalent of 17 graduate-level courses; some courses are 3 credit hours while some courses are 1.5 credit hours).
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Business Fundamentals | ||
| ACCT 400 | Financial Accounting for Business Decisions | 3 |
| ECON 420 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| FINC 450 | Financial Management | 3 |
| ISSCM 491 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| ISSCM 400 | Quantitative Methods | 0 |
| Healthcare Management Fundamentals | ||
| HCMT 510 | Data Driven Decision Making in Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCMT 512 | Healthcare Marketing Management | 3 |
| HCMT 513 | HR Strategic Management | 1.5 |
| SCMG 480 | Intro to Operations Management | 3 |
| Advanced Healthcare Leadership | ||
| HCMT 505 | Healthcare Business Ethics | 3 |
| HCMT 514 | Healthcare Leadership | 1.5 |
| HCMT 516 | Change Management | 1.5 |
| Advanced Healthcare Management | ||
| HCMT 501 | Healthcare Finance and Accounting | 3 |
| HCMT 502 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| HCMT 506 | Healthcare Policy and Law | 3 |
| HCMT 507 | Healthcare Risk Management | 3 |
| HCMT 508 | Global Issues in Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCMT 515 | Project Management | 3 |
| HCMT 530 | Capstone: Strategic Management | 3 |
| Total Hours | 49.5 | |
Suggested Sequence of Courses
The below sequence of courses is meant to be used as a suggested path for completing coursework. An individual student’s completion of requirements depends on course offerings in a given term as well as the start term for a major or graduate study. Students should consult their advisor for assistance with course selection.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| ISSCM 400 | Quantitative Methods | 0 |
| ECON 420 | Managerial Economics | 3 |
| HCMT 505 | Healthcare Business Ethics | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Winter | ||
| HCMT 502 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| ISSCM 491 | Managerial Statistics | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| ACCT 400 | Financial Accounting for Business Decisions | 3 |
| HCMT 510 | Data Driven Decision Making in Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCMT 516 | Change Management | 1.5 |
| Hours | 7.5 | |
| Summer | ||
| FINC 450 | Financial Management | 3 |
| HCMT 515 | Project Management | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| HCMT 506 | Healthcare Policy and Law | 3 |
| HCMT 513 | HR Strategic Management | 1.5 |
| Hours | 4.5 | |
| Winter | ||
| HCMT 501 | Healthcare Finance and Accounting | 3 |
| SCMG 480 | Intro to Operations Management | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Spring | ||
| HCMT 507 | Healthcare Risk Management | 3 |
| HCMT 512 | Healthcare Marketing Management | 3 |
| Hours | 6 | |
| Summer | ||
| HCMT 508 | Global Issues in Healthcare Management | 3 |
| HCMT 514 | Healthcare Leadership | 1.5 |
| HCMT 530 | Capstone: Strategic Management | 3 |
| Hours | 7.5 | |
| Total Hours | 49.5 | |
Graduate & Professional Standards and Regulations
Students in graduate and professional programs can find their Academic Policies in Graduate and Professional Academic Standards and Regulations under their school. Any additional University Policies supersede school policies.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Quinlan Healthcare Management MBA (MBA-HCM) program, graduates will have learned, achieved, or experienced the following:
- Core Business Fundamentals with a Focus on Healthcare: Exposure to and be academically rooted in core business fundamental coursework in the areas of accounting, finance, data analytics, economics, management, marketing, human resource management, and operations management; and Develop an ability to integrate and see the interplay of core business fundamental coursework.
- Decision Making: Achieve a capacity for an integrated critical analysis of business opportunities, processes, and problems in the healthcare industry; Develop an ability to understand, synthesize, and accordingly activate quantitative and qualitative information to improve healthcare industry-related decision making; Apply knowledge to solve for real-world healthcare industry issues and segments; and Develop and execute strategic approaches to lead, manage, and operationalize healthcare industry organizations.
- Ethics and Values-Driven Leadership: Be exposed to and rooted in ethics and values-related coursework; Demonstrate ability to operationalize ethics and values-related frames into healthcare industry strategy; and Distinguish self as a leader in business who exhibits personal integrity and an ability to apply ethical principles to the healthcare industry.
- Global Perspective and Diversity: Equip or enhance global perspective by recognizing international healthcare-related topics and issues; Understand, appreciate, and leverage individual, team, and organizational diversity; and Lead and be a member of cross-functional, multi-expertise healthcare industry teams.
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Anticipate the challenges of leading and managing an evolving healthcare marketplace; and Demonstrate an innovative, entrepreneurial approach to strategy and decision making in the healthcare industry.