Academic Catalog 2018-19

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.

Degree candidates must maintain a GPA of 3.0 ('B') or better in the program, and have no more than 2 final grades of 2.0 ('C') or below in their course work.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who complete the program will be able to:

  1. Lead in clinical, corporate, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
  2. Interpret and use data for sound managerial decision making in the healthcare industry.
  3. Formulate innovative strategies to promote outstanding healthcare business solutions.
  4. 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 5400Org Behav & Exec Communication

3.00 units

MBA 5401Accounting for Decision Making

3.00 units

MBA 5402Mktg Mgmt for Value Creation

3.00 units

MBA 5403Global Supply Chain and Sustainable Operations

3.00 units

MBA 5404Strategic Leadership for Org Performance

3.00 units

MBA 5405Global Business Environment

3.00 units

MBA 5406Managerial Finance

3.00 units

MBA 5480Capstone

3.00 units

HCL 5000Healthcare Econ: Mrkts & Deliv Systems

3.00 units

HCL 5001Healthcare: Policies, Laws, & Regulation

3.00 units

HCL 5002Healthcare Analytics & Cont Qual Improv

3.00 units

HCL 5003Healthcare Innovation and Informatics

3.00 units

Total Credit Hours: 40