Designed for students who want to make a difference, the online master’s in health care management degree is perfect for students aspiring for management roles and equips students with the required skills to open new doors and set themselves apart in the competitive health care industry. This graduate degree is centered around helping students understand how to navigate their unique path to leadership and providing them the skills to continually make a difference.
Curriculum Description
Waldorf’s proven curriculum builds upon student’s real-world experience and helps them to develop new leadership skills, preparing them for a successful career in health care management. Course content is tailored around organizational culture, health care specific human resource management, financial management, marketing and many other career-building disciplines. Our faculty encourage innovative, interdisciplinary, problem solving as students hone skills needed to overcome organizational challenges. With current health care policies aimed to improve patient experience, clinical outcomes, and payment reform the need for qualified professionals is expected to experience rapid growth, making this degree the perfect tool for your career ascension.
This program is available online only.
Master's Degree Requirements
- Completion of 36-credit hour curriculum
- Minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA
- Grade of B or higher in all required courses and professional electives
Prefix | Number | Course | Credit Hours |
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HCM | 5000 | Emerging Issues in Health Administration | 3 |
HCM | 5200 | Self-Care for Health Care Professionals | 3 |
HCM | 6000 | Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing | 3 |
HCM | 6100 | Health Field Human Resource Management | 3 |
HCM | 6200 | Health Care Budgeting and Financial Management | 3 |
HCM | 6400 | Health Care Professionalism | 3 |
HCM | 6900 | Ethical Leadership in Health Care | 3 |
Total Major Requirement Credit Hours: | 21 |
Prefix | Number | Course | Credit Hours |
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ORG | 5000 | Personal Leadership Development | 3 |
ORG | 5100 | Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
ORG | 6600 | Culture of Learning Organizations | 3 |
ORG | 6700 | Diversity and Inclusion in the Organization Culture | 3 |
ORG | 6800 | Organization Development | 3 |
Total Concentration Credit Hours: | 15 |