Health Care Master of Business Administration

On Campus

The Health Care Master of Business Administration (MBA) is an 18-month, 39 credit-hour program designed to prepare students to excel as leaders in today’s rapidly-changing health care setting. Created in conjunction with health care administrators, this cutting-edge curriculum provides leadership development for clinicians while equipping the business-trained administrator with key competencies required in a health care setting.

Upon completion of the program, students will be prepared to:

  • Oversee projects to completion
  • Manage resources and personnel
  • Maintain the highest standards and ethics
  • Integrate faith and values

Admission Requirements

  • A completed application and $40 non-refundable application fee
  • An official transcript verifying a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. regionally accredited college/university, or equivalent. Cornerstone University graduates do not need to request a Cornerstone University transcript. Official transcripts from other schools are required only if course work will be transferred to meet prerequisites or other program requirements
  • A minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.7 in undergraduate course work at the institution from which the baccalaureate degree was received. Students not meeting this requirement may submit a written request to the admissions committee for acceptance to the graduate program explaining why they believe they can succeed in a master’s program
  • Two letters of recommendation on forms provided; these forms should be completed by persons qualified to judge the applicant’s professional expertise, character and capacity for graduate level study. One letter must be from the applicant’s current employer (an individual with supervisory or managerial relationship to applicant) and one from an individual who can comment on the applicant’s academic ability
  • Students whose primary language is not English must achieve a minimum TOEFL score of 577 (paper-based test), 233 (computer-based test) or 90-91 (Internet-based test)
  • A professional resume demonstrating a minimum of one year of continuous full-time work experience. For an applicant with less than one year of full-time work experience, a G.P.A. of 3.0 in previous college work is required
  • All MBA applicants must submit an Admissions Essay

A maximum of six master level (500 or higher course number) semester hours may be transferred to Cornerstone. Transfer courses must have been completed within the last seven years and deemed equivalent to a course in the program.

Courses

Course

BUS-505 Research Methods
BUS-504 Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Issues for Health Care Admin       
BUS-510 International Business Practices in Health Care
BUS-507 Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
MGT-502 Org. Behavior and Human Resource Issues in Health Care
ACC-526 Accounting for Decision Making in Health Care
FIN-642 Health Care Finance
MKT-651 Marketing Strategies
ECN-514 Health Care and the Global Economic Environment
MGT-534 Patient Safety, Quality and Outcomes Management
MGT-693 Applied Health Care MBA Project
Total Credits and Weeks

Credits     
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
3
4
3
3
39

Weeks
6
6
6
8
6
6
8
6
8
6
6
72


In addition to the courses listed above, the student is required to participate in a global experience and complete the requirements for the 3-credit course 'Global Business Experience' (BUS-511). Registration for BUS-511 will occur once the student determines which global experience he/she will attend.

Business