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Get Ready For a Life of Meaning and Achievement

In today’s dynamic healthcare environment, you need a specialized education to make your mark. As one of the Chicago area’s leading business schools, Dominican University partnered with industry professionals to design a healthcare management program that combines a strong foundation in business knowledge with specialized training in healthcare-specific topics. 

This graduate program builds on Dominican’s strong foundation in healthcare education to bring you a customized curriculum of advanced management courses combined with specialized courses that provide healthcare-specific insights. In small classes, you’ll learn from industry professionals who bring practical insights to the classroom—and you’ll have the flexibility you need as a busy working professional.

MS in Healthcare Management Program Overview 

• Enjoy the flexibility of online and in-person courses
• Complete 30 hours of coursework (10 courses) at an AACSB-accredited institution
• Earn a master’s degree in as little as 12 months—or take all the time you need
• Merit-based scholarships available
• Learn in small class sizes with personalized support from expert faculty who are experienced practitioners
• Apply theory to practice through a capstone project
• Learn alongside a diverse cohort of students from a variety of professional backgrounds
• Access to one-on-one career coaching and mentoring with senior business executives.
• Developed in collaboration with healthcare industry experts to ensure you graduate with the skills to succeed

What You’ll Learn

Our is evenly divided between our core graduate courses in management and specialized topics in healthcare. The program begins with a gateway course that introduces you to negotiation, conflict resolution and problem solving. Next, you’ll study the principles of leadership, learn about corporate responsibility and the ethical dimensions of business, and explore analytics or financial decision-making.

Finally, you’ll take five courses that prepare you to apply business skills to the healthcare industry: 

• Human Resources and Change Management in Healthcare Organizations
• Healthcare Communications
• Financial Planning and Budgeting in Healthcare Organizations
• Strategy, Risk Management, and the Balanced Scorecard
• Capstone Experience in Healthcare Management

You’ll also have the flexibility to choose between a focus on analytics and operations or financial decision-making. 

The capstone is a flexible, student-driven experience that brings together everything you’ve learned. You can choose to work in a team to solve a business problem within a healthcare organization, or work on a customized project that addresses a challenge within your own workplace.

What To Expect As You Earn Your MS in Healthcare Management

In small classes, you’ll collaborate closely with faculty and classmates who bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to class. You’ll gain real-world insights from faculty practitioners with first-hand experience at every level of healthcare management.

You’ll also enjoy the convenience of online classes along with the in-person experience of on-campus courses. You can take one course at a time or more than one, giving you the flexibility to complete the degree on a schedule that works for you.

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