Health Services Management

Master's Degree Program

Opportunities for graduate studies

The Department of Management presents you with a realistic, relevant and thorough view of people working in organizations. The department accomplishes this objective by providing academic programs at the master's and doctoral levels. At the master's level, programs are offered in health services management, operations and supply chain management, organizational behavior and human resource management, and strategic management. Upon graduation, you will have the opportunity to work in one of the most dynamic business and economic areas of the United States - the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

The UNT College of Business is accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels by AACSB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business [777 South Harbour Island Blvd., Suite 750, Tampa, Fla. 33602-5730, telephone (813) 769-6500].

Master of business administration

The complexities of the economic, social and scientific world today are increasing the demand for students with advanced business degrees. The overall objective of UNT's master of business administration degree program is to prepare you to serve effectively in the business world or in a business aspect of government or other agency. The specific objectives are:

• to provide you with the theory, principles and knowledge required for effective management of modern business
• to develop an appreciation for the role and responsibilities of business leaders in the social and economic order
• to foster the techniques of basing decisions and actions on careful analysis of pertinent data

M.B.A with a concentration in health services management

The M.B.A. with concentration in health services management is a cooperative program offered by the UNT College of Business and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth School of Public Health. Our mission is to prepare you to facilitate the practice of health care and align the business of health care with its healing purpose. The program provides you the solid business management skills and the industry specific knowledge needed to effectively lead today's health care organizations. The broad spectrum of health care services in the Dallas-Fort Worth region affords our students employment opportunities from a wide array of settings including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, managed care organizations, surgical care centers, medical group practices, pharmaceutical firms and consulting firms.

The concentration in health services management complements the schedules of working professionals in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. You typically will attend classes taught one evening per week at the Denton and Fort Worth campuses. A significant portion of our course offerings are also available online.

Admission requirements

For admission to the M.B.A. program, you must:

• complete admission requirements for the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies
• submit official GMAT scores to the UNT College of Business
• have a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

International applicants should contact the international admissions office at 940-565-2442 for assistance. All students may start classes as a non-degree-seeking student while you complete all necessary requirements for full admission. For details on the program, call 940-369-8977 or e-mail the College of Business Graduate Programs office at MBA@cobaf.unt.edu.

Degree requirements

With a strong academic background in a field of business administration, you could complete the M.B.A. degree in 36 hours. These hours consist of the core and concentration courses listed in phase 2 below. You may, however, be required to take some or all of the background courses described in phase 1 if you do not have a background in business administration. Contact the Graduate Programs Office in the UNT College of Business for an assessment of your background. In many cases some or all of these background courses can be waived.

Phase 1 : Background courses (16.5 hours maximum)
This course work is offered at the graduate level to minimize the hours required of students:

• ACCT 5020 Accumulation and Analysis of Accounting Data (1.5 hours)
• BCIS 5090 Introduction to Business Computer Information Systems (1.5 hours)
• BLAW 5050 Legal, Regulatory and Ethical Environment of Business (1.5 hours)
• DSCI 5010 Statistical Analysis (1.5 hours)
• FINA 5040 Introduction to Finance and Financial Mathematics (1.5 hours)
• MATH 1190 Business Calculus (3 hours)
• MGMT 5070 Management Issues (1.5 hours)
• MKTG 5000 Marketing Concepts (1.5 hours)

Phase 2 : M.B.A. Program Requirements (36 total hours)

• M.B.A. Core Courses (18 hours)
• ACCT 5130 Accounting for Management
• BUSI 5190 Administrative Strategy
• DSCI 5180 Introduction to Decision Making
• FINA 5170 Financial Management
• MGMT 5140 Organizational Behavior and Analysis
• MKTG 5150 Marketing Management
• Concentration Requirements (12 hours)
• HMAP 5240 Health Politics and Policy
• or HMAP 6200 Organizational Management
• HMAP 5245 Health Economics
• HMAP 5260 Health Information Systems
• HMAP 6215 Health Insurance and Managed Care
• Concentration Elective Courses (6 hours selected from below or approved in advance by the departmental adviser)
• AGER 5400 Health Delivery Systems
• AGER 5810 Seminar on Administration of Programs in Aging
• EPID 5100 Principles of Epidemiology
• HMAP 5430 Health and Public Health Law
• HMAP 6225 Quality Management in Long-Term Care
• MGMT 5530 Operations and Management of Physician Practice Organizations
• MGMT 5550 Professional Project in Health Services Management

Financial assistance

Many opportunities exist to aid you with the financial requirements associated with completing a M.B.A. degree. Scholarships are offered at the department, college and university level. For information regarding these scholarships, visit the respective department, college or UNT web sites.

Full- and part-time M.B.A. students may also be eligible for federal financial aid assistance. Any federal aid information may be obtained by calling Student Financial Aid and Scholarships at 940-565-2302.

Teaching assistantships funded by the department and research assistantships funded by individual faculty research grants may be available. For applications and information on availability, contact the Department of Management at 940-565-3140 or by e-mail at mgmtadv@unt.edu.

Other programs

Students pursuing the M.B.A. with a concentration in health services management have access to UNT's federation program (a consortium that allows students to take courses from Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's University to receive full credit toward a UNT degree), course work at the School of Public Health in Fort Worth and the UNT/COBA Summer Study Abroad Program. For more information, contact the Department of Management at 940-565-3140 or mgmtadv@unt.edu.