MBA – HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS CONCENTRATION

Healthcare Analytics 

Healthcare Analytics helps students learn the competencies to meet the challenges of today’s health-care system, while looking for innovative answers for tomorrow.

Healthcare Analyticst is one of the fastest growing careers. ITU’s MBA in Healthcare Analytics prepares students to play a serious role in the industry, by practicing effective leadership skills that support business insights.

    Program Structure

    Degree Requirements Credits
    Core Courses 9
    Required Capstone Courses 3
    Required ITU Presents 1
    Required Nugget Courses 2
    Internship 1
    Required Concentration Courses 12
    Elective Courses 11
    Total  39

    CORE COURSES

    • MGT 503 Organizational Leadership theories
    • FIN 534 Financial and Economic Analysis
    • MIS 527 Technology and Operations Management: Creating value.

    RECOMMENDED COURSE

    • MKT 551 Competitive Marketing Strategies

    CAPSTONE COURSE

    • BUA 690 Simulation and Optimization for Business Analytics (1 course for a total of 3 credit hours)

    ITU PRESENTS

    • » PRE-500 ITU Presents (1/3) (3 courses for a total of 1 credit hour)
    List of MBA Elective Courses for all concentrations

    List of Elective Courses offered by the MBA for all Concentrations.

    • ACT 500 Financial Accounting
    • ACT 501 Forensic Accounting
    • ACT 502 International Accounting
    • ACT 504 Tax Accounting Principles
    • ACT 600 Managerial Accounting
    • ACT 601 Cost Accounting
    • ACT 602 Intermediate Accounting
    • ACT 604 Auditing
    • BUS 500 Project Management Frameworks
    • BUS 501 Strategic Planning and Portfolio Management
    • BUS 502 Project Management and Leadership
    • BUS 503 Project Management – Agile Approach
    • BUS 504 Contract Management and Financial Planning
    • BUS 509 Leading and Managing Change
    • BUS 510 Regulation, Governance Ethical and Social Responsibility
    • BUS 516 Principles of quality management
    • BUS 517 Organization Culture and Diversity
    • BUS 518 Applied Statistics
    • BUS 520 Emerging technologies for product development
    • BUS 521 Management of Technology and Innovation
    • BUS 600 Research Methods
    • BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
    • BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
    • BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy
    • FIN 515 Managerial Finance
    • FIN 516 Entrepreneurial Finance
    • FIN 517 Financial Institutions
    • FIN 518 Financial and Socially Responsible Investing
    • FIN 519 Corporate Valuation
    • FIN 520 Investment Management
    • FIN 521 International Financial Management
    • FIN 522 Behavioral Finance
    • FIN 523 Macroeconomic Theory
    • FIN 525 Econometrics
    • FIN 526 International Economics
    • FIN 604 Securities Analysis
    • FIN 605 Financial Derivatives and Risk Management
    • FIN 606 Corporate Finance
    • FIN 607 Mergers and Acquisitions
    • HRM 528 Human Resource Management
    • HRM 529 Employee Training and Development
    • HRM 530 Employment law for business
    • HRM 533 Strategic compensation: issues and opportunities
    • INB 553 Fundamentals of International Business
    • INB 554 International Financial Markets
    • INB 556 Global Strategic Management
    • INB 558 Global Marketing and Strategy
    • MGT 560 Principles of Management
    • MGT 561 Coaching – Changing Lives, Changing Organizations
    • MGT 564 Principles of Public Relations
    • MGT 566 Production and Operations Management
    • MGT 567 Quality Control Management
    • MGT 569 Strategic Operations Management
    • MGT 571 Critical Thinking Strategies in Decision Making
    • MGT 572 High-Technology Entrepreneurship
    • MGT 573 International Management
    • MGT 575 Project Management
    • MGT 576 Organizational Theory
    • MGT 577 Project risk management
    • MGT 578 Business Communications
    • MGT 579 Business Ethics
    • MGT 580 Business Law
    • MGT 581 Managing Emotions, Managing Self and Others
    • MGT 582 Team and Group Dynamics
    • MGT 583 Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation
    • MGT 584 Supply Chain Management (Previously MKT 584)
    • MGT 593 Intrapreneurship – Innovation from Within
    • MGT 608 Business Statistics MGT 611 Lean Six Sigma
    • MGT 612 Advanced Project Management
    • MIS 537 Management Information Systems
    • MIS 538 Business Database Applications
    • MIS 539 Business Telecommunications
    • MIS 540 Information Resource Management
    • MIS 541 Managing Global Information Systems Projects
    • MIS 542 Information Systems Innovation
    • MIS 543 Human-Computer Interaction
    • MIS 544 Business Decision Support Systems
    • MIS 546 Data Science for Business
    • MIS 547 Software Development Process Management
    • MIS 548 Knowledge Management
    • MKT 582 Marketing Management
    • MKT 583 Entrepreneurial Marketing
    • MKT 585 International Marketing
    • MKT 586 Marketing Research
    • MKT 587 Comparative Studies of MNC, FDI, and International Trade
    • MKT 588 Consumer Behavior
    • MKT 589 E-commerce
    • MKT 590 Marketing with Social Media
    • MKT 591 Advertising Strategy
    • MKT 592 Supplier/Seller Management
    • MKT 613 Advanced Marketing

    ITU NUGGET COURSES Content (⅓ – 2 credit hours)

    Nuggets courses are typically coded between IDS 500 and IDS 599.

    • IDS 550 FinTech Fundamentals (2)
    • IDS 551 Chip Design Fundamentals (2)
    • IDS 504 Data Warehousing (2)
    • IDS 505 Predictive Analytics (2)
    • IDS 510 Data Science Applications (2)
    • IDS 511 Data Visualization (2)

    For more details, consult the Chair Department

    INTERNSHIP

    • INT 593 Internship (1 credit hour)

    REQUIRED HEALTHCARE COURSES

    Students are required to take at least four (4) HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS (HCM) courses in order to graduate with a HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS concentration.

    Required Healthcare Courses
    • BIO 510 Ethics in Medical Research
    • BUA 500 Principles of Business Analytics
    • HCM 509 Scientific Writing and Research for Healthcare
    • HCM 510 A Regulatory Overview & Compliance
    • HCM 511 Concepts of Healthcare Management
    • HCM 513 Innovating Biomedical Technology
    • HCM 515 Health Information Technology
    • HCM 525 Principles of Managed Care
    • HCM 539 Healthcare Marketing

    HEALTHCARE DEPTH

    • BIO 500 Clinical Research Management
    • BIO 501 Modern Medicine and Biology
    • BIO 506 Biotech industry fundamentals H
    • CM 519 Healthcare Ethics
    • HCM 529 Mental Health and Wellbeing
    • HCM 531 Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    • HCM 534 Financial Management for Healthcare Organizations
    • HCM 536 High Reliability Healthcare Organizations
    • HCM 537 Commercializing Medical Devices, Diagnostics and Biomedical Innovations

    HEALTHCARE ANALYTICS

    • HCM 520 Healthcare Leadership, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
    • HCM 535 Data Analytics Applications in Healthcare
    • HCM 538 Predictive Analytics and Decision Models in Healthcare
    • BUS 688 Special Topics (1-3 credit hours)
    • BUS 689 Independent Study (1-3 credit hours)
    • BUS 690 Strategic Management and Business Policy

    MBA Elective Courses

    A sufficient number of Elective Courses must be completed to
    bring the total of credit hours to 39 which may include a
    maximum of 9 internship credit hours (Including 1 credit hour of
    required internship).

    Admission Requirements

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    *U.S. citizens or U.S. Permanent Residents who have earned an undergraduate or graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. are waived from this requirement.

    *Who has 2+ years of work experience in the United States are waived from this requirement.

     

     

    Who
    should apply

    At ITU, you will be able to take advantage of:

    • Seasoned industry experts, who come from companies like NASA, HP, and Pfizer.
    • A program designed to teach you the practical skills needed to supplement your education, and maximize your career prospects.
    • Flexible night and weekend class schedules, and online course offerings that allow you to continue your career while furthering your education.
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    Learning Outcomes

     

    LC 1: Communication (spoken, and written)

    ELO 1: Identify and build skills to work and communicate successfully with varied groups that motivate joint ownership of results. [Mapped to PLOs 2, 3, 4]

    LC 2: Leadership (includes individual strengths, and collaboration)

    ELO 2: Select relevant business skills to innovate and improve productivity in the healthcare environment. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

    ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing healthcare environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

    ELO 4: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

    ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

    LC 3: Critical Thinking

    ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing healthcare environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

    ELO 4: Determine appropriate data analytics methodologies to support critical thinking for decision making. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 4, 5]

    LC 4: Focused Knowledge

    ELO 2: Select relevant business skills to innovate and improve productivity in the healthcare environment. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

    ELO 3: Interpret and predict global business trends in response to changing healthcare environments and enhance organizational performance. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 4, 5]

    ELO 5: Illustrate skills from numerous disciplines to transform healthcare practice using entrepreneurial and innovative perspectives. [Mapped to PLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]