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Health Care Management (MA)


2024-2025 GRADUATE STUDIES DRAFT CATALOG

Effective 1 June 2024 through 31 May 2025

Please see the Graduate Catalog Archives for PDF versions of past catalogs.


This program is offered by the George Herbert Walker School of Business and Technology. It is only available at the Geneva campus and the courses are taught in French.

Program Description

The objective of this curriculum is to provide directors and potential directors of nursing school institutions who are already qualified, trained and experienced, with advanced training in health care management.

acbsp logoThe MA in health care management is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

Learning Outcomes

  • Students will be able to explain the important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in the field of health care management.
  • Students will be able to effectively apply important terminology, facts, concepts, principles, analytic techniques and theories used in the field health care management when analyzing complex factual situations.
  • Students will be able to effectively integrate (or synthesize) important facts, concepts, principles and theories in the field of health care management when developing solutions to multifaceted health care management problems in complex factual situations.

Program Curriculum

The 36 credit hours required for the master of arts (MA) in health care management must include the following courses:

  • HEAL 5000 Advanced Theories and Concepts in Health Care (Requisite Course) (3 hours)
  • HEAL 5200 Professional Values and Ethics in Health Care (3 hours)
  • HEAL 5210 Program Development in Health Care (3 hours)
  • HEAL 5220 Politics and Economics of Health Care (3 hours)
  • HEAL 5140 The Law and Health Services (3 hours)
  • HRMG 5000 Managing Human Resources (3 hours)
  • BUSN 5200 Basic Finance for Managers (3 hours)
  • HEAL 6000 Integrated Studies in Health Care (3 hours)

Admission

See the Admission section of this catalog for general requirements. Students interested in applying must submit their application online at www.webster.edu/apply. Transcripts should be sent from your institution to:

Office of Admission
Webster University Geneva
Route de Collex 15
CH-1293 Bellevue, Switzerland

Additional Requirements

  • This program is taught in French, therefore students must meet francophone requirements.

Advancement to Candidacy

Students are admitted to their graduate program upon completion of all admission requirements. Students are advanced to candidacy status after successfully completing 12 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. In specialized programs, courses required as prerequisites to the program do not count toward the 12 credit hours required for advancement.