The MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management degree offers flexible class offerings, including AI topics and a stand-alone AI course in a healthcare setting, to ensure you can complete your master’s in a reasonable time frame and acquire key skill sets for a changing job market. Our classes are offered on-campus in the evening (many are available online) and are especially suitable for students working full-time or part-time jobs. Work or educational experience in healthcare is desirable but not required. Students are encouraged to review the UT Dallas Graduate Catalog for the most updated curriculum details.
Degree Plan Highlights – MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management
“SCH” indicates “Semester Credit Hours.”
27SCH
Core Courses*
27 semester credit hours in healthcare-focused core business classes
Prerequisite*
MAS 6102 Professional Development
4Tracks
Tracks are for informational and guidance purposes only and do not appear on your degree. You may switch from one track to another as long as you follow our degree plan. When you are not able to strictly follow one of the first (4) specialty tracks listed below, you should make sure that you, at a minimum, meet the criteria of the Healthcare Leadership and Management degree. All tracks include nine core courses and three electives. Contact the program manager for customized degree plans.
4 Specialty STEM Tracks
Core Courses – 27 semester credit hours Elective Courses – 9 semester credit hours
- HMGT 6323 MIS 6317 Healthcare Informatics
- HMGT 6327 MIS 6381 Electronic Health Records Applications
- HMGT 6334 MIS 6324 Healthcare Analytics
- OPRE 6301 SYSM 6303 Statistics and Data Analysis (Pre-Req for Healthcare Analytics)
Students desiring an internal auditing career with a healthcare provider organization should consider the following courses:
Core Courses – 27 semester credit hours Elective Courses – 9 semester credit hours
- HMGT 6336 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management
- HMGT 6380 Internal Audit
- HMGT 6393 Advanced Auditing
Core Courses – 27 semester credit hours Elective Courses – 9 semester credit hours
Earn Academic Certificate in Six Sigma and Beyond Yellow Belt
- HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System
- HMGT 6321 Strategic Leadership of Healthcare Organizations
- HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics
- HMGT 6332 Quality Improvement in Healthcare – Six Sigma and Beyond
Earn Professional Certificate in Six Sigma and Beyond Yellow Belt
- OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
- HMGT 6332 Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Six Sigma and Beyond Yellow Belt
For students desiring a career in supply chain management.
Core Courses – 27 semester credit hours Elective Courses – 12 semester credit hours
- OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis
- OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
- OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
- OPRE 6371 Purchasing, Sourcing and Contract Management
*These details apply to the most recent catalog. Catalogs from previous years are available online at the main UT Dallas Catalog page. Please contact the JSOM Academic Advising Office if you have further questions. See catalog for course requirements.
Visit the graduate catalog for a full list of courses in this concentration.
Healthcare Leadership and Management Course Modalities
| Type | Course Name | Pre-Req | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | MAS 6102 Professional Development (1 credit) | Multiple Modalities | In-Person | Multiple Modalities | |
| Core | HMGT 6311 Healthcare Financial and Operations Accounting | Online | Online | Online | |
| Core | HMGT 6320 The American Healthcare System | Multiple Modalities | Online | Multiple Modalities | |
| Core | HMGT 6321 Strategic Leadership of Healthcare Organizations | HMGT 6320 | Online | Multiple Modalities | |
| Core | HMGT 6323 Healthcare Informatics | Online | In-Person | ||
| Core | HMGT 6324 Healthcare Negotiation & Dispute Resolution | Multiple Modalities | Multiple Modalities | ||
| Core | HMGT 6325 Healthcare Operations Management | In-Person | Online | In-Person | |
| Core | HMGT 6330 Healthcare Law, Policy and Regulation | HMGT 6320 | Online | In-Person | |
| Core | HMGT 6331 Healthcare Economics | Asynchronous | In-Person | ||
| Core | HMGT 6332 Quality Improvement in Healthcare – Six Sigma | Online | Online | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6327 Electronic Health Records Applications | HMGT 6323 | In-Person | ||
| Elective | BUAN 6398 Prescriptive Analytics | In-Person | In-Person | Multiple Modalities | |
| Elective | MIS 6356 Business Analytics w/ R | In-Person | In-Person | ||
| Elective | OB 6331 Power and Politics in Organizations | In-Person | In-Person | ||
| Elective | OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations | Multiple Modalities | Multiple Modalities | ||
| Elective | OPRE 6371 Purchasing Sourcing and Contract Management | Online | Multiple Modalities | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6334 Healthcare Analytics | OPRE 6301 / SYSM 6303 | Online | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6335 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics | Multiple Modalities | In-Person | Multiple Modalities | |
| Elective | HMGT 6336 Information Technology Audit and Risk Management | In-Person | In-Person | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6337 Applied AI in a Healthcare Setting | HMGT 6320 | In-Person | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6374 Internet of Things | In-Person | |||
| Elective | HMGT 6380 Internal Audit | In-Person | In-Person | ||
| Elective | HMGT 6390 (6v10) Healthcare Capstone Practicum | In-Person | |||
| Elective | HMGT 6393 Advanced Auditing | ACCT 6334 / ACCT 6380 / HMGT 6380 | In-Person | In-Person | |
| Elective | MIS 6324 Business Analytics with SAS | OPRE 6301 / OPRE 6359 / BUAN 6359 | Online | Online | Online |
| Elective | OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis | Multiple Modalities | Online | Multiple Modalities | |
| Elective | OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics | Multiple Modalities | In-Person | Multiple Modalities |
MS Healthcare Leadership and Management Mission
The mission of the MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management program is to conduct relevant industry-related research; prepare students to lead and thrive in a rapidly changing, technology-driven healthcare environment and engage with our business and healthcare communities to deliver high-quality leadership and management education for early and mid-careerists. We do this by developing key business and healthcare competencies that enable our students to make a positive difference.
Program Level Student Learning Outcomes
- Assess the role of organized efforts to influence health policy formulation, cost and anticipated outcomes, trends, and the contributions of technology, research and societal values on our evolving healthcare delivery system.
- Describe how laws, regulations and policies control healthcare delivery and assess the relationship between cost, access and quality in healthcare.
- Identify and evaluate the role of information systems and analytics that are prevalent in healthcare organizations; apply analytical tools for continuous improvement.
- Analyze how healthcare organizations create sustainable strategies to stay competitive, including strategic partnerships, supply chain operations, performance improvement key measures and decision-making.
Competency-Based Curriculum
The MS Healthcare Leadership and Management curriculum is developed and updated in relation to the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) which serves the public by advancing the quality of healthcare management education globally, with 145 CAHME programs accredited worldwide. In Fall 2023, UTD’s MS Healthcare Leadership and Management program received official accreditation. Learn particulars about our accredited program.
The purpose of the competency model is to enable you to develop the right knowledge, skills and abilities to make an immediate difference upon graduation. Each competency is tied to specific course objectives in each of our nine core classes. By improving your leadership and technical skills, you will graduate as a valuable resource in the healthcare industry.
Our competency model has five domains, which are shown below, along with their associated competencies. You can find more information in the Competency Booklet, and once enrolled, within a course’s online learning module. Modules provide more practical insights into the competencies within the UTD Blackboard platform (log in with your UTD ID, search organizations and Building Healthcare Competencies).
- Build collaborative relationships
- Develop and maintain medical staff relationships
- Build trusting, collaborative relationships with staff, peers, other disciplines, physicians, vendors, community leaders, legislators, nursing and other educational programs
- Present data analysis results to decision-makers
- Mediation, negotiation and dispute-resolution techniques
- Foster an environment of mutual trust and ethical decision-making
- Advocate and participate in healthcare policy initiatives
- Critically analyze organizational issues after a review of the evidence
- Create a compelling vision and serve as a change agent, assisting others in understanding needed changes, reasons for change and the change process
- Promote continuous organizational learning and improvement
- Participate in the legislative process concerning healthcare through membership in professional organizations and personal contact with public officials
- Healthcare and medical terminology
- Managed care models, structures and environment (e.g., group, staff, IPA, PPO)
- Evidence-based management practice
- Healthcare economics and emerging trends
- Analyze and evaluate information to support a decision or recommendation
- Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis
- Assess organizational perception of systems and departmental effectiveness
- Financial management and financial analysis principles (e.g., balance sheets, income and cash flow statements, ratio analysis)
- Outcomes measures and management
- Define roles, responsibilities and job descriptions
- Evaluate existing and emerging technologies in planning the technological direction to support organizational strategy and systems architecture
- Strategic planning processes development and implementation
Customize Your Degree
The nine hours of electives allow students to customize the degree to fulfill their specific career goals, such as proficiency in IT, quality improvement, supply chain or internal audit.
View Elective CoursesStudent Testimonials
Kennedy Shaffer, MS’20
Patient Coordinator, Identity Eyecare
Upon graduation, I approached one of my professors with my dilemma, and he introduced me to ‘the business of healthcare.’ I have been hooked ever since!
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