Master of Science in Health Care Management (part-time)

The Master of Science in Health Care Management prepares you to assess and act on opportunities, innovate, and improve productivity in all areas related to health care. Through first-hand exposure to the vanguard of current research, you will study how the business of health care responds to the latest discoveries. Expand your expertise through cross-disciplinary learning and other collaborations with the top-ranked Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Apply practical skills in management to implement health care business solutions through action-based courses. 

Part-time students may also choose to take courses on-site or online. Online courses feature mostly asynchronous learning activities with a few recommended or required synchronous (real-time) activities. Students will select a preferred mode of study upon application. Students should review the technical requirements for online courses before applying.

Required Courses (24 credits)*:

Business Foundations (18 credits)

• BU.210.620 Accounting and Financial Reporting
• BU.520.601 Business Analytics
• BU.120.601 Business Communication*
• BU.131.601 Business Leadership and Human Values
• BU.220.620 Economics for Decision Making
• BU.350.620 Information Systems
• BU.410.620 Marketing Management
• BU.680.620 Operations Management
• BU.510.601 Statistical Analysis

*Online sections of Business Communication require students to attend an in-person residency at the Baltimore campus in order to complete the 8-week course.

Functional Core (6 credits)

• BU.881.702 Frameworks for Analyzing Health Care Markets
• BU.883.705 Health Care Financing and Financial Management
• BU.881.703 Health Care Law and Regulation

Electives (12 credits):

Students choose 6 courses from the following:

• BU.881.707 Accounting for Decision Making in Health Care
• BU.555.710 Applied and Behavioral Economics in Health Care**
• BU.883.704 Pharmaceutical Strategy
• BU.510.650 Data Analytics
• BU.150.710/5 Discovery to Market I and II
• BU.883.702 Emerging Frontiers in Health Technologies and Strategies
• BU.883.701 Fundamentals of Health Care Operations
• BU.881.701 Fundamentals of Health Care Systems
• BU.883.706 Health Care Organization and Management
• BU.890.713/4 Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum I and II
• BU.881.706 Health Innovation and Evaluation
• BU.881.705 Health Marketing and Access**
• BU.883.703 Medical Devices and Diagnostics
• BU.883.708 Negotiation in Health Care Settings**
• BU.881.704 Providers and Payers
• BU.881.711 Research and Policy Seminars in Health**
• BU.550.620 The U.S. Health Care System: Past, Present, and Future
• BU.883.707 The Wire: Business Solutions for Community Health Improvement

**Designates courses that are currently available on-site only