With an MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership, you will crunch the data to guide organizational policy and priorities, while never forgetting the patient and family at the other end of every decision. You are a nurse who sees various means to only one end: better health care.

The MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership is a 61-credit program, in addition to 504 total clinical hours. MBA courses are fully online and can be taken either asynchronously (anytime) or synchronously (real-time). Some online courses allow students to attend in-person residencies. Learn more about residencies here. For more information on plans of study, visit the School of Nursing.

The MBA/MSN in Healthcare Organizational Leadership program does not qualify for F-1 or J-1 student sponsorship.

Required Courses

MBA Business Foundations (20 credits)

• Accounting and Financial Reporting
• Business Analytics
• Business Communication
• Business Microeconomics
• Corporate Finance
• Marketing Management
• Negotiation
• Operations Management
• Statistical Analysis
• Strategic Management

MBA Business Electives* (16 credits)

• Business Leadership & Human Values
• Crisis Management
• Effective Teaming
• Health Care Law & Regulation
• Health Care Strategy Consulting Practicum
• Health Innovation & Evaluation
• Managing Complex Projects
• Negotiation in Health Care Settings

*This is not a comprehensive list.

MBA Specializations Offered

Students may use business elective courses to earn an MBA specialization but are not required to. You are welcome to take any elective courses you like. Specializations are simply a way to help organize your electives by content area. 

• Artificial intelligence for business
• Business analytics and risk management
• Entrepreneurship
• Finance
• Health care management
• Leadership
• Marketing
• Real estate

School of Nursing

• Advanced Nursing Health Policy
• Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum I
• Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum II
• Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum III
• Leadership: Organizational Dynamics, Complexities and Change
• Leadership and Organizational Culture: Theories and Practice in Contemporary Healthcare
• Leadership Role Identity and Career Development
• Philosophical, Theoretical, and Ethical Basis of Advanced Nursing Practice
• The Research Process and Its Application to Evidence-Based Practice