The online MBA in Rural Healthcare at The College of St. Scholastica is designed for healthcare professionals at all levels who serve rural communities and recognize the need to manage the emerging challenges and changes in the health care system. As administrators rise from healthcare professions such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and physical and occupational therapy into leadership positions within business and management, there is an entirely new set of challenges to face.
Contact Information
mbsdept@css.edu
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the MBA program, students should be able to:
- Exercise critical thinking and high level reasoning through effective oral and written communication skills.
- Identify competing values, behaviors, and assumptions that are relevant to the effective implementation of proposed change initiatives.
- Analyze, design, and deliver effective change-based interventions and strategies in an ever-changing global environment.
- Describe and explain to the client system the cultural context that affects a proposed change initiative.
Requirements
Students must achieve the following program requirements for all courses listed under Program Requirements and Program Required Courses for the Rural Healthcare, MBA.
Program Requirements
Major Credits: 36
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Program Required Courses
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| MGT 6307 | Economics for Decision Making | 3 |
| MGT 6351 | Health Care Administration | 3 |
| MGT 6352 | Performance Improvement in Healthcare | 3 |
| MGT 6355 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| MGT 6420 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 6430 | Organization Development | 3 |
| MGT 6445 | Human Resource Management | 3 |
| MGT 6450 | Marketing: Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| MGT 6455 | Strategic Leadership for Change | 3 |
| MGT 6530 | Managerial Applications of Tec | 3 |
| MGT 6810 | Thesis/Final Research Project | 6 |
| Total Credits | 36 |
Degree Requirements
To graduate from the College of St. Scholastica, graduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements.
Minimum GPA: 3.0
