2003-2005 - Special Collections - University of Baltimore

Applicants who fail to meet one of the admissions requirements detailed above may be
accepted as conditional degree students, meaning they may begin classes but have admissions
criteria to satisfy. In instances where applicants have not achieved at least a 3.0 grade
point average (B average) in either undergraduate or graduate studies, they are designated
"conditional" until they have completed 12 hours ofgraduate work and maintained a 3.0
average.
SCHEDULE OF CLASSES
The M.S. in Health Systems Management Program offers courses on an accelerated 10week
term. Classes are offered exclusively on Saturdays. There are two ten-week terms in
one semester and four terms (two semesters) comprise each academic year. There is a
three-week break after each term. Students may, under this structure, complete the M.S.
degree within two academic years. Students typically take four courses over two terms each
semester. They must, however, take a minimum of three courses (or nine credits) each
semester to maintain full-time graduate student status.
CURRICULUM
The program comprises four core content areas: Management, Epidemiology,
Quantitative, and Financial/Information Technology. Distribution ofcourses in each core
is as follows.
Management Core Courses (6 courses, 18 credits)
PUAD 750 Health Care Systems, Organization and Management (3)
PUAD 751 Policy Issues in Health Care (3)
PUAD 755 Health Administration (3)
MGMT 765 Management of Health Care Organizations and Professionals (3)
HSMG 766 Health Systems Management: Organizational Design and Human
Resources (3)
HSMG 630 The Legal Environment of Health Care Management (3)
PUAD 757 Strategic Management in Health Care (3)
Epidemiology Core Courses (1 course, 3 credits)
HSMG 640 Epidemiology (3)
HSMG 641 Cardiovascular Epidemiology (3)
HSMG 642 Infectious Disease Epidemiology (3)
Quantitative Core Courses (3 course, 9 credits)
Required:
HSMG 632 Biostatistics (3)
HSMG 650 Quantitative
Management Methods for Decisions in Health Systems (3 Credits)
Choose one elective:
HSMG 651 Survey Research and Data analysis for Health Administrators (3)
HSMG 691 Health Planning and Program Evaluation (3)
FinanciallInformation Technology Core Courses
ACCT 761 Accounting for Health Care Organizations (3)
ACCT 762 Accounting for Medicare Regulations (3)
FIN 504 Financial Management (3)
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