Unleash your potential and transform your career in health care.

The health care industry needs visionary leaders and innovators. The TCU Professional MBA and Health Policy and Management Certificate meets that need, giving you the confidence to lead strategically, think critically and adapt quickly through cutting-edge classroom and hands-on experiences. You'll gain access to our powerful network of health care thought leaders and experts, deepening your knowledge and insight of health policy and strategy interactions, and expland your finance, operations and management expertise. Our MBA equips you with real-world skills, and challenges you to consider different perspectives and engage in crucial conversations about the future of health care in the U.S., distinguishing yourself among peers in the health care industry. With our evening-only classes and flexible delivery formats, you'll experience instant ROI by applying what you learn in class the next day at work.

Now accepting Spring and Fall 2025 applications!

 

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Just nine semester hours will expand your health care knowledge through our certificate program.

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What You'll Get

  • Evening-only classes that allow you to continue working while you earn your degree.
  • Industry credibility with a sought-after MBA degree from a nationally recognized business school.
  • In-depth knowledge and skill set in health care issues and policies with market-driven courses, empowering you to analyze market competition and failures, stakeholder interests and government strategies.
  • Global business insights from engaging professors and mentors who are industry experts, focusing on health care economics, policy and organizational decision making.
  • A capstone project that puts learning into action and a trip to Washington, D.C., to study the impact of health care legislation.
  • Personal and professional connections with experienced classmates, alumni and faculty, including movers and shakers in the DFW Metroplex and around the world.
  • Immediate payoff as you go to work the next morning and apply what you've learned.

 

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Curriculum

Gain the broad knowledge and pioneering skills necessary to effectively lead, innovate and drive change both within your organization and throughout the health care industry.

The Health Policy and Management Certificate consists of nine credit hours.

Health Care Courses (6 required credit hours)

Electives (3 credit hours)

  • MANA 72423 – U.S. Health Care Policy
  • MANA 72440 – Legal Issues in Health Care
  • MANA 72450 – Health Care Integrative Project
  • MANA 72453 – Health Care Capstone
  • MANA 70970 – Special Problems: Health Care Revenue Cycle and Financial Management
  • MANA 70970 – Special Problems: Health Care Quality
  • MANA 70970 – Special Problems: Health Care Strategy
  • Other elective courses as approved

 

“There is a tremendous need for classically trained MBAs who have a firm understanding of the business of health care.”

– Darin Szilagyi, FACHE, MBA '94
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Communications, Platinum Dermatology Partners
Chair, Neeley Health Care Advisory Board

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