Dual M.S. Healthcare Systems Engineering/Master of Business Administration

Program Details

Department:  Healthcare Systems Engineers and MBA
Modality:
Concentrations: n/a
Semester Hours: 60
Total Years: 3 years

The mission of the Dual Degree MS in Healthcare Systems Engineering/MBA program is to educate professionals in the healthcare systems engineering and business disciplines to prepare graduates for leadership positions in highly complex healthcare endeavors.

The dual degree MS/MBA program will confer two degrees upon its graduates: an MBA and an MS in Healthcare Systems Engineering. Pursuing the dual degree program saves the student several courses compared to pursuing the two degrees separately.

The dual degree MS in Healthcare Systems Engineering/MBA program is designed to be completed in approximately three years. Typically, the Healthcare Systems Engineering classes are completed first, followed by taking the required classes in the MBA program.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates will:

1. Apply the fundamental principles of Healthcare Systems Engineering to complex healthcare problems
2. Become leaders of innovative healthcare projects and businesses
3. Develop multidisciplinary skills to architect, design & manage complex healthcare systems throughout their life cycle
4. Apply principles of systems engineering, systems thinking, project management and lean engineering to improve operational efficiency, reduce fragmentation, improve patient safety and reduce provider burnout, and apply state of the art knowledge to healthcare
5. Develop technical skills to analyze, and design integrated healthcare systems
6. Bring an ethical and diverse perspective to their management of organizations, teams, and individuals through a deep understanding of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) and SDG’s (Sustainable Development Goals) and what it means to lead “business for good” and create societal impact.
7. Demonstrate an entrepreneurial mindset, through creative approaches to managing change, innovation and opportunities emerging on the business landscape. Leaders with this mindset can pivot and understand the importance of strategic agility.
8. Apply financial savvy and “know-how” to ensure that the business can operate profitably while making a triple bottom-line impact.
9. Build a deep understanding of brand, markets, and customers to analyze and apply principles related to the value chain of product and service development from conception to implementation.
10. Utilize advances in technology and operations to impact organizational effectiveness and manage technological change to ensure value creation in the firm.
11. Develop organizational and interpersonal skill sets and competencies to effectively lead people and organizations.
12. Advance their critical thinking skills and abilities and demonstrate strategic and systems thinking for identifying organizational opportunities and solving business challenges.
13. Demonstrate significant advances in communicating and collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders within and across organizations and communities in which they do business.
14. Apply a global perspective to understand and manage opportunities and challenges faced by business in a globally connected world.

Program Admission

Applicants for the Engineering/MBA Dual Degree program will submit the standard application for their chosen engineering program of study. After receiving acceptance and completing the first year of their engineering degree, students are granted admission to the dual degree program and may begin enrolling in MBA courses provided they are in good academic standing (minimum GPA 3.0) and receive approval from their respective program director.

Visit Seaver College of Science and Engineering for more information and to apply.

Current LMU engineering graduate students should contact the Director of Academic Affairs for Graduate Business Education to discuss enrolling in the dual degree program.

Questions?

Graduate Business Education
310.258.8707
CBAGrad@lmu.edu
mba.lmu.edu

Graduation Requirements

Students enrolled in the Dual Degree MS/MBA Program are jointly advised by their academic advisor for Healthcare Systems Engineering and the MBA Program advisor in the College of Business Administration. It is recommended that incoming students take 12 semester hours of Healthcare Systems Engineering courses per fall and spring semester and complete the MS in year one of the dual-degree program, then begin the MBA curriculum in year two.

Dual degree students will take a total of 24 semester hours of Healthcare Systems Engineering courses and 36 semester hours of MBA courses. 

Suggested Curriculum Flowchart for all Dual Degrees with Seaver College of Science & Engineering

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Hours
Year 1 (Summer, Fall, and Spring)
Core Courses 1, 2
SYEG 510	Project Management	3
HSEG 535	Lean Healthcare	3
HSEG 605	Healthcare Systems Engineering	3
HSEG 625	Patient Safety and Quality Systems	3
HSEG 635	Advanced Lean Management of Healthcare	3
HSEG 665	Population Health and Big Data Analytics	3
HSEG 675	Healthcare Enterprise Informatics and Electronic Health Records	3
HSEG 695	Preparation for Capstone Project	0
HSEG 696	Project in Healthcare 3	3
Subtotal		24
Year 2 and beyond
MBAA 6011	Leadership and Organizational Dynamics	3
MBAA 6021	Financial and Managerial Accounting	3
MBAA 6031	Ethics and the Entrepreneurial Mindset	3
MBAA 6041	Marketing Management	3
MBAA 6061	Global Strategic Management	3
MBAA 6071	Corporate Finance	3
MBAA 6081	Business and Performance Analytics	3
MBAA 6091	Technologies in Business Management	3
MBA elective		3
MBA elective		3
MBA elective		3
MBA elective		3
Subtotal		36
Total Semester Hours		60

¹

HSEG 699 Independent Studies must be pre-approved by the academic advisor.

Healthcare Systems Engineering coursework may only be substituted upon obtaining approval from the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering Dean’s Office.

²

Total M.S. Degree Requirement: 24 semester hours + 6 semester hours from MBA, satisfying the MS degree requirement of 30 semester hours.

³

The Capstone Project, HSEG 696 Project in Healthcare, should be taken in the last Spring or Fall semester of the studies.

Total M.S./M.B.A Degree Requirement: 60 semester hours

Note:
When the course requirements outlined above are completed, the student should submit an application for degree to be awarded both the MBA and the MS in Healthcare Systems Engineering. Students must file separately for each degree and both degrees must be awarded in the same term.