Health Care–Leadership of Healthcare Organizations
OFFICE: La Jolla Village Professional Center
8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite A124
(858) 964-1017
E-mail: lhco@ucsd.edu
http://lhco.ucsd.edu
Program Description
The Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations provides depth and focus on management for health care professionals with an emphasis on clinical process improvement. The goal of the program is to prepare health care professionals to participate more effectively in the business decisions that affect the quality of patient care by teaching participants to deal with error prevention, process quality, and systems of care. Students gain the advanced knowledge and skills that are essential to manage escalating challenges in the competitive business environment of health care. The MAS program crosses many fields and clinical and administrative professions in the health industry, including medicine, nursing, mental health, dentistry, insurance, pharmacy, and other related areas. The program is appropriate for nurses, managers, physicians, allied health professionals, health care executives, and medical students as they assume more active roles in health care leadership and on management teams.
The MAS in the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations is a part-time, self-supporting degree program with a flexible course schedule designed for working professionals. It is the first graduate degree of its kind within the University of California system. The UC San Diego graduate division confers the MAS degree and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the UCSD School of Medicine is responsible for the academic management of the curriculum. UCSD Extension administers the program and provides student advising and career counseling services.
Admission
New students are admitted in the fall, winter, and spring quarter of each academic year. Prospective candidates should submit and complete the official UCSD online graduate application for admission, the application fee, one set of official transcripts from each institution attended after high school, three letters of professional recommendation, and a current résumé or c.v. The GRE/GMAT is not required; however, it is strongly recommended that candidates have a minimum of five years of professional experience in health care. International applicants must submit official scores from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The application deadlines are August 1(fall), October 16 (winter), and January 15 (spring).
Program of Study
The part-time degree program is designed to be completed in one, two, or three years, depending upon a participant’s time to devote to the program. Classes are typically scheduled in the late afternoons, evenings, or weekends to meet the demands of working professionals. Students are required to complete thirty-six units of core courses and two prerequisite courses. The prerequisite courses may be taken concurrently with the core courses in the MAS program or prior to being admitted in the degree program.
