Baptist Health Sciences University (BHSU) and Christian Brothers University (CBU) have joined together to give rising seniors in public health and health administration at BHSU the unique opportunity to pursue a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management (HMBA) through CBU while finishing their undergraduate coursework. This approach enables students in their final year of undergraduate school to take graduate-level courses and complete their HMBA within a year of graduating from BHSU.
“Baptist Health Sciences University is pleased to collaborate with Christian Brothers University to advance the careers of health care administration and management students in the Mid-South,” said Betty Sue McGarvey, president of BHSU. “Through accelerated learning opportunities, we can help tackle the health care worker shortage more quickly and better equip our students to serve as effective leaders.”
Graduates of this program will be equipped with the skills needed to become industry leaders in a field that is projected to grow much faster than average for all occupations in the next decade.
“We are very pleased to join with Baptist Health Sciences University to offer this opportunity for future leaders in the health care industry,” said President of CBU David Archer.
Archer was the original director of CBU’s HMBA program, and he served as CEO at hospitals across the country for three decades, including 19 years at Saint Francis Healthcare in Memphis.
“Our HMBA courses cover all business aspects of the health care sector, including management, accounting, marketing and information technology – as well as legal issues and public policy,” Archer added. “The program provides a unique and important combination of a rigorous business education with real-world health care challenges and cases.”
For more information, contact Dr. Briana Jegier at Briana.Jegier@BaptistU.edu or the BHSU Admissions team at admissions@BaptistU.edu.
