Business - Leadership and management

During this emergency management and homeland security master’s program, you’ll address a set of challenges related to hazard risk reduction and resilience capacity promotion. You’ll also learn strategies that communities, nations and international systems can implement to prevent large-scale disasters. These strategies focus on responding to hazards such as natural disasters, cyber attacks or acts of terrorism. Upon completing this program, you’ll be equipped with the abilities to coordinate emergency response, reduce hazard risk, promote public safety and strengthen community resilience.

Tailor your skillset with one of five degree concentrations

This program places a central emphasis on interdisciplinary learning because emergency, disaster, public safety and homeland security challenges cut across multiple professional domains. Concepts from different fields, such as public policy, geography, social work and criminal justice, are blended to enhance critical thinking within emergency management and homeland security. In this program, you’ll gain a broad understanding of related issues from resilience and sustainability to risk and vulnerability.

You’ll complete a set of core courses and have the option to select one of the five program concentrations. Adding a concentration helps you develop specialized skills in a specific area within the field that directly relates to your career goals and professional development interests. The five available concentrations include:

• Biosecurity and threat management
• Community resilience
• Cybersecurity policy and management
• Emergency management
• Homeland security

Who’s a good candidate for this master’s program?

Ideal candidates for this master’s program include those with previous work or educational experience in emergency management and homeland security. By earning this degree, you’ll be prepared to work for government agencies at the local, state and federal levels. You may also apply for jobs with public safety, health or security groups in the nonprofit sector. Graduates can also pursue roles in private security and technology companies.

In this health care administration and policy master’s, you'll immerse yourself in transforming the health care landscape, focusing not on the benchwork of sciences but on revolutionizing how health care policies and systems serve populations. You'll explore ways to increase access to health care, particularly for vulnerable and rural communities, and tackle pressing issues like health equity. By blending studies in population health, health economics, policy and data analytics with leadership and systems thinking, you'll gain the skills to enact meaningful change.

Who’s a good candidate for this program?

If you're someone who naturally questions how things could be better, possesses an entrepreneurial mindset and thrives on creative and innovative thinking, this health care administration and policy master’s could be your calling. It's designed not just for those eyeing administrative roles but for anyone with a passion for health care or seeking to make a significant impact within the system. Whether you're already navigating a career in health care, from administration to clinical roles, or considering a pivot into this vital field, your drive to advance and innovate makes you an ideal candidate.

This program is also a strategic choice for those contemplating medical school. It offers a unique gap-year opportunity to gain insights into the broader context of health care delivery, policy's role in health outcomes and the potential of informatics to enhance decision-making and health results. Your ability to articulate a vision for your future in health care and how this program aligns with your goals is key, regardless of your background in health care or specific undergraduate degree.

What you can do with a health care administration and policy master’s

Upon graduation, you'll be equipped for a variety of impactful roles across the health care sector. Imagine leading teams as an advanced clinical leader, managing health programs or making big decisions as a health care administrator. Your skills in improving quality will be essential for bettering patient care. You may even start your own health care business, bringing new ideas to the field.

While some candidates may initially view this program as a precursor to medical school, students commonly realign their career trajectories towards health care administration or quality improvement upon exposure to the curriculum. As a graduate, you're not just getting a degree; you're preparing to make a real difference in health care, whether it's in managing teams, improving services or innovating.

Earning a master of business administration can further your career and open the door to new opportunities. This program is taught by the same world-class faculty using the same curriculum as the on-campus MBA program. This means you’ll receive the same quality education with added flexibility.

Throughout your courses, you’ll cover a broad range of business-related subjects, including finance, marketing and supply chain management, to develop a well-rounded understanding of management and leadership. With one core course at a time, you’ll immerse yourself in one topic for 5 weeks, culminating with final exams or final projects.

The benefits of earning your MBA online

There are many advantages to earning an MBA online. The extra schooling and knowledge you’ll gain in the program are great ways to set yourself apart from other job candidates, expand your professional network, further your career and increase your earnings. Through your courses, you’ll also expand your skill set, learn innovative business strategies and strengthen your leadership skills.

This program was created with working professionals in mind, allowing you to complete your courses anytime, anywhere, and further your education without pausing your career. By completing your MBA online, you’ll also have access to student support services to help you complete your graduate studies while working full-time.

Also, if you already hold a master’s degree in a business discipline, you may be eligible to shorten the amount of time necessary to earn an MBA. Email [email protected] to learn more.

Tailor your studies to fit your career goals

This MBA program provides you with the opportunity to hone your studies on your interests and set you apart from the competition with an optional concentration. A concentration consists of taking a minimum of three elective courses in one subject area and may require you to take a combination of on-campus and online electives in order to meet the concentration requirement.You can choose to focus on one of our seven concentrations:

• Business data analytics: This concentration broadens your knowledge in applied analytics, analytical decision modeling, data mining, regression modeling and marketing analytics.
• Entrepreneurship: In this concentration, you’ll learn how to comprehend and address the everyday challenges encountered by a diverse range of entrepreneurs at different stages of their ventures.
• Finance: With a focus on corporate finance, this concentration offers unique perspectives on leading-edge financial theories and the analytical techniques necessary for strategic business management.
• International business: This concentration allows you to choose from off-site international travel locations or 100% online courses. Off-site electives are offered in conjunction with international partner universities, allowing you to enhance your understanding of international business practices and immerse yourself in a new culture.
• Leadership: In this concentration, you’ll gain deeper insights into the principles of impactful leadership through critical thinking skills and enhanced self-awareness.
• Marketing: This concentration teaches you how to use marketing strategy with services marketing and management to gain a competitive advantage in business.
• Supply chain management: This concentration integrates core business knowledge with all aspects of products and their service life cycles, from design to delivery to disposal.

The first of its kind, the master’s in health care innovation is a leadership program focused on teaching the science of innovation for direct application in a world full of change. With a curriculum centered around innovation, this program helps you gain the knowledge and skills needed to facilitate new ideas, products and services for the betterment of patient care and accessibility.

The Master of Healthcare Innovation can be completed as part of an accelerated track wherein students obtain both a bachelor's and master's degree in as little as one extra year after completing an undergraduate degree. You can earn a master’s in health care innovation in one of five Accelerated Master's program options, which include:

• Bachelor of Applied Science in health entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Bachelor of Science in community health.
• Bachelor of Science in health care coordination.
• Bachelor of Science in health entrepreneurship and innovation.
• Bachelor of Science in integrative health.

Please keep in mind each program has unique requirements to be eligible. For additional information, speak with your advisor.

What will I learn in a master’s in health care innovation?

In the master’s in health care innovation, you’ll develop competence in the design, application and testing of innovative processes and products, with a primary focus on preparing to lead processes of innovation and transformation. You’ll also learn how to create and sustain cultures of innovation in health care from multiple perspectives, such as:

• Communication.
• Entrepreneurship.
• Financing.
• Remodeling system infrastructures.
• Technology and policy-making.
• Use of evidence in decision-making.

Additional skills gained throughout this health innovation degree include forward thinking, planning, implementation, change theory, technology and system design, entrepreneurship, financing and evaluation.

Why earn a health care innovation degree?

Earning a health care innovation degree is a great step toward becoming a leader in health care. Through the innovative health care management courses, you’ll gain the leadership skills needed to influence the future of health care and transform outcomes for consumers and communities.

Additionally, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in health care occupations is projected to grow 16% from 2020 to 2030, with about 2.6 million new jobs being created.

Are you interested in learning more about this program and other graduate health programs offered by the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation? Register now for an upcoming live, virtual information session.