Students choosing the special concentration in health management may elect the joint M.S./M.B.A. Program. Upon successful completion of the requirements as determined by the Dean of the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences and by the Director of the Community health Program, the student will be awarded a Master of Science degree with Specialization in Community health and a Master of Business Administration degree. Students must meet the general requirements for admission to the business program (see p. 65) and the Community health Program. The program has been so planned that the requirements for each degree will be coupled and taken as one program. Under the combined program, provision has been made for a reduction of up to 21 credits or seven courses from the maximum requirements of 102 credits (60 credits in the M.B.A. and 42 credits in the M.S. programs) for a reduced total of 81 credits. General Business core courses in the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences, totaling up to a maximum of 24 credits, may be waived when it is determined by the office of the Dean of the School that equivalent work has been completed elsewhere or that the student has acquired comparable business experience. Any three of the following courses, for a total of nine credits, taken in satisfaction of the M.S. requirements with the approval of the Director, will also be accepted in partial satisfaction of the required fifteen credits of advanced electives in the M.B.A. program with the approval of the office of the Dean of the School: CH 670 Management in Community health Services CH 671 Managerial Reporting Systems and Information Analysis in Community health Programs CH 672 Personnel Administration in health Services CH 673 Community Relations in health Services CH 674 Finance and Budgetary Aspects of Community health Services Waivers granted by the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences cannot be applied to corresponding courses in Community health. With consultation and approval of the Dean of the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences and the Director of the Community health Program the following courses are mutually acceptable to meet the requirements in both the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences and in the Community health Program: CH 625 Legal Aspects of Administration or GBA 506 Business Law CH 626 health Administration or GBA 503 Management Processes CH 510 The Economics of health or GBA 505 Economic Environment of Business (top) Degree Requirements for Joint Program M.S. Community health Requirements (top) Required Courses (6 credits) Cr.   Credits CH 506 The Ecosystem and Community health 3 CH 507 Descriptive-Analytic Epidemiology 3 health Administration (6 credits)   Credits CH 625 Legal Aspects of Administration* 3 CH 626 health Administration* 3 CH 627 Community health Planning 3 CH 628 Comparative health Care Systems 3 Interdisciplinary Courses (6 credits)   Credits CH 510 The Economics of health* 3 CH 511 The Politics of health 3 CH 512 Transcultural health Care 3 CH 513 Urban health Problems 3 health (6 credits)   Credits CH 610 Community health Diagnosis 3 CH 611 Epidemiology of Community Mental health 3 CH 612 Adaptation and Community health Education 3 CH 613 Urban Environment and the Handicapped 3 health Management Concentration (9 credits)**   Credits CH 670 Management in Community health Services 3 CH 671 Managerial Reporting Systems and Information Analysis in Community health Programs 3 CH 672 Personnel Administration in health Services 3 CH 673 Community Relations in health Services 3 CH 674 Finance and Budgetary Aspects of Community health Services 3 Research (9 credits)   Credits CH 701 Research Methodology 3 CH 702 Biostatistics: Analysis of Experimental Data 3 CH 703 Field Practice and Related Project - or - CH 704 Research and Thesis Seminar 3 (top) M.B.A. Requirements (top) General Business Core Courses   Credits GBA 510 Financial Accounting 3 GBA 511 Corporate Financial Management 3 GBA 512 Principles of Management and Leadership 3 GBA 512 Principles of Management and Leadership 3 GBA 513 Marketing Management 3 GBA 514 Money, Banking and Capital Markets 3 GBA 515 Managerial Communications 3 GBA 516 Business Statistics 3 GBA 517 Fundamentals of Management Information Systems 3    24 Advanced Business Core Courses   Credits MBA 610 Financial Services and he New Financial World 3 MBA 611 Global Economic Environment of Business 3 MBA 612 Marketing Strategy 3 MBA 613 Organizational Behavior 3 MBA 614 Operations Management 3 MBA 615 Management in a Global Society 3   18 Electives**   Credits 12 credits of advanced work 12 Capstone Course (6 credits)   Credits MBA 800-801 Business Policy 6 *These courses may be taken in satisfaction of M.S. or M.B.A. requirements. **Only nine credits from the health Management concentration in the M.S. program may be used in partial satisfaction of electives in the M.B.A. program as approved by the School of Business, Public Administration and Information Sciences. 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