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        systems, resource allocation, cost-  incorporate current research, allowing   mobilizes human capital, and drives   area where strategies typically fail   and skills acquired during the first-
        effectiveness, and health financing.   for collaborative learning with peers   sustainable performance within   – implementation. Students will be   year curriculum to shape and focus   Master of
        In addition, the course covers the   and insights from industry experts. By   complex, dynamic, and global   taught various change management   on a tentative project proposal, and
        development, implementation, and   the end of this course, students will   environments. This course examines   techniques together with the   implementation plan. Evaluation is   Science in
        evaluation of health policies, with an   gain a comprehensive understanding   leadership from an organizational and   necessary leadership skills needed for   based upon successful completion
        emphasis on their role in addressing   of the complexities involved in   human capital perspective, focusing   implementing strategies. The course   of intermediate milestones, and   Genomics
        health disparities and improving   marketing in the healthcare sector   on how leaders align people, culture,   concludes with an overview of various   the final goal of producing a final
        population health. Through case   and be well-prepared to apply   structure, and strategy to achieve   traditional and new metrics and   Master’s Project proposal. Group and   and Precision
        studies, data analysis, and policy   these insights effectively in their   sustainable competitive advantage. It   methods for evaluating effectiveness   individual exercises and facilitated
        evaluation exercises, students will   professional endeavors.  integrates major leadership theories   of a particular strategy. Ultimately,   discussions on proposed projects will
        develop critical skills for evidence-                       with contemporary research to             this course prepares managers to   be conducted.            Medicine
        based decision-making.                                      analyze leadership at individual, team,   use various concepts, frameworks,
                                      HCL 510 Advanced Healthcare   and organizational levels, including      theories, and methods of strategic                          MGPM 501 Ethics and Research
                                                                                                                                                                          Integrity
                                      Research Methodology          managing talent, building high-           management to attain a sustainable
        MPH 509 Updated Advances and                                performing teams, leading change,         competitive advantage for their                             Credit Hours: 3
        Challenges in Global Health   Credit Hours: 3               exercising power and influence, and       organizations.                                              Prerequisite: None
                                                                    creating vision and strategic direction.
        Credit Hours: 3               Prerequisite: No Prerequisite  Emphasis is placed on governance,                                                                    This course examines the ethical,
        Prerequisite: No Prerequisite  The course is designed to equip   ethical decision-making, and         FIN512 Financial Management                                 legal, and social implications (ELSI)
                                      students with the advanced    responsible leadership in managing
        This seminar-based course focuses   competencies required to design,   organizations and human capital.  Credit Hours: 3                                          of genomic research and precision
                                                                                                                                                                          medicine. It provides students with a
        on advanced and emerging topics   conduct, critically evaluate, and                                   Prerequisite: MGT523                                        foundational understanding of research
        in global and public health. The   communicate health sciences                                                                                                    integrity, responsible conduct of
        course begins with a faculty-led   research at a postgraduate standard.  MGT523 Strategic Management   This course teaches optimal                                research, and key bioethical principles.
        lecture on contemporary global   Building directly upon undergraduate   in a Global Environment       management of firm’s assets and                             Topics include informed consent, data
        health challenges, followed by                                                                        financing requirements, analysis                            privacy, incidental findings, genetic
        student-led seminars exploring hot   research foundations, this course   Credit Hours: 3              of financial statements, financial                          discrimination, authorship ethics,
                                      advances students into complex
        topics, innovations, and cutting-edge                       Prerequisite: No Prerequisite             markets, risk, valuation, and long                          and regulatory frameworks. Through
        research. Students will gain critical   research paradigms, rigorous                                  term and short term financing                               case studies and critical discussions,
        thinking and presentation skills while   systematic review and evidence   In today’s increasingly global   and investment. Upon completion                        students will learn to navigate complex
                                      synthesis methodology, advanced
        engaging in in-depth discussions and                        competitive environment, managers         of this course, the student will                            ethical dilemmas and apply ethical
        analyses of emerging global health   quantitative and qualitative study   face no greater challenge than that   be able to apply these important                  reasoning in genomic research and
                                      designs, sophisticated statistical
        issues                                                      of strategic planning and strategic       tools of Financial Management in
                                      and analytical methods, and the   management. Guiding a complex         a wide range of areas. This course                          clinical practice, with attention to both
                                      ethical and governance frameworks   organization through a dynamic,     emphasizes the nature of the decision                       global standards and culturally relevant
                                      governing research with human                                           process and the role that economic                          perspectives in the region.
        HCL 509 Healthcare Marketing   participants in specialized healthcare   rapidly changing, and increasingly
        and Patient Engagement        contexts.                     globalized environment requires           analysis plays in various areas of                          MGPM 502 Advanced
                                                                                                              business by providing illustrations
                                                                    the best of judgment. Strategic
                                                                                                                                                                          Biostatistics
        Credit Hours: 3               The course culminates in the   management and planning                  of practical applications of Financial
        Prerequisite: No Prerequisite  development of a publishable-  issues are invariably ambiguous         Management. The course relies on                            Credit Hours: 3
                                                                                                              the Internet and MS Excel in the
                                      quality research protocol, preparing   and unstructured, and the way                                                                Prerequisite: None
        In this course, students will learn a   students to contribute meaningfully   in which management responds   educational process.
        variety of essential content areas   to evidence-based practice and   to them determines whether an                                                               This course introduces graduate
        specific to healthcare marketing.   academic scholarship in their   organization will succeed or fail.                                                            students to the fundamental concepts
        Designed to equip them with   respective disciplines.       This class prepares you to face           HCL 599 Thesis in Healthcare                                and methods of biostatistics as applied
        fundamental knowledge and skills,                           the aforementioned challenges by          Leadership                                                  in genomics and precision medicine.
        each module of this course will                             focusing on strategy formulation,                                                                     It covers data exploration, hypothesis
        enhance students’ understanding   MGT522 Leading Organizations   implementation, evaluation, and      Credit Hours: 3                                             testing, estimation, and multivariable
        of effective healthcare marketing   and Human Capital       control in a global competitive           Prerequisite: completion of 24 credit                       modeling using the R statistical
        strategies, help them solve real-world                      environment. This class teaches           hours                                                       environment. Emphasis is placed
        marketing problems, and teach them   Credit Hours: 3        strategy formulation at the functional,                                                               on application and interpretation of
        to evaluate ethical issues within                           business, corporate, and global           This course allows students to                              statistical techniques in the context of
        marketing practices. The course   Prerequisite: No Prerequisite  levels with a particular reference to   formulate a preliminary project                          biomedical and public health research.
        provides numerous opportunities for   Leadership is a strategic function   business ethics, social responsibility,   proposal for their HCL Project.              The course includes a hands-on
        thought-provoking discussions that   that shapes organizational direction,   and good corporate governance. A   Students will apply the knowledge                 semester-long data analysis project
                                                                    special emphasis is placed on the                                                                     using real-world public health datasets.

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