Health Enterprise Management HEMA

For students who matriculated (began their Kellogg studies) DURING OR AFTER Summer Quarter 2015, see new guidelines for Evening & Weekend MBA Students.

For students who matriculated (began their Kellogg studies) DURING OR PRIOR TO Spring Quarter 2015, see below.

Offered by Healthcare at Kellogg (HCAK)

Health Enterprise Management Major Description

The Health Enterprise Management (HEMA) major meets the needs of any management student who seeks to excel in either the services or products side of the health industry. Many HEMA courses are taught by some of the world’s leading scholars in a wide range of academic fields. Other HEMA classes are taught by practitioners who have reached the very top of their professions. All HEMA offerings emphasize the importance of translating fundamental management principles into state-of-the-art tools for practitioners. HEMA graduates compete successfully for jobs in provider, insurer and supplier organizations, as well as in consulting, investment banking and other related sectors of the economy.

The HEMA major combines flexibility with depth. Students must complete one full credit from the list of “breadth courses.” These courses orient students with the institutions shaping the healthcare sector today, and provide an introduction to healthcare-related issues in the areas strategy, economics, and/or management. Three additional credits may be completed from a lengthy list of courses, including several offerings focusing on either the healthcare services (payor/provider) or life sciences (biotech/pharma) fields. There are no prerequisites for the major and students with no prior experience in the health sector are invited to sample HEMA courses.

Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence
Kellogg offers students who are interested in the health sector an opportunity to drill deeply into the field. Students who wish to drill deeply into health enterprise management may complete the Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Major (SCHEMA).

Major requirements are determined by the quarter you began your Kellogg MBA program. Please click on the relevant time period below to confirm your specific requirements.

Summer 2014 – Spring 2015 [view requirements]

Students must complete four credits from the courses listed below to satisfy the requirements for the HEMA major. At least one credit must be comprised of the following breadth courses:
	MGMT-444	Health Economics
	MGMT-945	U.S. Healthcare Strategy
	HEMA-441	Health Policy
	HEMA-440	Healthcare Systems
	HEMA-484A	Thought Leadership Seminar: International Healthcare Systems (0.5 credit)
	HEMA-923B	Topics in Health Policy: The Affordable Care Act (0.5 credit)


Up to three credits must be satisfied by these courses:
	MGMT 947-0	Healthcare Strategy Lab
	HEMA-452-B	Advanced Strategic Management in Healthcare (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-453	Managerial Challenges in the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics, and Devices Industries
	HEMA-499	Independent Study
	HEMA-914	Biomedical Marketing
	HEMA-915	Medical Innovation I
	HEMA-916	Medical Innovation II
	HEMA-921A	Health Information Technology (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-922B	Health Care Quality (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-924A	Population Health: Healthcare transformation as a necessary result of economic, policy and demographic forces
	HEMA-926B	Patient-Centric Business Models, Solutions & Strategies
	HEMA-931B	Pharmaceutical Strategy
	FINC-471	Case Studies in Venture Investment
	KPPI-442	International Healthcare Systems
	KPPI-933	Health and Humanitarian Rights
	KPPI-973A	Medical Technologies in Developing Countries II
	KPPI-973B	Medical Technologies in Developing Countries I
	MGMT-441	Intellectual Capital Management
	MGMT-469	Empirical Methods in Strategy
	OPNS-482	Services Operations
Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Kellogg offers students interested in the Health sector an opportunity to demonstrate a Special Competency in Health Enterprise Management (SCHEMA). SCHEMA requires six credits, at least one of which is a breadth course.

Summer 2013 – Spring 2014 [view requirements]

Students interested in completing the HEMA major must take four credits from those listed below. At least one course must be a “Breadth Course” (denoted by a * below). These requirements relax and simplify previous requirements involving “tracks.” Anyone who qualified for the major under the old requirements will qualify for the major under these new requirements.
	HEMA-440*	Healthcare Systems
	HEMA-441*	Health Policy
	HEMA-451	Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery
	HEMA-452-B	Advanced Strategic Management in Healthcare (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-453	Managerial Challenges in the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics, and Devices Industries
	HEMA-484A	Thought Leadership Seminar: International Healthcare Systems (0.5 credit)
	HEMA-499	Independent Study
	HEMA-914	Biomedical Marketing
	HEMA-915	Medical Innovation I
	HEMA-916	Medical Innovation II
	HEMA-920A	Hospital - Physician- Insurer Relationships and the Response to Healthcare Reform (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-921A	Health Information Technology (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-922B	Health Care Quality (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-925A	Healthcare Markets (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-930B	Health Plan Design and Financing
	FINC-471	Case Studies in Venture Investment
	KPPI-442*	International Healthcare Systems
	KPPI-933	Health and Humanitarian Rights
	KPPI-973A	Medical Technologies in Developing Countries II
	KPPI-973B	Medical Technologies in Developing Countries I
	MGMT-441	Intellectual Capital Management (formerly TECH-441)
	MGMT-444*	Health Economics
	MGMT-469	Empirical Methods in Strategy
	MGMT-945*	U.S. Healthcare Strategy
	MGMT-946	Strategy, Competition and Policy in Healthcare Markets
	OPNS-482	Services Operations

Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Kellogg offers students interested in the Health sector an opportunity to demonstrate a Special Competency in Health Enterprise Management (SCHEMA). SCHEMA requires six credits, at least one of which is a breadth course.

Summer 2012 – Spring 2013 [view requirements]

Students interested in completing the HEMA major must take four credits from those listed below. At least one course must be a “Breadth Course” (denoted by a * below). These requirements relax and simplify previous requirements involving “tracks.” Anyone who qualified for the major under the old requirements will qualify for the major under these new requirements.
	HEMA-440*	Healthcare Systems
	HEMA-441*	Health Policy
	HEMA-451	Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery
	HEMA-452-B	Advanced Strategic Management in Healthcare (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-453	Managerial Challenges in the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics, and Devices Industries
	HEMA-499	Independent Study
	HEMA-914	Biomedical Marketing
	HEMA-915	Medical Innovation I
	HEMA-916	Medical Innovation II
	HEMA-920A	Hospital - Physician- Insurer Relationships and the Response to Healthcare Reform (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-925A	Healthcare Markets (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-921A	Health Information Technology (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-922B	Health Care Quality (counts as 0.5 courses)
	FINC-471	Case Studies in Venture Investment
	INTL-442*	International Healthcare Systems
	MGMT-441	Intellectual Capital Management (formerly TECH-441)
	INTL-473	Global Initiatives in Management GHI section only
	MGMT-444*	Health Economics
	MGMT-469	Empirical Methods in Strategy
	MGMT-945*	U.S. Healthcare Strategy
	MGMT-946	Strategy, Competition and Policy in Healthcare Markets
	OPNS-482	Services Operations
	SEEK-933	Health and Humanitarian Rights

Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Kellogg offers students interested in the Health sector an opportunity to demonstrate a Special Competency in Health Enterprise Management (SCHEMA). SCHEMA requires six credits, at least one of which is a breadth course.

Summer 2011 – Spring 2012 [view requirements]

Students interested in completing the HEMA major must take four credits from those listed below. At least one course must be a “Breadth Course” (denoted by a * below). These requirements relax and simplify previous requirements involving “tracks.” Anyone who qualified for the major under the old requirements will qualify for the major under these new requirements.
	HEMA-440*	Healthcare Systems
	HEMA-441*	Health Policy
	HEMA-451	Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery
	HEMA-452-B	Advanced Strategic Management in Healthcare (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-453	Managerial Challenges in the Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics, and Devices Industries
	HEMA-499	Independent Study
	HEMA-914	Biomedical Marketing
	HEMA-915	Medical Innovation I
	HEMA-916	Medical Innovation II
	HEMA-920A	Hospital - Physician- Insurer Relationships and the Response to Healthcare Reform (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-921A	Health Information Technology (counts as 0.5 courses)
	HEMA-922B	Health Care Quality (counts as 0.5 courses)
	FINC-471	Case Studies in Venture Investment
	INTL-442*	International Healthcare Systems
	MGMT-444*	Health Economics
	MGMT-469	Empirical Methods in Strategy
	MGMT-945*	U.S. Healthcare Strategy
	OPNS-482	Services Operations
	SEEK-933	Health and Humanitarian Rights
	TECH-441	Intellectual Capital Management

Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Kellogg offers students interested in the Health sector an opportunity to demonstrate a Special Competency in Health Enterprise Management (SCHEMA). SCHEMA requires six credits, at least one of which is a breadth course.

Summer 2010 – Spring 2011 [view requirements]

Students must take at least one “Breadth Course.” Students who have minimal background in the health industry are strongly encouraged to satisfy this requirement by taking HEMA 440. Students must choose either the services or products track and must take three additional courses that qualify for their chosen track. Note that all breadth courses count towards both the services and products track.
The Breadth courses are:
	HEMA-440	Healthcare Systems
	HEMA-441	Health Policy
	INTL-442	International Healthcare Systems
	MGMT-444	Health Economics
	MGMT-945	U.S. Healthcare Strategy

Additional courses that count toward both the Services and Products track:
	HEMA-452-B	Advanced Strategic Management in Healthcare
	HEMA-512	Health Industry Field Study (Experiential Learning)

Courses specific to the Products track:
	HEMA-453	Managerial Challenges in the Pharma Industry
	HEMA-913	Biotech Business Practicum
	HEMA-914	Biomedical Marketing
	HEMA-915	Medical Innovations I (Experiential Learning)
	HEMA-916	Medical Innovation II (Experiential Learning)
	FINC-471	Venture Investing
	MGMT-441	Intellectual Capital Management (formerly TECH-441)
	OPNS-482	Services Operations*

Courses specific to the Services track:
	HEMA-451	Legal Issues in Health Care Delivery
	HEMA-920-A	Healthcare: Business and Professional Perspectives
	HEMA-920-B	Healthcare Markets
	HEMA-921-A	Health Information Technology
	HEMA-922-B	Health Care Quality
	MGMT-469	Empirical Methods*
*To qualify for the major, students in this course must complete a healthcare related project. See instructor for details.

Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Kellogg offers students interested in the health sector an opportunity to study deeper into the field. Students who wish to do so may complete the Special Competency in Health Enterprise Excellence Major (SCHEMA). SCHEMA majors must complete the either the Products track or the Services track, plus two additional courses from either track. Students may mix and match the additional courses required to complete the SCHEMA major.
Information for Full-Time MBA students in the class of 2009 and Evening & Weekend MBA students who were enrolled prior to fall 2008 Only Full-Time MBA students in the class of 2009 and Evening & Weekend MBA students who were enrolled prior to fall 2008 are eligible to major in Biotechnology Management BIOT and Health Industry Management HIMT. All students who declare the Health Enterprise Management (HEMA) major must meet the requirements for that major.

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