Operations Management M.S.

Admission Requirements

1. Completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
2. A Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration (HCA) or related field from an accredited college or university. Equivalent work experience may be considered for students with a degree in an unrelated field.
3. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
4. Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE). A B.S. degree in HCA or business from Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, with a 3.00 GPA in the major, will exempt the applicant from the GMAT/GRE.
5. International students should contact Dr. Marianne Raimondo at mraimondo@ric.edu or (401) 456-6359 for additional admission requirements.
6. A letter of intent including a statement of goals.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MGT 455	Global Logistics and Enterprise Management	3	As needed.
MGT 510	Leading Productive Workplaces	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 515	Managing Change and Innovation	3	Fall, Spring.
MGT 520	Enterprise Excellence through High-Performance Teams	3	Fall, Spring
OMGT 525	Managing Quality, Processes, and Continuous Improvement	3	Annually.
OMGT 530	Analytics, Data Analysis and Decision Making	3	Annually
OMGT 535	Project Management	3	Fall, Spring.
OMGT 590	Directed Research Seminar	3	Fall, Spring.

Electives

Three courses from either content area listed below, in any combination, for a total of nine credits.

Health Care Administration Operations

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HCA 501	Health Law and Ethics	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 537	Performance Improvement in Health Care	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 547	Transformational Leadership in Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.

Information Technology, Operations Management (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ACCT 510	Advanced AIS: Systems Modeling	3	As needed.
CIS 535	Data Management	3	As needed.
CIS 543	Decision Support Systems	3	As needed.

Total Credit Hours: 33