DDS/MBA
Jasmin Dhanjal, DDS/MBA '18
Your patients are your clients. Your practice is also your business.
Prepare for strategic leadership roles with a solid foundation of business and management acumen enhancing your dental skills. The School of Management and the School of Dental Medicine offer a collaborative five-year program leading to both the DDS and MBA degrees.
Be Career Ready
- Apply analytical skills to understand the delicate balance between patient outcomes and efficiency
- Develop effective leadership, teamwork, critical thinking and communication skills
- Develop practical financial management skills
- Understand the inter-related role of health care policy development, facility management and strategic planning
- Immerse yourself in the diverse community of full-time MBAs
- Network with alumni and leaders from the top health care organizations around the country through the school’s active Health Care Advisory Panel
Timeline
If admitted to both degree programs, you will take MBA core and elective courses before enrolling in DDS courses, completing your remaining MBA electives and capstone during your dental curriculum years, for a total of five years.
Admissions
Apply to Both Schools
You must apply, meet the individual admissions criteria for, and be accepted to each degree program independently. For MBA admissions, you may submit your DAT (Dental Admission Test) scores in place of the GMAT or GRE. Apply for both programs in the same admissions cycle, and plan for a full MBA year before your first full DDS year. For specific program timeline and curriculum, consult with our Graduate Programs Office before applying.
Total Hour Requirement
Curriculum
Search School of Management courses and descriptions.
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Fall Year 1
MGQ 608LEC Statistical Analysis for Managers
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGQ 609LEC Analytics for Managers
This course serves as a companion course for (and is taken in conjunction with) Statistical Analysis for Managers.
Credits: 1.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGB 610LEC Organizational Behavior
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGB 611LEC Team Skills
Credits: 1.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGA 603LEC Financial Acctg for Managers
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGF 611LEC Financial Analysis for Managers
The purpose of this course is to study the financial decisions of the firm. Specifically, the course develops a theoretical framework which is then used to understand and evaluate corporate financial decisions. Topics include present value, capital budgeting techniques, the relationship between expected return and risk, market efficiency, dividend policy, capital structure policy, financial planning, and the management of working capital.
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGG 635LEC Management Communications
The purpose of this course is to emphasize the importance of effective communication techniques in an organizational setting and to provide grounding in communication skills. Team communication skills are also emphasized. Students will have the opportunity to understand leadership and communication strategies, and develop their writing skills through several assignments and class activities. Focus will be placed on improving students? ability to communicate clearly, logically and effectively. Students will have the opportunity to develop oral skills primarily through active learning.
Credits: 1.50
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGO 658LEC Entrepreneurship Foundations
This course will expose students to entrepreneurship in the context of the individual entrepreneur as well as taking the idea of entrepreneurial thinking into the environment of larger corporations. We will first experience what it takes to create a start-up; briefly examining the process of real-life entrepreneurs have used to move from having the "big idea" to the eventual company launch. During this time, we will explore the importance of teams, the process of risk mitigation, the concept of "fail-fast," the need for a relentless focus on customer buy-in and the important process of spiraling iteration. Next, we will move our focus to applying entrepreneurial thinking within the large corporate environment; considering the importance of entrepreneurial development within a company as a sustainable competitive advantage. And finally, we will look at individuals and companies that use their business skills to create innovative solutions to specific societal problems (social entrepreneurship). Together, we will discover the mindset that many entrepreneurs share.
Credits: 1.50
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
MGM 615LEC Marketing for Managers
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Fall 2020
Spring Year 1
MGA 605LEC Acctg for Mgmt Decision Making
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Spring 2020
Pre-Requisite: MGA 603.
MGE 604LEC Business Economics
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Spring 2020
MGO 620LEC Operations Management
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Spring 2020
Pre-Requisite: MGA 603 And MGF 611.
MGO 640LEC Business Strategy
Business Strategy
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Spring 2020
Pre-Requisite: MGA 603 And MGF 611 And MGM 615.
MGS 605LEC Information Technology for Managers
Credits: 2.00
Semesters offered: Spring 2020
Co-Requisite: MGO 630 Or Pre-Requisite: MGO 630.
MGT electives (9 credits)
Summer Year 1
• Management Internship (3 credits)
To learn more about the Doctor of Dental Surgery program, visit the School of Dental Medicine.