The Capstone Course provides students with the opportunity to complete their academic curriculum through the real-life business application of best practices learned through courses taken in the program. The main objective of the Capstone Course is to strengthen the students’ capacities to explore, conceptualize, analyze, explicate, interpret, and provide suggested solutions to companies and organizations facing critical business challenges in the healthcare management environment. In addition, the Capstone Course requires students to write a detailed set of recommendations addressing the business challenges cited above where students demonstrate their knowledge and competencies gained through their course of study in specific areas such as: leadership, finance, public health, human resources, and management information systems for healthcare management. The organizations benefited from the Capstone Course are selected by the students with a final approval of the Graduate Academic Director. The students must be in their final semester of coursework. Students must be in good Academic Standing to enroll in the Capstone course, this equates to a 3.0 GPA or better. 


The provision of health care services is one of the most regulated industries in the United States. A strong background in public health, managerial epidemiology, ethical behavior and health regulation is becoming increasingly relevant to both clinical practice and to organizational healthcare management. This course addresses the confidentiality regulations, legislative amendments, and public policy in the public health arena. This course further analyzes the ethical issues of health and health care from a global perspective. Students learn to develop important competencies applying a comparative, or multicultural approach, the course compares different perspectives on ethical issues in various countries and cultures, such as informed consent, withholding or withdrawing treatment, spirituality, physician-assisted suicide, reproductive health issues, research with human subjects, technological health advances, the right to health care, examination of issues surrounding limited resources, and health system reform.