Program Requirements

Business people in a seminar

Applicants to the certificate program must:

  • Hold at least a bachelor’s degree in any discipline
  • Have a strong interest in serving in a leadership position
  • Have some familiarity with the long-term healthcare management field

The certificate program is a 12 credit graduate program that consists of two basic components:

  • One 3 credit course in Management of Long-Term Healthcare Organizations (HCMI 5549)*
  • A total of 9 credits (900 hours) of supervised internship completed over 2-3 semesters (HCMI 5632)

*The 3 credit course is normally offered each semester in Hartford at the School’s Graduate Business Learning Center on Thursday evenings from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. PLEASE NOTE: for Fall 2021, classes will be conducted online, not in Hartford.