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"description": "<p>The Healthcare Systems Engineering track is a fully online degree program designed to be completed within two years. This 30-credit-hour program trains students to implement, manage and introduce systematic changes to improve patient care and enhance utilization of organizational resources. This unique program is offered in response to the growing needs of the healthcare industry.</p><p>The future of healthcare will need leaders who are passionate about implementing, managing and refining healthcare systems to improve patient care and reduce overall cost. This degree can help students realize their leadership potential, fuel their passion for healthcare innovation, and provide the necessary tools needed to make this systemic change a reality. Through the ideology and principles of systems engineering taught in this degree, individuals learn the specialized skills needed to foster operational change within healthcare organizations.</p><p>By graduation, students will be able to help healthcare organizations to:</p><ul> <li>Conduct analyses of large-scale social and ecological systems across the healthcare sector</li> <li>Assess and mitigate risks throughout organizational processes and relationships</li> <li>Analyze risks to individual and public health impacted by issues in the healthcare system</li> <li>Bring evidence-based thinking and analysis to process and system change</li> <li>Develop and manage a quality management system across an organizational setting</li> <li>Plan and conduct change initiatives that directly impact quality and costs</li> <li>Design and build detailed computer simulations of healthcare organizations and health technology assessments</li> <li>Adapt information systems to improve management planning and control</li> </ul><p>A sampling of career opportunities include:</p><p>Healthcare Management Engineer, Operational Excellence Project Manager, Systems Redesign Consultant, Lean Specialist, Process Improvement Consultant, Continuous Improvement Specialist and Healthcare Analyst.</p><p>The Healthcare Systems Engineering (HCSE) track requires 30 credit hours of courses beyond the bachelor's degree. This program offers only the nonthesis option.</p><p><strong>Total Credit Hours Required: 30 Credit Hours Minimum beyond the Bachelor's Degree</strong></p><p><strong>Please note:</strong> <a href=\"https://www.ucf.edu/online/degree/healthcare-systems-engineering-masters/\" target=\"_blank\">Industrial Engineering (MS) - Healthcare Systems Engineering may be completed fully online</a>, although not all elective options or program prerequisites may be offered online. Newly admitted students choosing to complete this program exclusively via UCF online classes may enroll with a reduction in campus-based fees.</p><p>International students (F or J visa) are required to enroll in a full-time course load of 9 credit hours during the fall and spring semesters. Only 3 of the 9 credit hours may be taken in a completely online format. For a detailed listing of enrollment requirements for international students, please visit <a href=\"http://global.ucf.edu/\">http://global.ucf.edu/</a>. If you have questions, please consult UCF Global at 407-823-2337.</p><p>UCF is not authorized to provide online courses or instruction to students in some states. Refer to <a href=\"https://online.ucf.edu/learn-online/prospective/state-restrictions/\" target=\"_blank\">State Restrictions</a> for current information.</p><h2>Track Prerequisites</h2><p>An undergraduate course in probability and statistics and a bachelors degree.</p><h2>Degree Requirements</h2><h3>Required Courses</h3> 30 Total Credits <ul><li>Complete the following: <ul><li>ESI6609 - Industrial Engineering Analytics for Healthcare (3)</li><li>EIN6358 - Engineering Economic Analysis in Health Systems (3)</li><li>ESI6252C - Managing Engineering Risk in Health Systems (3)</li><li>ESI6251C - Engineering Quality in Health Systems (3)</li><li>EIN5115 - Engineering MIS Control Systems in Healthcare (3)</li><li>ESI6551 - Systems Engineering (3)</li><li>ESI5250 - Engineering Statistics in Health Systems (3)</li><li>ESI5526C - Discrete Event Simulation in Health Systems (3)</li><li>EIN6893 - Healthcare Systems Engineering Capstone (3)</li><li>ESI6552 - Systems Architecture (3)</li></ul></li></ul><h4>Grand Total Credits: <strong>30</strong></h4><h2>Financial Information</h2><p>Graduate students may receive financial assistance through fellowships, assistantships, tuition support, or loans. For more information, see the College of Graduate Studies Funding website, which describes the types of financial assistance available at UCF and provides general guidance in planning your graduate finances. The Financial Information section of the Graduate Catalog is another key resource.</p><h2>Fellowship Information</h2><p>Fellowships are awarded based on academic merit to highly qualified students. They are paid to students through the Office of Student Financial Assistance, based on instructions provided by the College of Graduate Studies. Fellowships are given to support a student's graduate study and do not have a work obligation. For more information, see UCF Graduate Fellowships, which includes descriptions of university fellowships and what you should do to be considered for a fellowship.</p><b>Cost Per Credit Hour</b><p>This Master of Science, both for in-state and out-of-state, costs $1,239.16 per credit hour totaling $37,174.80* for the program which includes tuition and fees.</p><p><i>*Fee subject to change.</i></p><b>Independent Learning</b><p>The Independent Learning requirement is met by successful completion of the research studies required in individual courses and EIN 5140 - Project Engineering (Capstone). These research studies require that students integrate material from all the courses in their program.</p>",
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