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The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is a graduate degree
designed specifically for managers or administrators in health services,
health professionals who have managerial and administrative responsibilities
or who change their careers to become managers and administrators, as well as
for those managers who work in related fields such as health insurance and
the pharmaceutical industries. The MHA provides students with graduate
level knowledge, tools, techniques and insights to become capable managers and
administrators in various organizations in health services.
The MHA degree program is a 45 credit-hour program.
Students must take ten core courses in health administration and five
electives from disciplines such as health administration, business administration,
or management science. The combination of core courses and electives provides
a strong foundation in theory and practice to allow MHA graduates to do a good job
performing their managerial and administrative duties in health services.
The curriculum is divided into two areas:
- Core courses (30 credit-hours)
- Electives (15 credit-hours)
The following courses are available to students
in the MHA degree program. All courses are 3 credit-hour courses.
MHA Core Courses
HA 200. Health Services System
HA 202. Law and Ethics in Health Services
HA 204. Epidemiology and Public Health
HA 210. Statistics in Health Services
HA 231. Organizational Behavior in Health Services
HA 240. Health Services Marketing
HA 250. Healthcare Management
HA 252. Long-Term Care Management
HA 280. Financial Management in Health Services
HA 285. Economics of Health and Healthcare
MHA Electives
HA 251. Managed Healthcare
HA 253. Quality Management in Health Services
HA 258. Global Health
HA 281. Managerial Accounting in Healthcare
HA 299. Health Policy
MGT 201. Communications & Soft Skills
MGT 230. Leadership and Organizations
MGT 250. Project Management
PSY 210. Abnormal Psychology
PSY 215. Theories of Personality
SOC 215. Race & Ethnic Relations
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