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Graduate School of Management & Technology - Programs

Master of Science in Health Care Administration

Program Description

The Master of Science in Health Care Administration (MSHCA) program is designed for mid-career professionals who seek specialized and focused graduate studies in health care administration. Applicants will be able to increase their depth of knowledge in the administration of health care services and programs through a variety of courses in general management and health care administration.

Program Overview

The curriculum requires 36 credits of coursework, which includes a 3-credit capstone course, and 33 credits of required program coursework.

Requirements

Initial Requirements

UCSP 611 Introduction to Graduate Library Research Skills (0), to be taken within the first 6 credits of study

Program Rules

  1. Students must complete 30 credits before enrolling in HCAD 670
  2. MGMT 640 is prerequisite to HCAD 640.
  3. MGMT 615 is prerequisite to HCAD 660.

Recommendations

  1. Students are strongly encouraged to take HCAD 600 and MGMT 615 as the first courses in the program.
  2. Students who wish to improve their graduate writing skills may take COMM 600, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (3).
  3. Students admitted to this program should have professional work experience and/or an educational background in the health care industry.
  4. Students who have not taken a finance course recently are strongly encouraged to take UCSP 620 and UCSP 621 prior to taking MGMT 640.
  5. Students who have not had any recent statistics use should take UCSP 630 prior to taking MGMT 650.

MGMT Foundation Courses

  • MGMT 615 Intercultural Communication and Leadership (3)
  • MGMT 640 Financial Decision Making for Managers (3)
  • MGMT 650 Research Methods for Managers (3)

HCAD Courses

  • HCAD 600 Introduction to Health Care Administration (3)
  • HCAD 610 Information Technology for Health Care Administration (3)
  • HCAD 620 The U.S. Health Care System (3)
  • HCAD 630 Public Health Administration (3)
  • HCAD 635 Long-Term Care Administration (3)
  • HCAD 640 Financial Management for Health Care Organizations (3)
  • HCAD 650 Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration (3)
  • HCAD 660 Health Care Institutional Organization and Management (3)

Capstone Course: HCAD 670 Health Care Administration Capstone (3)

Note: HCAD courses are only available to students enrolled in a health care administration specialization, degree, or certificate program or the health administration informatics degree.

Note: Some course names and numbers were updated beginning with the fall 2007 semester. If you began the program prior to fall 2007 and have chosen to follow your original, pre-fall 2007 requirements, you should use the pre-fall 2007 Study Plan for this degree.