Healthcare Administration and Leadership
The Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and Leadership will prepare students with the skills needed to pursue a career in healthcare leadership. Designed for current and future health care leaders, graduates of the program are ready to pursue careers in hospitals, group physician practices, clinics, mental health organizations, rehabilitation centers, educational organizations and health insurance and government organizations. Our 36-credit curriculum focuses on helping you develop the necessary skills to advance your career.
The overall goals of the program are to prepare students to:
- Apply a range of individual and team leadership theories and skills that can be utilized to benefit others and their organizations.
- Develop interventions and apply tools to increase health equity and reduce causal factors.
- Apply basic financial, accounting, marketing, business strategies, data analysis, operations management, and productivity in managing the business of health care.
- Understand systems of change and apply frameworks for leading systems of change using analytic strategies and tools to assess effective and ineffective approaches in health care.
Program Requirements
The Master of Science in Healthcare Administration & Leadership is a 36 credit hour degree program. A minimum cumulative GPA of B (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) must be maintained to continue enrollment in the program. This program requires the successful completion of the following courses:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| HHS 503 | Medical Information Systems | 3 |
| HHS 504 | Financing Health & Medical Sys | 3 |
| HHS 507 | Fundraising & Grantwriting | 3 |
| HHS 515 | Healthcare Administration | 3 |
| HHS 556 | Health Care and the Law | 3 |
| HHS 610 | Healthcare Leadership | 3 |
| HIT 500 | Economics of Healthcare | 3 |
| HIT 510 | Management of Healthcare Data | 3 |
| Experiential Course | ||
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| HHS Internship | ||
| Graduate Research (Elective ) | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select three (3) from the following: | 9 | |
| Psychology in the Workplace | ||
| Admin of Human Resources | ||
or HRM 561 | Human Resource Management | |
| Performance Appraisal | ||
| Strategic Mgt for Pub Admin | ||
| Legal Issues in Managing People | ||
| Organization Behavior | ||
or PAPP 561 | Organization Develop & Theory | |
| Devel & Interp Financial Info | ||
| Not-for-Profit Accounting | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 36 | |
Learning Goals
- Apply a range of individual and team leadership theories and skills that can be utilized to benefit others and their organizations.
- Develop interventions and apply tools to increase health equity and reduce causal factors.
- Apply basic financial, accounting, marketing, business strategies, data analysis, operations management, and productivity in managing the business of health care.
- Understand systems of change and apply frameworks for leading systems of change using analytic strategies and tools to assess effective and ineffective approaches in health care.