The M.S. in Health Administration includes five core courses, five administrative courses (4 required, 1 elective), one health services elective component, and an integrative capstone course. Two graduate courses (6 credits) may be transferred with the approval of the Director as long as they meet program and University standards.
The requirements include the following twelve courses:
Core Component (five required)
HAD 4025 Health Services Research
HAD 4605 Health Administration
HAD 4645 Health Care Organization
HAD 4745 Ethics of Health Care
HAD 4765 Managed Health Care
Administrative Component (four required)
HAD 4655 Health Care Law
HAD 4665 Health Care Informatics
HAD 4675 Accounting for Health Care Organizations
HAD 4685 Financial Management of Health Care Organizations
plus one course from the following:
HAD 4105 Health Information Management Systems Data and Infrastructure
HAD 4115 Health Information Management Systems Applications
HAD 4125 Computer-Based Patient Record (CPR)
HAD 4145 Health Information Systems Resource Management
HAD 4155 Health Care and the Internet
HAD 4165 IT Project Management
HAD 4635 Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing
HAD 4715 Hospital Administration
HAD 4725 Managing Employee Relations in the Health Care Setting
HAD 4775 International Health Care Systems
HAD 4805 Health Policy
Health Services Component (one required):
HAD 4625 Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability
HAD 4955 Directed Research in Health Services
HED 4625 Employee Assistance and Occupational Health
HED 4785 Concepts of Mental Health
HED 4795 Women and Health Care
HED 4805 Epidemiology and Community Health
HED 4815 Concepts of Nutrition and Health
HED 4855 Stress and Crisis Management
HED 4885 Addictions
GRG 4005 Proseminar in Gerontology I
HAD 5025 Fieldwork in Health Administration
SOC 4205 Mental Health and the Law
SOC 4255 Therapeutic Strategies in Criminal Justice
SOC 4565 Sociology of Mental Health
Research Component (one required):
HAD 6025 Integrative Capstone Course in Health Services
The Health Administration program also offers degrees or concentrations in the following areas (click on the links for degree or certificate requirements):
Joint Program with Health Education
Master of Science in Long Term Care Administration
Certificate Program in Health Administration
Master of Science in Health Administration with a Concentration in Training and Organization Development
