Faculty: Assistant Professors G. Goodman, J. Sakowski.

The Health Care Administration Program was developed to meet the critical need for highly skilled health administrators. It offers graduate students an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the organizational and administrative problems associated with health care delivery. Its innovative curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for professional careers in the health care milieu. Graduates can anticipate challenging positions involving management, analysis, planning, quality improvement, and evaluation in hospitals; health maintenance organizations; long-term care facilities; medical group practices; community health centers; university health service centers; and federal, state, local, and voluntary health agencies and organizations. The Master of Health Care Administration degree program can be completed on either a part-time or full-time basis, enabling employed individuals to maintain their positions. The Program is accredited by the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration.

Health Care Administration Graduate Courses

*HCA 5001. Concepts of Health and Disease for Administrators

*HCA 5203. Introduction to Health Services

*HCA 5211. Seminar Series I. Sociology of Medicine and Health

HCA 5221. Introduction to Microeconomics

*HCA 5233. The Economics of Health and Medical Care

*HCA 5243. Health Services Law and Ethical Issues

*HCA 5303. Organization Theory and Health Care Management Practice

*HCA 5313. Organizational Behavior in Health Administration

*HCA 5342. Human Resources in Health Care

*HCA 5353. Strategic Management

*HCA 5362. Seminar Series II. Leadership and Career Development

*HCA 5452. Statistics

HCA 5462. Operations Analysis

*HCA 5472. Health Information and Management Science

*HCA 5503. Health Care Finance

*HCA 5512. Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations

*HCA 5523. Seminar in Health Care Finance and Accounting

*HCA 5602. Performance Measurement and Quality Management

*HCA 5611. Seminar Series III. Ethical Analysis in Health Services

*HCA 5613. Health Policy Analysis

*HCA 5712. Managing the Hospital Setting

*HCA 5722. Managing the Long-Term Care Setting

*HCA 5732. Managing the Outpatient Setting

*HCA 5742. Alternative Systems of Health Care Delivery

*HCA 5752. Development of Health Facilities

*HCA 5762. Marketing for Health Services

*HCA 5782. Interdisciplinary Models of Health Care Delivery

*HCA 5902. Issues and Trends in Health Administration

*HCA 5911. Individual Study in Health Care Administration

HCA 5912. Individual Study in Health Care Administration

*HCA 5932. Organizational Policy and Strategy

*HCA 5941. Fieldwork in Health Care Administration

*HCA 5942. Internship in Health Care Administration

HCA 5943. Managerial Communication

*HCA 5951. Cooperative Education

*HCA 5963. Research Design, Methods and Analysis

*HCA 5973. Professional Paper/Project

*Subject to approval by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.