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Total Hours Required

A minimum of 43 hours of core courses and 6 hours of electives,  but requirements may exceed this number depending upon prior academic preparation, student experience and career objectives.

Core Courses  (43 hours)

• HCA 5103 Foundations of Health Services
• HCA 5193 Health Law
• HCA 5253 Organizational Behavior in Health Care Administration
• HCA 5362 Leadership and Career Development in Health Care
• HCA 5372 Ethical Analysis in Health Services
• HCA 5373 Strategic Health Care Management and Planning
• HCA 5462 Operations Analysis
• HCA 5472 Health Information and Management Science
• HCA 5483 Managerial Epidemiology
• HCA 5493 Performance Measurement and Quality in Health Care
• HCA 5533 Management Accounting for Health Care Organizations
• HCA 5543 Health Care Finance
• HCA 5623 Economics of Health Care
• HCA 5633 Health Policy Analysis
• HCA 5932 Capstone in Health Care Administration
• HCA 5973 Professional Project (Portfolio)

Professional Portfolio

Students completing the requirements for the M.H.A. degree should demonstrate certain competencies.  Throughout the program students are required to develop and maintain a professional portfolio documenting the attainment of goals and skills acquired in the course of their graduate study.  This portfolio and student goals are developed jointly by the student and his or her advisor and will be reviewed periodically.  Students must enroll in HCA 5973 Professional Project during their final semester to complete their portfolios and prepare to present their portfolios to the HCA faculty.