The MSHA degree comprises 36 semester hours of 8000-level graduate courses. The basic course requirements for the MSHA degree are as follows:
Foundation courses | 0-3 courses (Waived by exam only)
Health Administration Core | 8 courses - 24 hours
Concentration | 4 courses - 12 hours
Minimum of 12 courses | 36 hours
Students in the MSHA program choose one of these seven concentrations:
Clinical Management: This concentration is intended to prepare students for careers in management of healthcare clinical areas.
Finance: This concentration is intended to prepare students for careers in financial management and in financial analysis in the healthcare field.
Human Resource Management: This concentration is intended to meet the needs of students desiring careers in human resource administration, labor relations, executive placement, or career counseling in the healthcare field.
Health Informatics: This concentration is designed for students who have a career interest in the development and operation of data and information systems in healthcare organizations.
Managerial Sciences: This concentration is intended for students who desire a professional career in the management of operations. The emphasis of this concentration is on the internal operations of healthcare organizations.
Marketing: Marketing has historically been almost nonexistent in the healthcare industry. Today, however, most large providers of healthcare have a marketing department. This concentration is designed for students who plan careers in this area.
Risk Management and Insurance: This concentration is designed to prepare students to assume positions in a wide range of third-party organizations in which there is a need for knowledge of health insurance and risk management
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