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Master
of Arts concentration in Health Care Administration
2007-2008
Curriculum |
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The Master of Arts with a concentration in Health Care Administration provides the knowledge and practical skills necessary for Health Care Administration. The program is designed for the person with employment experience within the health care field who is now seeking a career move into administration, or the person who is currently working in administration and now desires the theoretical tools to support this position. In this period when great challenges face the health care system, excellence in management decision-making is of the greatest importance. The Master of Arts program provides a pragmatic approach which balances the theoretical with the practical, and is designed to aid the student in the decision-making process. After completion of the program, students are expected to be able to analyze problems, develop solutions, and articulate those solutions in well written and good oral form. |
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Admission Requirements |
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The Master of Arts with a concentration in Health Care Administration is open to experienced health care professionals who can demonstrate their ability to complete successfully a program of graduate study and who have the desire to work within the field of health care at the administrative level.
Applicants must have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university. Students are evaluated primarily on the basis of experience in health care, on the distribution of courses they have taken as undergraduates, and, if applicable, courses taken in another graduate program, and on their undergraduate and graduate grades. An overall undergraduate quality point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in a program acceptable to the admissions committee is expected. Students who do not meet these requirements may be offered the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to do successful graduate work by:
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Taking two advisor-approved courses and earning a grade of B or better in each course;
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Taking either the Graduate Management Admissions Test, Graduate Record Examination, or the Miller Analogies Test and achieving a score in the 60th percentile or higher. |
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In addition to a suitable QPA or possession of other indicators of academic success, admission will be granted only to persons with acceptable employment experience. Acceptable employment is usually a minimum of one year of full-time paid experience in the field and is usually verified by appropriate letters of recommendation. This requirement may be waived after a personal interview.
Evaluation of the materials submitted by the applicant for admission to the Master of Arts program will begin as soon as all required documents have been received. Applicants may be admitted to the program for the Fall or Spring semesters, although courses may be taken during the summer. |
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Degree
Requirements |
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The program consists of ten (10) core courses and one (1) prerequisite course. The prerequisite course may be waived for persons having a similar course elsewhere.
Waivers are not granted for non-academic prior learning, and are determined solely on the basis of the student’s undergraduate or graduate record. All waivers require written approval by the advisor.
Students are expected to be familiar with office/management level software.
Students may take courses in any sequence subject to the following general requirements: |
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Students must observe prerequisites. Courses taken without the proper prerequisites will not be applicable to the student’s degree requirements unless written approval is obtained from the student’s advisor. |
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24.984 Seminar in Health Care Administration must be
taken in the final semester of the program. Exceptions,
requiring written advisor approval, may be made for
students taking an elective course over the summer.
Registration for the seminar requires prior written
permission from the Associate Dean of Graduate and
Continuing Education. Students will not be permitted
to fulfill this requirement with a course transferred from
another institution. |
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Prerequisite
Course (1) |
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43.117 Introduction to Statistics OR |
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12.676 Statistical Analysis for Managers |
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Core
Courses (10) |
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12.974 Operations Management |
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12.976 Quantitative Analysis |
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24.903 Financing Health Care Services |
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24.904 Management and Leadership (formerly Managerial Theory) |
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24.910 Budgeting in Health Care Facilities |
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24.917 Health Law, Regulations, and Ethics |
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24.920 Strategic Planning of Health Care Services |
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24.950 Health Care Marketing |
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24.984 Seminar in Health Care Administration |
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62.981 Personnel Management in the Public Sector |
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Coordinator
and Advisor: Dr. George Jarnis, Government
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Graduate Degree Application Process -
Contact DGCE - Request
Program Information |
