Health Services Administration, M.H.A.
This program is intended to prepare health professionals for administrative careers in health care organizations. The curriculum is designed to build upon students’ clinical and supervisory experience in health care and substitutes students’ current employment experiences for an internship. The program emphasizes administrative skill development and practical applications in health care organizations.
This program is offered both in an on-campus blended and online formats.
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs):
PLO1. Students will demonstrate the ability to utilize written and oral communication skills to convey health care issues that assist colleagues, administration, patients, and the public to make informed decisions. (Domain: Communication Skills)
PLO2. Students will demonstrate the ability to assess the impact of national health policies on institutional decisions. (Domain: Health Care Policy)
PLO3. Students will demonstrate the ability to distinguish the ethical and legal components of organizational decisions. (Domain: Ethical & Legal Issues)
PLO4. Students will demonstrate the ability to examine the cultural elements of health care organizational decisions. (Domain: Cultural Awareness)
PLO5. Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze the clinical, health informatics, economic & financial components of organizational decisions. (Domain: Decision-Making)
PLO6. Students will demonstrate the ability to assess the use of current marketing trends and the use of health care information to achieve a competitive advantage. (Domain: Marketing)
PLO7. Students will demonstrate the ability to develop a strategic plan and an implementation plan to guide the delivery of a new or enhanced health care related services, support, or product. (Domain: Strategic analysis & planning)
In addition to the College of Professional Studies and Advancement Graduate Admissions Requirements, program requires:
- Official Criterion Online Writing Assessment Scores, taken within the last five years. This requirement is waived for applicants with a 3.0 or higher GPA and for applicants who hold a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- List of three references, including name, title, and contact information. This requirement is waived for applicants with a 3.0 or higher GPA and for applicants who hold a graduate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
- Graduate work experience form available at http://www.nl.edu/cpsagraduateworkexperienceform/
- Faculty review
Program Details:
- Requires 36 SH for completion
Gateway Courses
| MHA 505 | Health Care Origins, Policies and Trends | 3 |
| RES 510 | Research Methodology and Writing | 3 |
Core Courses
| MHA 501 | Leadership in Health Services Administration | 3 |
| MHA 508 | Ethical and Legal Issues in Health Care Administration | 3 |
| MHA 522 | Health Care BusinessOperations | 3 |
| MHA 527 | Health Care Finance | 3 |
| MHA 531 | Health Care Information Systems | 3 |
| MHA 532 | Human Resources in Health Care Organizations | 3 |
| MHA 540 | Marketing in Health Care | 3 |
| PJM 520 | Project Management Applications | 3 |
Capstone Courses
| MHA 541 | Strategic Management in Health Care | 3 |
| MHA 550 | Colloquium in Health Services Administration | 3 |
Note: The M.H.A. graduates may apply the maximum of 15 SH to the M.B.A in General Management and Health Services Concentration if interested in pursuing a second master's degree. Interested graduates must have received a min grade of “B” in the courses that have been taken no more than six years before graduate admission. Please speak to your Enrollment Specialist about the details.