Health Care Administration M.S.

Director: Marianne Raimondo

Faculty: Assistant Professors Raimondo, Connolly

Admission Requirements

1. Completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
2. A Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration (HCA) or related field from an accredited college or university.  Students with a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field with relevant work experience may be considered for admission.  For more information, contact program director.
3. Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records.
4. Completion of the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or Graduate Record Examination (GRE). A B.S. degree in HCA or business from Rhode Island College or the University of Rhode Island, with a 3.0 GPA in the major, will exempt the applicant from the GMAT/GRE.
5. A letter of intent including a statement of goals.
6. One professional and one academic reference.
7. Completion of courses in Elementary Statistics, Principles of Economics and Introductory Accounting.

Retention Requirements

All students must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 at the end of the first year and an evaluation of Satisfactory or better in the Internship class. Students who do not have a minimum 3.0 GPA may not continue in the program. No course in which the student earns a grade below a C will get credit in the M.S. HCA program.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HCA 501	Health Law and Ethics	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 502/NURS 502	Health Care Systems	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 503/NURS 705	Health Care Policy	3	Spring.
HCA 514	Economics of Health Care	3	Fall.
HCA 520	Health Care Human Resource Management	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 530	Health Care Finance	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 535	Managing Community Health Care Systems	3	Spring.
HCA 537	Performance Improvement in Health Care	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 540	Research Methods and Statistical Analysis	3	Fall.
HCA 547	Transformational Leadership in Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 560	Contemporary Topics in Health Care	2	Spring.
HCA 567	Health Care Internship	3	Fall, Summer.
HCA 591	Master’s Thesis in Health Care Administration	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 507	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3	Spring.
NURS 707	Information Technology/Decision Support	3	Spring.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
OMGT 515	Managing Change and Innovation	3	Fall, Spring.
OMGT 535	Project Management	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 500	Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion	3	Fall.
HPE 505	Principles of Program Development in Health Education	3	Spring.
MGT 520	Enterprise Excellence through High-Performance Teams	3	Fall, Spring
NURS 709	Population Health	3	Fall.
	Total Credit Hours:	50

Accelerated Health Care Management M.S.

Admission Requirements

1. Completed application form accompanied by a $50 nonrefundable application fee.
2. A Bachelor's degree in Health Care Administration (HCA) from Rhode Island College.
3. A 3.0 GPA in the B.S. HCA program and a grade of B or better in each of the foundation courses.
4. A letter of intent including a statement of goals.
5. Three academic references from faculty members at RIC.

Retention Requirements

All students must have a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 at the end of the first year and an evaluation of Satisfactory or better in the Internship class. Students who do not have a minimum 3.00 GPA may not continue in the program. No course in which the student earns a grade below a C will get credit in the M.S. HCA program.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HCA 514	Economics of Health Care	3	Fall.
HCA 520	Health Care Human Resource Management	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 530	Health Care Finance	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 535	Managing Community Health Care Systems	3	Spring.
HCA 537	Performance Improvement in Health Care	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 540	Research Methods and Statistical Analysis	3	Fall.
HCA 547	Transformational Leadership in Health Care Organizations	3	Fall, Spring.
HCA 560	Contemporary Topics in Health Care	2	Spring.
HCA 567	Health Care Internship	3	Fall, Summer.
HCA 591	Master’s Thesis in Health Care Administration	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 507	Epidemiology and Biostatistics	3	Spring.
NURS 707	Information Technology/Decision Support	3	Spring.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
OMGT 515	Managing Change and Innovation	3	Fall, Spring.
OMGT 535	Project Management	3	Fall, Spring.
HPE 500	Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion	3	Fall.
HPE 505	Principles of Program Development in Health Education	3	Spring.
MGT 520	Enterprise Excellence through High-Performance Teams	3	Fall, Spring
NURS 709	Population Health	3	Fall.
	Total Credit Hours:	41