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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Public Administration with a Concentration in Health Care Administration (MPA)

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The program concentration in Health Care Administration offered in collaboration with the Department of Health Sciences and Administration provides advanced education in administration and policy analysis primarily to persons employed within the health care field. It addresses the educational needs of those with specialized, technical, or liberal arts degrees, as well as others with limited or outdated education or training in administration. Focusing on contemporary developments in health care administration, the program concentration prepares students to deal with the complex tasks and challenges of today’s health care system.

Requirements

Thirty-six to thirty-seven credits, as follows:

A. Core Courses (12 credits)

B. Administrative Functions and Processes (12-13 credits)

HCR 500 - Epidemiology (4). (Not required of students who have taken an epidemiology course or have equivalent experience)
HCR 505 - Health Policy (3).
or
PUB 505 - Health Policy (3).
or
ANE 605 - Health Policy (3).
PUB 577 - Financial Management in Health Care (3).
PUB 587 - Legal Issues In Health Care (3).
If HCR 500 is not required, one from:
PUB 503 - Personnel Issues in Public Service (3).
PUB 518 - Budgeting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations (3).
PUB 519 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
or
POL 520 - Law and Administrative Processes (3).
PUB 520 - Resource Development and Administration (3).
PUB 524 - Employment, Law and Public Policy (3).
PUB 540 - Volunteerism and the Independent Sector (3).
PUB 547 - Grants Administration and Implementation (3).
PUB 549 - Green Community Development (3).
PUB 594 - Grantwriting and Administration in Public and Nonprofit Agency Settings (3).
PUB 596 - Intergovernmental Relations (3).
or
POL 596 - Intergovernmental Relations (3).

C. Analytical Methods (9 credits)

PUB 585 - Applied Research Methods for Administrators (3).
or
EDL 670 - Applied Research Methods for Administrators (3).
Two from:
PUB 508 - Evaluation of Services and Programs (3).
or
HCR 508 - Evaluation of Services and Programs (3).
PUB 523 - Accounting in Government and Non-Profit Organizations (3).
PUB 571 - Public Economics (3).
or
ECN 571 - Public Economics (3).
PUB 580 - Quantitative Methods for Public Administration (3).
or
ECN 580 - Quantitative Methods for Public Administration (3).

D. Applied Research or Applied Experience (3 credits)

PUB 590 - Internship (3).
PUB 599 - Special Topics in Public Administration (3).

Note

With consent of the program director, up to six credits in the following courses may be applied to the program:

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