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MS IN HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
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The School of Nursing offers a concentration in Health Services Administration leading to a Master of Science degree. Admission requires that students fulfill the following requirements:
- Completion of a Bachelor's degree in a health-related field, such as nutrition/dietetics, sports medicine/exercise science, physical therapy, occupational therapy, public policy, information sciences, health education, and health promotion and wellness.
- Completion of one year of management experience in a health-related field or three years experience in professional health-related practice.
- Satisfactory performance in undergraduate academic work as well as in upper division major courses.
- Three satisfactory academic and/or professional recommendations.
- Interview with faculty from the graduate program.
- Submission of a personal statement concerning goals related to health services administration.
For students for whom English is not a primary language, a minimum score of 600 for the paper test or 250 for the computer based test is required on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. These students may be required to take the Test of Spoken English.
Requirements for the Degree
- Completion of a minimum of 36 credits (21 credits of department core requirements; 6 credits of research design and statistics; 6 credits of non-College requirements; and 3 credits of free elective).
- Three credits of practicum, which may be taken together or in one-credit blocks.
- Writing of a Scholarly Project.
- A colloquium presentation on the Scholarly Project.
CORE COURSES 21 credits
| HSAD 604 |
Advanced Practice Roles for Healthcare Providers |
3 |
| HSAD 619 |
Financial Management in Health Services Administration |
3 |
| HSAD 635 |
Health Administration Theories |
3 |
| HSAD 637 |
Health Planning Strategies |
3 |
| HSAD 638 |
Health Services Evaluation |
3 |
| HSAD 664 |
Health Services Administration Practicum |
3 |
| HSAD 668 |
Health Services Administration Scholarly Project |
1-3 |
| HSAD 690 |
Colloquium |
0 |
NON-DEPARTMENT COURSES 6 credits
| Human Resource Management (select one) |
3 |
| UAPP 685 |
Personnel and Human Resource Issues |
|
| UAPP 837 |
Human Resources Management in Public and Nonprofit Sectors |
|
| Communication Theory (select one) |
3 |
| COMM 610 |
Organizational Communication Theory |
|
| COMM 642 |
Topics in Organizational Communication |
|
| COMM 656 |
Communication in Organizations |
|
RESEARCH DESIGN AND STATISTICS 6 credits
| Research Design (select one) |
3 |
| PSYC 809 |
Research Design |
|
| HDFS 815 |
Research Issues and Designs |
|
| UAPP 800 |
Research Design and Methodologies |
|
| HDFS615 |
Research Methods |
|
| Statistics (select one) |
3 |
| EDUC 665 |
Elementary Statistics |
|
| UAPP 815 |
Public Management Statistics |
|
| Free Elective |
3 |
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