Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.)
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is a professional degree designed to prepare students for leadership and managerial roles in hospitals and other healthcare systems, consulting firms, or healthcare related businesses. Students are given a strong foundation in analytical problem solving, budgeting and finance, ethics, legal and policy analyses.
The MHA program consists of 40 credits split between a foundational curriculum of 25 credits and a specialized curriculum of 15 credits. The curriculum is designed to be completed within 4 terms full time or 7 terms part time, with the capstone course being the sole class taken in any student’s final semester. All courses listed below are 3 credits unless otherwise stated.
Foundational Courses
- Catholic Servant Leadership (1 credit)
- Effective Communication in Leadership
- Human Resource Management and Strategy
- Principles of Budgeting and Finance
- Public Policy Analysis and Implementation
- Principles of Ethical Leadership
- Public-Private Partnerships
- Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis
- Master’s Capstone
Specialized Courses
- American Health Care System
- Information Technology for Health Care Administration
- Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
- Organizational Theory for Health Care Administration
- Public Health Administration