MHA Fall Courses

MHA1001 Intro to the US Health Care System

Credits: 2 Offered: Fall

This course will explore the roles and structures of medical centers, physicians, patients, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, Medicare/Medicaid and accountable care organizations. The history and future directions of health systems will be discussed as well as legal and ethical issues and national policies and procedures such as the HIP AA and the IRB. Advantages and limitations of this system including a comparison of its quality, cost and accessibility with other systems worldwide will be explored.

MHA1009 Project Management Tools and Methods

Credits: 2 Offered: Fall

This active workshop-styled course will showcase effective methods to measure, analyze and improve project management and process controls in health care delivery using Project Management (PM) tools and principles and their application to various health care scenarios. Students will be expected to actively participate in case studies and apply the PM tools and methods to achieve gains in effectiveness and efficiency in processes leading to greater optimization.

MHA1010 Professionalism and Ethics

Credits: 2 Offered: Fall

This comprehensive course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of professionalism and ethics within healthcare administration. Students will explore a wide range of topics, from foundational ethical theories to practical applications in real-world scenarios, preparing them to navigate the complexities of healthcare leadership with integrity and competence. This course prepares healthcare administration students to lead with ethical integrity, professional acumen, and cultural competence, ensuring high standards of care and administration in their careers.

MHA2003 Quality Management for Health Care

Credits: 2 Offered: Fall

In today’s rapidly evolving health care landscape, quality isn’t optional — it’s foundational. This high-impact course equips future health care leaders with the essential tools and frameworks to drive excellence across delivery systems and organizations.

Students will explore mission-critical topics, including:

1. Cutting-edge strategies and tools in patient safety management

2. Innovations and best practices in quality improvement

3. Leadership considerations in driving improvements in quality of care

4. Important cross-connected issues, like equity, Just Culture considerations and patient engagement.

Beyond deep content, the course features dynamic collaboration with faculty, peers, and guest speakers and utilizes the nationally validated curriculum form the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Students will also engage in a focused, interactive session on personal leadership development — preparing them to lead transformative change with confidence and clarity.

MHA2005 Population Health and Managed Care

Credits: 3 Offered: Fall

This course will enable you to probe the Public Health and Community/Population-Based Approach and address the core principles and functions of public health, including how this approach differs from acute care medicine, and how public functions are institutionalized in the US health care system. The course will focus upon arguments and evidence that the health status of populations is shaped not by medical care and health care policy but rather by basic social conditions that often correlate closely with class, race, and ethnicity. Interrelated topics include: status and stress; social isolation and community engagement; complex socio-clinical conditions (mental illness, HIV, substance abuse, homelessness); promotion of healthy behaviors; and the role of the ACA in advancing public health

MHA5001 DiSC: Finding Your Teamwork Style

Credits: 0.5 Offered: Fall

This semester skills building workshops will focus on Effective Teams. These intensive short training courses will immerse students in additional skill set areas necessary to become highly functioning and effective managers. The 5 areas of training focus will complement the substantive curriculum of the program and focus on: project management methods, Excel and SAS essentials for managers, giving professional presentations, effective time management, and creating and managing functional teams (collaboration). Students will receive expert instruction on best methods/practices related to health care delivery, practice those methods in active small group settings, and share lessons learned in each of these areas. Students will be expected to actively participate in case studies and complete a project for each short course/module.

MHA5003 Creating Effective Teams

Credits: 0.5 Offered: Fall

This semester skills building workshops will focus on Effective Teams. These intensive short training courses will immerse students in additional skill set areas necessary to become highly functioning and effective managers. The 5 areas of training focus will complement the substantive curriculum of the program and focus on: project management methods, Excel and SAS essentials for managers, giving professional presentations, effective time management, and creating and managing functional teams (collaboration). Students will receive expert instruction on best methods/practices related to health care delivery, practice those methods in active small group settings, and share lessons learned in each of these areas. Students will be expected to actively participate in case studies and complete a project for each short course/module.

MHA5009 Lean Process Improvement Methods

Credits: 0.5 Offered: Fall

This semester skills building workshops will focus on Effective Teams. These intensive short training courses will immerse students in additional skill set areas necessary to become highly functioning and effective managers. The areas of training focus will complement the substantive curriculum of the program and focus on: project management methods, Excel and SAS essentials for managers, giving professional presentations, effective time management, and creating and managing functional teams (collaboration). Students will receive expert instruction on best methods/practices related to health care delivery, practice those methods in active small group settings, and share lessons learned in each of these areas. Students will be expected to actively participate in case studies and complete a project for each short course/module.

MHA5010 MS Project for Health Care Managers

Credits: 0.5 Offered: Fall

This course addresses the features of Microsoft’s Project application, which is specifically designed to address the needs of project managers in professional environments. This course is intended for students who have at least some prior knowledge of project management procedures and practices. It is intended to support you in applying this knowledge through the use of Microsoft Project as a project management tool. The primary course topics include: Fundamentals, New Project Schedules, Task Types, Effort-Driven Scheduling, & Task Constraints, Working with Resources, Managing the Project Schedule, Reporting

MHA8000 Capstone

Credits: 2 Offered: Fall

Participants will have the opportunity to work on a health care improvement project addressing an important management problem faced in either their employer’s organization or in another host institution. This action learning project will enable the application and integration of Lean principles and course material into a coherent response and potential solution(s) to an actual healthcare delivery issue. These projects will form a repository of knowledge that program cohort peers can use to learn from and share. Must have 36 or more credits completed. Registration open only to students in their final term before degree conferral; requires prior approval from the program director.

MHA8001 Administrative Internship

Credits: 1-3 Offered: Fall

The MHA administrative internship consists of collaboration between the student, a site supervisor/preceptor, faculty advisor and Program Director. The internship provides students the opportunity to demonstrate mastery of lessons learned in coursework and apply to an administrative fieldwork setting relevant to a student’s area of interest in health care delivery management. Not open to first trimester (new) students. Registration requires prior approval from the program director.