Master of Science Health Administration

Course details

The Master of Science in Healthcare Administration program seeks to develop professionals who understand how to manage non-profit, for-profit, and voluntary health care organizations in effective and innovative ways. The program focuses on the need for health care administrators to be continuous learners, critical thinkers, and ethical practitioners by recognizing the multiply-constructed nature of human, social, and organizational realities and the complex relationships between the system of health providers and the needs of the community.

Students will analyze the role of health care in society, the managed care model, the need for client-centered models, alternative paradigms, and the development of health organizations in a broad array of communities. Courses integrate theoretical concepts with practical applications. The program is designed with effective professional leadership skills and the ability to develop and implement solid, creative solutions as its central objectives.

Program Objectives

• Apply critical thinking and reasoning skills to identify problems and to develop problem-solving abilities within the business context.
• Develop potential, enabling them to face the future with confidence and determination.
• Prepare for leadership and service within a broad spectrum of business and business-related arenas.
• Acquire the tools specific to business processes and procedures and the capacity to understand the principal theory, significance and practical applications related thereto.
• Develop a solid understanding of the functional components of business - economics, marketing, accounting, finance, law, management, thus enabling the graduate to assume managerial trainee and like positions, in which they will have the occasion to grow and develop further.
• Apply theoretical knowledge to the solution of real-life (field related) problems both individually and through teamwork within the context of a variety of active learning environments.
• Develop strong communication skills with due emphasis on the tools of effective writing.