MS in Healthcare Administration
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2025
TUITION FEES
USD 690 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* per unit
Introduction
You’ll learn how to develop solutions to the challenges facing today’s healthcare industry and how to oversee operations in various healthcare settings. Whether you’re new to the field or an experienced leader, you’ll further develop your leadership and management skills in this program focused on a strong commitment to Christian principles, respect of others, ethical conduct, and a desire to make a difference in the world.
Gain Hands-on Experience
- Complete field work at practicum sites, including a wide array of learning laboratories in Southern California and across the globe.
- Deepen your knowledge and skills in the areas of finance, human resources, analysis, applied statistics, and problem-solving.
- Develop a system-level approach to address healthcare delivery issues, organizational outcomes of quality, safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and health equity.
Admissions
Curriculum
Academic Core Courses 1
- Bioethics and Healthcare Policy
- Spiritual Concept Analysis in Health Care
- Healthcare Analytics, Big Data, and Applied Statistics
- Quality Management
Administrative Courses
- Strategic Leadership in Health Care
- Healthcare Administration
- High-Performance People Management
- Developing Management Skills
- Business Finance for Managers
- Foundations of Healthcare Informatics
- Administrative Practicum
- Capstone
Specialization
Select one of the following:
Quality and Innovation in Health Care
- Managing Teams and Conflict
- Integrative Theories of Innovation in Health Care
Financial Management in Healthcare Systems
- Business Strategy: Theory and Practice
- Advanced Financial Analysis
International Health
- Global Business Management
- Global Field Study in Health Care
Optional 12-Unit Postbaccalaureate Certificate
Quality and Innovation in Healthcare
- Strategic Leadership in Health Care
- Managing Teams and Conflict
- Quality Management
- Integrative Theories of Innovation in Health Care
Financial Management in Health Systems
- Strategic Leadership in Health Care
- Business Finance for Managers
- Entrepreneurial Finance
- Advanced Financial Analysis
International Health
- Strategic Leadership in Health Care
- Healthcare Administration
- Global Business Management
- Global Field Study in Health Care
Program Outcome
Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:
- Guided by a Christian worldview, demonstrate ethical conduct, integrity, transparency, and accountability for one’s actions, valuing diversity, and respecting the dignity and uniqueness of others.
- Use analytical, quantitative, and critical thinking skills to implement actions, foster innovation, and advance healthcare priorities.
- Apply principles of leadership to promote teamwork and collaborative decision-making among diverse stakeholders.
- Employ system-level thinking and communication to address healthcare delivery issues, organizational outcomes of quality and safety, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and health equity.
- Use information systems, data, and technology to communicate, manage risk, promote quality, and inform decision-making and strategic growth.
- Exhibit knowledge of financial management, regulatory factors, and ethical principles to meet organizational challenges in healthcare.
- Exemplify personal and professional accountability, a professional identity, and reflective, self-directive learning for ongoing professional development.