The graduate program in Health Care Administration is designed to promote the development and refinement of the conceptual, interpersonal, and technical skills necessary for understanding individual and community health problems, for effective planning for and management of health care organizations and institutions, and for leadership in the community at large. A detailed description of the On-Campus Program can be found at the department's website.
A Master of Science in Health Care Administration will be conferred by Trinity University upon completion of a course of study that includes 16 months of on-campus study and an administrative residency, usually of 12 months. A class is admitted in the fall semester. Degree requirements may be met under either a thesis or non-thesis alternative. Each plan requires 50 credit hours during the on-campus portion of the program, but the non-thesis alternative substitutes 6 hours of coursework for 6 hours of thesis credit. Both plans require an administrative residency that carries 6 hours of graduate credit. The specific courses for either of these plans shall be determined by the student’s adviser and Chair of the Department of Health Care Administration after consideration of the student’s academic background and experience.
The following courses are recommended:
| Course ID | Course Title |
|---|---|
| HCAD-5101 | Seminar in Professional Development for Health Care Executives |
| HCAD-5102 | Physicians and Physician Relations |
| HCAD-5220 | Statistical Analysis in Health Care Organizations |
| HCAD-5221 | Operations Management in Health Care Organizations |
| HCAD-5290 | Problems: Clinical Decision-Making |
| HCAD-5310 | Health Services Organization and Policy I |
| HCAD-5311 | Health Services Organization and Policy II |
| HCAD-5313 | Economic Aspects of Health Care Administration |
| HCAD-5330 | Health Care Organization Theory and Management |
| HCAD-5333 | Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration |
| HCAD-5340 | Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing |
| HCAD-5350 | Seminar in Current Health Care Issues |
| HCAD-5351 | Financial Management |
| HCAD-5365 | Leadership and Conflict Management |
| HCAD-5373 | Health Administration Ethics |
| HCAD-5380 | Health Care Human Resource Management |
| HCAD-5383 | Health Care Institutional Management |
| HCAD-5387 | Health Information and Data Analytics |
| HCAD-5390 | Problems: Performance Improvement in Health Care Organizations |
| FNCE-5351 | Financial Analysis for Decision-Making |
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