Degree Requirements

Residential MHA Curriculum

The Curriculum
The Residential Master of Healthcare Administration program includes the following course requirements:

Course Title Credits

HPA 403 U.S. Health Care System 3 SH
HPA 410 Health Organizational Leadership 3 SH
HPA 417 Quality Management in Health Services 3 SH
HPA 419 Public Health Foundations 3 SH
HPA 425 Healthcare Human Resource Management 3 SH
HPA 430 Health Policy, Law and Ethics 3 SH
HPA 440 Healthcare Data Analysis 3 SH
HPA 451 Health Care Finance I 3 SH
HPA 460 Introduction to the Economics of Health and Healthcare 3 SH
HPA 461 Information and Decision Support Systems for Healthcare Administration 3 SH
HPA 470 Quantitative Methods for Healthcare Managers 3 SH
HPA 491 Professional Development 1 SH
HPA 495 MHA Preceptorship 5 SH
HPA 496 MHA Capstone I 1 SH
HPA 498 MHA Capstone II 1 SH
HPA 505 Strategic Planning and Marketing in Healthcare 3 SH
HPA 509 Physicians Relations: Practice and Leadership 3 SH
HPA 525 Population-Based Healthcare Services Planning 3 SH
HPA 552 Healthcare Finance II 3 SH

Title IX – Sexual Harassment Training Non-credit
SPH Success – IPHS 421
– Quantitative Baseline Assessment Non-credit
– Human Subjects Research (HSR) Non-credit
– SPH Academic Integrity Tutorial (AIT) Non-credit
– SPH & UIC Policies Module Non-credit