The Master’s of Healthcare Administration (MHA) degree program’s mission is to develop leaders focused on advancing and transforming health services through excellence in education, community engagement and student experience. The MHA program vision is to develop dynamic and effective leaders who serve and advance the healthcare and well-being of people, organizations, and communities by transforming health services. The MHA program’s servant leadership values focus on excellence, ethics, resilience and inclusivity.
The fully online MHA degree prepares early and mid career health services professionals with experience for senior and executive leadership positions across the health services industry. The program especially focuses on those that work in faith based and non profit health services, rural/regional health services, long term care and post acute, integrative health, health informatics/information, nursing, clinical and physician practices. Students will develop competencies using primarily synchronous and some asynchronous classes in change leadership, management, communication & collaboration, strategic and business planning, innovation and ethics & social responsibility to become effective healthcare leaders.The program has a 28 member MHA Industry Advisory Board with senior health executives from across the country engaged in supporting and serving as mentors for our students. We are committed to using experiential learning opportunities to develop real world applied connections with the industry.
Contact Information
mha@css.edu
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Master’s of Healthcare Administration, the student will:
- Change Leadership: Practice servant and change leadership to ensure excellent health administration outcomes.
- Management: Leverage sound business principles and technology to guide day-to-day operational, strategic, and clinical decisions that ensure delivery of value-based health care.
- Communication and Collaboration: Communicate and collaborate within and among disciplines, health services, and communities to transform patient care, improve health and add value.
- Strategic and Business Planning: Formulate business plans to achieve organizational goals within the market it operates and align with health policy, governance, and regulatory/legal entities.
- Innovation: Combine system and design thinking to deliver quality, innovative and integrative health services.
- Integrity, Ethics and Social Responsibility: Promote ethics and social responsibility at all levels of health services and management.
Requirements
Students must achieve the following program requirements for all courses listed under Program Requirements and Program Required Courses for the Masters in Healthcare Administration.
Program Requirements
Major Credits: 42
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Minimum Grade: C
Program Required Courses
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| CIS 6208 | Project Management | 3 |
| HIF 6210 | Health Information Technology in Practice | 3 |
| HIM 6508 | Healthcare Data Analytics | 3 |
| HIM 6524 | Strategic Management in Health | 3 |
| MGT 6420 | Organizational Behavior | 3 |
| MHA 6010 | Health Services Leadership | 3 |
| MHA 6351 | Healthcare Administration | 3 |
| MHA 6355 | Healthcare Finance I | 3 |
| MHA 6445 | Leading Human Resources in Healthcare | 3 |
| MHA 6455 | Healthcare Finance II & Health Economics | 3 |
| MHA 6506 | Healthcare Quality and Safety | 3 |
| MHA 6550 | Global and Population Health | 3 |
| MHA 6810 | Capstone | 3 |
| NSG 8620 | Health Policy, Ethics & Law | 3 |
| Total Credits | 42 |
Degree Requirements
To graduate from The College of St. Scholastica, graduate students must meet the following minimum degree requirements.
Minimum GPA: 3.0
