Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.)

The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is a professional degree designed to prepare students for leadership and managerial roles in hospitals and other healthcare systems, consulting firms, or healthcare related businesses. Students are given a strong foundation in analytical problem solving, budgeting and finance, ethics, legal and policy analyses.

The MHA program consists of 40 credits split between a foundational curriculum of 25 credits and a specialized curriculum of 15 credits. The curriculum is designed to be completed within 4 terms full time or 7 terms part time, with the capstone course being the sole class taken in any student’s final semester. All courses listed below are 3 credits unless otherwise stated.

Foundational Courses

Catholic Servant Leadership (1 credit)
Effective Communication in Leadership
Human Resource Management and Strategy
Principles of Budgeting and Finance
Public Policy Analysis and Implementation
Principles of Ethical Leadership
Public-Private Partnerships
Research Methods and Quantitative Analysis
Master’s Capstone

Specialized Courses

American Health Care System
Information Technology for Health Care Administration
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
Organizational Theory for Health Care Administration
Public Health Administration