Graduate

Definition of Prefixes
HSA - Health Services Administration; URS-Urban and Regional Studies; PHC- Public Health; IHS -Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

HSA 5125 Introduction to Health Services (3). The American health care system is broadly analyzed in social, economic, and political terms, including examination of its major operational and programmatic components as they have evolved in the changing patterns and trends of social and health policy.

HSA 6149 Strategic Planning of Health Care Systems (3). Principles, techniques, and case study applications of strategic planning and marketing in the context of changing environmental, policy, and competitive forces in the health services industry. Prerequisites: 30 Credit hours in program.

HSA 6155 Health Policy and Economics (3). The impact of government, private sector, and various interest groups on health care policy determination is analyzed through the application of basic economic principles. Prerequisite: HSA 6415; PHC 6065.

HSA 6175 Financial Management of Health Systems (3). Aspects of modern hospital and health care organization financial management are covered to prepare students for executive roles in policy planning and control responsibilities involving budgeting, auditing, investing, capital financing, etc. Prerequisite: HSA 5125; PHC 6065; HSA 6176.

HSA 6176 Financing & Reimbursement of Health Systems (3). Financing models for health delivery systems are examined. Reimbursement strategy of Medicare, Medicaid and other third party payers are analyzed. Prerequisites or co-requisite: HSA 5125.

HSA 6185 Management and Organizational Theory in Health Care(3). This is the anchoring course for examining each specialized study of the management functions in theory and in practice as they apply to health care organizations of both public and private sectors. Prerequisites or co-requisite: HSA 5125.

HSA 6186 Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Health Care Systems (3). General theories of organizational behavior and executive functions are examined in their application to hospitals and other health agencies. Prerequisite: HSA 6185; HSA 5125.

HSA 6187 Managing Human Resources and Health Professions (3). This course focuses on effective management of health care organizations through the development and understanding of individuals and health care professionals. Attention is placed on functions and activities necessary to enhance knowledge, competencies, skills, attitudes and behaviors to improve individual and organizational performance.

HSA 6195 Economic and Decision Analysis in Health Services (3). The course is designed to focus on health economics and decision analysis of issues in health services policy and management. Economics will be used as a tool to analyze healthcare problems and to understand the functioning of health care markets. Prerequisites: HSA 5125; PHC 6065.

HSA 6197 Design and Management of Health Information Systems (3). The development and management of health information systems to support managerial decision-making. Emphasis is on the integration of clinical, personnel, and financial data. Prerequisite: HSA 6185; HSA 6176; HSA 6415.

HSA 6415 Marketing and Demographic Analysis in Health Care (3). This course is designed to familiarize students with analytical procedures and empirical techniques of market analysis to equip students for practical work in market analysis. . Prerequisites or co-requisite: HSA 5125 & PHC 6065.

HSA 6426 Health Law and Legal Aspects of Management (3). The broad range of legal issues in health care and administrative aspects of law that concern health care managers are surveyed for implications concerning malpractice, patient rights, contracts, liability and immunity, taxation, surgical consent, etc.. Prerequisite: HSA 5125.

HSA 6717 Advanced Health Services Management and Research Seminar (2). Integrates the theoretical and practical knowledge of other courses and activities in the curriculum. Selected case studies and relevant research provide the substantives framework for seminar analysis of issues and policy questions. Prerequisite: Completion of all other course work or permission of the instructor.

HSA 6756 Evaluation and Outcome Measures in Health Care (3). Program evaluation as part of on-going assessment of effectiveness, outcomes and resource consumption (costs). Evaluation models and study design are analyzed. Grant proposal writing is emphasized. Prerequisite: HSA 6415; HSA 6176.

HSA 6875 Administrative Residency (3-6). Off-campus placement in residency with health care organizations under supervision of a managing preceptor at the site. Prerequisite: HSA 6930 and HPM Faculty approval.

HSA 6905 Graduate Independent Study (1-6). This course is designed to allow students an opportunity for in-depth literature research or an action-oriented project carried out under the supervision of their faculty advisor. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty advisor.

HSA 6930 Professional Seminar in Health Services Management (1). A professional seminar to provide career development skills in preparation for residency or master’s project. Prerequisite: Completed 30 credit hours in program or permission of instructor.

HSA 6977 Masters Research Project (3-6). The student will be field afforded the opportunity to conduct a research project on a specific health care management problem in a community or institutional setting. A formal proposal will be prepared and approved by faculty. Students will be expected to demonstrate during the course of this research project that they can implement theoretical knowledge and skills learned earlier in courses on research methods and design. Prerequisite: HSA 6930 and HPM Faculty approval.

PHC 6315 Public Health and Environmental Management (3). An overview of public health philosophy and government organization in the provision of official agency, environmental, and preventive medicine services, with particular emphasis on the regulatory and surveillance responsibilities authorized in the public sector.

PHC 6410 Health Behavior and Public Health (3). The overall goal of this course is to introduce the student to the learning and behavioral science theories that provide the framework for the practice of health promotion and public health.

PHC 6500 Foundations of Public Health Practice (3).Philosophy, nature, and scope of public health; organization and administration; principles of disease prevention and health promotion; current issues and rends; socioeconomic and political forces.

PHC 6539 Health Demography (3). The study of basic population structure, composition, trends and relationship to health status. Implications of demographic trends, policies for public health; population growth, immigration, infant mortality. Prerequisite: PHC 6050 or Permission of the instructor.

PHC 6065 Health Statistics (3). An introduction to the basic principles of inferential statistics as applied to public health. The course includes those components of biometry routinely used in public health.