Curriculum
Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA)Required Courses (54 credit hours in total)
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Introduction to Doctoral Studies (1 credit) |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
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HCM 799 |
Orientation to Doctoral Studies |
1 |
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Healthcare Systems and Environments of Care (choose 3 courses, 9 credits) |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
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HCM 832 |
Global Comparative Healthcare Seminar |
3 |
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HCM 876 |
Quality Improvement in Healthcare Organizations |
3 |
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HCM 880 |
Patient Safety & Risk Management |
3 |
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HCM 884 |
Epidemiology & Population Health |
3 |
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HCM 892 |
Health Policy, Law & Justice |
3 |
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Healthcare Leadership and Finance (choose 4 courses, 12 credits) |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
| HCM 788 | Budgeting & Planning in Healthcare | 3 |
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HCM 823 |
Human Resource Management for Healthcare Executives |
3 |
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HCM 868 |
Ethics for Healthcare Leaders |
3 |
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HCM 871 |
Innovating, Disrupting & Leading Change in Healthcare |
3 |
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HCM 874 |
Strategic Financial Management and Accountability |
3 |
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HCM 879 |
Leadership in Healthcare: Theoretical & Practical Applications |
3 |
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Operations and Data Analytics (choose 3 courses, 9 credits) |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
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HCM 806 |
Strategic Planning for Health Organizations |
3 |
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HCM 828 |
Data Collection, Analysis & Representation in Healthcare |
3 |
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HCM 842 |
Practice Management and Leadership |
3 |
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HCM 845 |
Informed Decision Making for Healthcare Executives |
3 |
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Doctoral Research Core |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
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HCM 802 |
Academic & Scholarly Writing in Healthcare |
3 |
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HCM 899 |
Introduction to Action Research |
1 |
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HCM 930 |
Applied Practice-Based Research Project I: Health-Related Research Methods |
3 |
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HCM 935 |
Applied Practice-Based Research Project II: Literature Search & Appraisal of the Evidence |
3 |
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HCM 940 |
Applied Practice-Based Research Project III: Project Proposal Defense & Human Ethics Training |
3 |
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HCM 945 |
Applied Practice-Based Research Project IV: Project Implementation & Evaluation |
3 |
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HCM 950 |
Applied Practice-Based Research Project V: Project Defense & Dissemination |
3 |
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Contemporary Topic Courses (choose 4 courses, 4 credits) |
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COURSE |
TITLE |
SEMESTER HOURS |
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HCM 790A |
Political Determinants of Health |
1 |
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HCM 790B |
Healthcare Marketing for Executives |
1 |
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HCM 790C |
Social Determinants of Health |
1 |
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HCM 790D |
Non-Profit Management and Leadership |
1 |
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HCM 790E |
Grant Writing |
1 |
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HCM 790F |
Agile for Healthcare Organizations |
1 |
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HCM 790G |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging |
1 |
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HCM 790H |
Disabilities in Healthcare |
1 |
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HCM 790I |
Employee Burnout |
1 |
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HCM 790J |
Change Management |
1 |
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HCM 790K |
Emergency Management |
1 |
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HCM 790L |
Wellness: Implications for the Healthcare System |
1 |
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Total credits to complete degree requirements |
54 |
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