Designed for recent graduates and individuals eager to fully dedicate themselves to their studies, this program offers intensive training for those seeking rapid career advancement and a deep academic immersion.
Overview
- Ideal for early careerists
- Residential program based out of Gainesville, FL
- Completed in 21 months, including internship
- Cohort-based
- Scholarships available
“I will absolutely stay connected with the rest of my cohort, along with all of the alumni within the UF M.H.A. program. There are so many opportunities with networking and there’s no shortage of resources.”
– Abigail Lamm, UF M.H.A. Class of 2024
Curriculum
The Full-Time Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) degree is completed in 21 months including internship. The curriculum for the M.H.A. consists of 20 courses totaling 50 credit hours. Students are required to complete a 400 hour internship between their first and second year of the program. Selected students will benefit from dynamic classroom experiences, discussions, feedback and networking opportunities. All applicants must apply to and be accepted by both the Graduate School at the University of Florida and the Master of Health Administration (M.H.A.) program.
Year 1
Fall
HSA 6114: Intro to the U.S. Health Care System (3)
Overview of structural elements of contemporary system. Historical antecedents, patients, providers, payers, and role of health policy.
HSA 6115: Intro to Management of Health Services Organizations (3)
Overview of mission, environment, and organizational design of health services organizations, with emphasis on organizational relationships with the external environment. Organizational design, structure, stakeholder analysis, and multi-organizational forms.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar (3; max 4)
Presentations by speakers from health-related organizations and programs designed to improve career planning and professional skills. S/U.
HSA 6395-Healthcare Data Analytics I (3)
This course is an introduction to the use of data analytics in health care decision-making to help health services organizations get more effectiveness and efficiency from their operations.
PHC 6600-Foundations of Public Health (3)
The purpose of the course is to provide a broad introduction to public health and how it is related to health care administration.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar
Spring
HSA 5174: Fundamentals of Health Care Finance (3)
Introduction to basic theory and principles of finance as applied to the health care industry. Financial statements, cost measurement, budgeting, and capital investment decisions.
HSA 6126: The U.S. Health Insurance System (3)
Description and analysis of the U.S. health insurance system. Topics include private vs. public insurers, demand for health insurance, health plan types, premium setting, reimbursement of providers.
HSA 6385: Performance Management for Health Care Managers (3)
Overview, emphasis on implementation. Aspects of quality defined in relation to structure, process, and outcomes. Managerial quality improvement and formal change process techniques related to changing practice behavior in various settings.
HSA 6436: Health Economics (3)
Fundamental economic relations governing production, consumption, reimbursement, and financing of health services. Characteristics of markets for acute and long-term care services, insurance, and health care labor. An economic evaluation of technology.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar
Summer
HSA 6855-Internship in Health Administration (1)
Supervised fieldwork in health administration setting.
Experiential learning
Students who graduate from our Master of Health Administration program have the opportunity to follow their passion and find roles in a wide variety of healthcare settings all over the country. Through our curriculum and internship opportunity, we are confident that our students have a solid foundation to start a lasting career as healthcare administrators.
Here are just a few of the places our students have completed their internship:
- Arizona
- Florida
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Shanghai, China
Year 2
Fall
HSA 6177: Health Care Finance (3)
Application of accounting and financial management theory and principles to the health care industry, emphasis on provider organizations.
HSA 6188: Strategic Management in Health Administration (3)
Relationship of health care organizations to their environment. Strategic management processes, business planning, and other perspectives to aid in managing complex health care organizations.
HSA 6198: Information Management in Health Administration (3)
Survey of management information systems. Analysis of system requirements, system design, evaluation, and selection of computer resources, and management of the implementation process.
HSA 6427: Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Administration (3)
Corporate theory, consent to care, malpractice, liability, and other special legal problems in the health care field. Foundations of ethical analysis. Ethical and legal issues related to human reproduction, genetics, the definition of death, and other topics of current interest.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar
Spring
HSA 6342: Human Resource Management for Health Services Managers (3)
Knowledge and skills needed for effective management in complex health services organizations. Focus on human resource acquisition, retention, and exit, as well as labor relations issues.
HSA 6196: Healthcare Data Analytics II (3)
This course focuses on the use of data analytics in health care decision-making to help health services organizations get more effectiveness and efficiency from their operations. Specific topics to be covered include process flow, simulation, decision-making, quality improvement, forecasting, capacity management, project management, and inventory management.
HSA 6939: Capstone Seminar in Health Administration (3)
An integrative learning experience drawing on all disciplines and subject matter presented in the M.H.A. program to complete a comprehensive team project in a health-related organization.
HSA 6105: Professional Skills Seminar
Admissions requirements
To be considered for the full-time residential UF M.H.A. program, all applicants must meet the following requirements:
- A prior bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution, or a degree deemed equivalent to them by the UF Office of Admissions’ evaluation of official transcripts. UF cannot accept applicants with degrees from U.S. institutions that are not regionally accredited.
- At least a 3.0 grade point average.
- Completed or are in the process of completing three quantitative college level courses that total to nine or more credit hours and received a grade of B or better. Examples include: Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Operations, Algebra, Accounting, Calculus, Finance, Statistics. If you do not meet this requirement, you must take the GRE as a substitute. The minimum score for the GRE is 150 in the quantitative section and 300 overall.
- Non-U.S. and Puerto Rican applicants must also meet satisfactory English test scores, TOEFL (90 or higher) or IELTS (7 or higher). Some applicants may meet certain exemption criteria.
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