Mar 29, 2024  
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Graduate Catalog

Health Administration MS


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Program Director: Rulon Stacey
Telephone: 303-315-8851
E-mail: Rulon.Stacey@ucdenver.edu

The goal of the master of science in health administration degree is to prepare students, who, after appropriate practical experience in responsible managerial positions, are capable of assuming positions as chief executive officers or senior administrators in complex, multi-service healthcare organizations or in organizations’ purchasing health services.

The curriculum is a synthesis of management concepts and techniques that are applicable to any economic organization and tools that can be specifically applied to health and health services systems. The program emphasizes skills that heighten basic analytical and decision-making processes used by top-level managers in selecting broad strategies for the institutions and by junior managers in administering subunits of health care organizations. The faculty guide the students in their mastery of theoretical, conceptual and quantitative topics.

The program has enjoyed continuous accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education since 1970.

B. Health Administration Core: ( 21 hours)


C. Health Administration Information Technology Elective: (3 hours)


Select one of the following courses:

D. Health Administration Electives: (6 hours)


Select two of the following courses:

Notes and Restrictions


Administrative Residency or Fellowship. An administrative residency or fellowship is optional but recommended for students with limited healthcare experience. The program faculty provide guidance to students applying for residencies or fellowships. Information on the full range of local, regional, and national residencies or fellowships is available from the program director.

Length of program. A maximum of five years and one semester is allowed to complete the Health Administration program.

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