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