The graduate program in Health Care Administration is designed to promote the development and refinement of the conceptual, interpersonal, and technical skills necessary for understanding individual and community health problems, for effective planning for and management of health care organizations and institutions, and for leadership in the community at large. A detailed description of the On-Campus Program can be found at the department's website.
A Master of Science in Health Care Administration will be conferred by Trinity University upon completion of a course of study that includes 16 months of on-campus study and an administrative residency, usually of 12 months. A class is admitted in the fall semester The degree requires 53 credit hours during the on-campus portion of the program. An administrative residency that carries 6 hours of graduate credit is required. The specific courses for either of these plans shall be determined by the Chair of the Department of Health Care Administration in consultation with department faculty, and in accordance with the program’s competency model as required by its accrediting body, the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).
The following courses are recommended:
Course ID | Course Title |
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HCAD-5102 | Physicians and Physician Relations |
HCAD-5310 | Health Services Organization and Policy |
HCAD-5311 | Policy, Population and Innovation |
HCAD-5313 | Economic Aspects of Health Care Administration |
HCAD-5333 | Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration |
HCAD-5340 | Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing |
HCAD-5350 | Capstone for Health Care Administration |
HCAD-5351 | Financial Management I |
HCAD-5365 | Leadership II |
HCAD-5380 | Health Care Human Resource Management |
HCAD-5383 | Health Care Institutional Management |
HCAD-5387 | Health Information and Data Analytics |
HCAD-5301 | Leadership I |
HCAD-5320 | Evidence-Based Management |
HCAD-5210 | Coaching and Public Speaking |
HCAD-5353 | Financial Management II |
HCAD-5395 | Health Care Performance Improvement |
HCAD-5202 | Clinical Decision Making |
HCAD-5355 | Financial Management III |
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Edward J. Schumacher, Ph.D. (Chair)
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