May 20, 2024

2023-24 Graduate Catalog

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2023-24 Graduate Catalog

Health Services Administration/Public Health, MS

Program code: HSAD-PUBH-MS

Students enrolled in the Master of Science in HSAD Public Health track complete 36 credits for the degree. All students will complete 24 graduate credits in HSAD core courses and 12 graduate credits in Public Health related electives. Students who complete the Public Health track will focus their electives on population health, emergency medicine and other related areas. Currently certified EMTs or EMT-Paramedics are granted three credits for their prior training.

Core: 24

ELR 631 - Human Resources Management in the Public Sector Credits: 3
-or-
HSAD 631 - Human Resources Management in the Public Sector Credits: 3
HSAD 605 - Epidemiology in Health Services Administration Credits: 3
HSAD 609 - Ethics and Social Issues in Healthcare Credits: 3
-or-
ELR 645 - Ethics for Human Resource Practitioners Credits: 3
HSAD 614 - Health Policy Credits: 3
-or-
NURS 614 - Health Policy and Patient Advocacy Credits: 3
ELR 616 - Health Law Credits: 3
-or-
HSAD 616 - Health Law Credits: 3
ELR 619 - Research Methods in Human Resources and Employment and Labor Relations Credits: 3
-or-
HSAD 619 - Research Methods in Human Resources and Employment and Labor Relations Credits: 3
GSR 615 - Elements of Research Credits: 3
HSAD 555 - Health Care Informatics Credits: 3
-or-
NURS 555 - Healthcare Informatics Credits: 3
-or-
IFMG 640 - Information Systems Management Credits: 3
-or- An approved course in Information Science.
HSAD 730 - Financial Management in Health Care Credits: 3
-or-
NURS 730 - Financial Management in Health Care Credits: 3
-or-
PLSC 668 - Public Sector Financial Administration Credits: 3

Public Health Track Electives: 12

Choose one course from each elective category:

Elective I: Community/Public Health Communication

One course from the following:

KHSS 517 - Contemporary Issues in School and Community Health Credits: 3
COMM 714 - Crisis Communication Credits: 3
COMM 745 - Health Communication Credits: 3
SOC 542 - Medical Sociology Credits: 3

Elective II: Supervision/Leadershp Theory

One course from the following:

NURS 619 - Leadership in Health Care Credits: 3
NURS 729 - Nursing Administration Credits: 3
HSAD 650 - Leadership for Healthcare Executives Credits: 3

Elective III: Public Policy Analysis

One course from the following:

PLSC 570 - The Practice of Public Administration Credits: 3
PLSC 666 - Public Policy Analysis Credits: 3
SOC 762 - Analysis of Social Data Credits: 3

Elective IV: Emergency Medicine/Preparedness Course

One course from the following:

HSAD 761 - Health Services Capstone Credits: 3
SAFE 773 - Disaster Preparedness Credits: 3
EMT/Paramedic Certification
ELR 698 - Internship Credits: 3 or 6

Required Credits: 36