Total program: 36-39 semester hours
Prerequisites
A bachelor’s degree in business, science, health services or liberal arts. Experience in the health services industry preferred. Healthcare internship required if no health services industry experience.
Core Requirements: 21 semester hours
| Code | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 500 | Management and Organization Theory & Practice | 3 |
| HSM 501 | Current Trends and Issues in Health Services | 3 |
| HSM 502 | Financial and Cost Analysis | 3 |
| HSM 503 | Healthcare Economics | 3 |
| HSM 504 | Organizational Communications | 3 |
| HSM 545 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| HSM 555 | Ethical Issues in Health Services | 3 |
Research and Culminating Courses: 3-6 semester hours
| Code | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 591 | Organizational Research II | 3 |
| HSM 592 | Thesis, or | 3 |
| HSM 596 | Graduate Seminar | 3 |
Students who wish to write a thesis must take HSM 591, Organizational Research II, as one of their electives.
Financial Management Concentration
12 semester hours from the following:
| Code | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 502 | Financial and Cost Analysis | 3 |
| A minimum of three of the following: | ||
| HSM 532 | Budgeting and Cost Control | 3 |
| HSM 533 | Healthcare Payment and Quality Management | 3 |
| HSM 534 | Program Evaluation in Health Services | 3 |
| HSM 571 | Management of Clinical and Financial Information | 3 |
| HSM 590 | Special Topics | 3 |
Public Health Concentration
| Code | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 545 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| HSM 546 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| HSM 547 | Public Health Policy | 3 |
| HSM 548 | Applied Research for Public Health Professionals | 3 |
| HSM 549 | Public Health and the Urban Context | 3 |
Note: Units do not double count in the Core and the Concentration.