The Master of Health Administration (MHA) Online program is designed to prepare students with a minimum of two years of relevant healthcare management or clinical experience for positions of increasing responsibility in healthcare organizations such as hospitals; managed care organizations; medical group practices; ambulatory, long-term care, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies; consulting firms; government agencies; and for-profit and nonprofit sector organizations.
The curriculum is guided by the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth (HSC) MHA Competency Model which addresses the complexity and dynamic qualities of the health leader’s role and reflects the realities in health leadership today. Through a final integrative experience, students are expected to incorporate, synthesize, and apply their knowledge within both an operational and a community context. The result is an organizational perspective that encourages students to integrate knowledge from a range of management disciplines while emphasizing accountability for effective performance.
By the conclusion of the MHA program, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills in:
- Strategic Orientation
- Promoting accountability
- Communication Skills 1-Writing
- Communication Skills 2-Speaking and Facilitating
- Human Relations
- Performance Measurement
- Information Technology
- Professional and Social Responsibility
- Analytical Thinking
- Financial Skills Process
- Quality & Process Improvement, and
- Project Management
All students pursuing a MHA Online degree at the HSC College of Public Health (CPH) are required to complete an integrative capstone course prior to graduation. This culminating experience is managed under the direction of the MHA Program Director in cooperation with program faculty, students and preceptors in the field. Under the supervision of an institutional sponsor, the student will integrate knowledge and skills acquired through the program, and apply these to a “real world” experience that culminates in an operational and applicable project deliverable outside of their typical scope of work.
Academic Reuirements and Admissions Procedures can be found on the Master of Health Administration and Online admissions page.