Degree Requirements
Total program: 36 semester hours
Core Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 500 | Management & Organizational 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 |
| Total Semester Hours | 21 | |
Research and Culminating Courses
3 semester hours
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 596 | Graduate Seminar | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 3 | |
Concentrations
12 semester hours
Students can elect to complete one of the concentrations below, or they can choose four additional elective courses with either a PH or HSM subject code.
Financial Management Concentration
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
HSM | Elective | |
PH | Elective | |
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Budgeting and Cost Control | ||
| Program Evaluation in Health Services | ||
| Management of Clinical and Financial Information | ||
| Selected Topics 1 | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 12 | |
Public Health Concentration
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
HSM | Elective | |
PH | Elective | |
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Epidemiology | ||
| Public Health Policy | ||
| Applied Research for Public Health Professionals | ||
| Public Health and the Urban Context | ||
| Food Systems & Public Health | ||
| Selected Topics 1 | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 12 | |
Long Term Care Administration Concentration
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HSM 440 | Long Term Care Administration | 3 |
| HSM 441 | Managing Quality & Safety in Long Term Care Settings | 3 |
| HSM 447 | The Life Span and Health | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Emergency Preparedness | ||
| Human Resource Management in Health Service Organizations | ||
| Selected Topics 1 | ||
| Field Work/Internship | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 12 | |
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HSM 590 Selected Topics requires Program Director approval for use in any concentration.