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Graduate Degree Programs

Health Administration (H ADM)

H ADM 503 (P ADM 503) Research Methods (3) Examination of research methodologies relevant to administration, planning, and public policy.
Effective: Fall 2012
Prerequisite: demonstrated working knowledge of IBM SPSS Statistics  

H ADM 506 (P ADM 506) Management Information Systems for Public and Health Administration (3) The design, implementation, and purpose of computerized management information systems in health and non-profit organizations.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

H ADM 510 (P ADM 510) Organization Behavior (3) Examines the concepts of human behavior in formal organizations, systems analysis, conceptual models, and decision processes.
Effective: Spring 2003
 

H ADM 539 Health Systems Organization (3) Health care delivery presented as a socio-technical systems focusing upon resources, policy issues, institutions, technology, and innovations.
Effective: Fall 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 540 Health Administrative Policy Formulation (3) Analysis of administrative problems from a total organization viewpoint. Case studies of actual organizations are used for analysis.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 541 Health Economics and Policy (3) Public policy issues, health system components from economic perspective. Economic analysis of health sector, medical markets, health care regulation.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 542 Health Care Politics and Policy (3) This course reviews political considerations and the policy process as they pertain to health care in the United States.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 543 Long-Term Care Administration and Policy (3) This course reviews theory and practice related to long-term care administration and policy.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 545 Health Financial Management (3) Theory and techniques of financial management applied to health organizations; forecasting, control systems, working capital, capital budgeting, and institutional financing.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 546 Health Planning for Public Administration (3) Comprehensive planning and program planning for health services, facilities, and manpower; social, economic, and political considerations; methodological problems.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 548 Health Care Quality Assurance (3) This course reviews theory, methods, outcomes, and management of quality assurance in health care organizations.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 551 Health Care Law (3) Course on health law for administrators with coverage including hospital governance, taxation, licensure, liability, malpractice, patients' rights, anti-trust.
Effective: Summer 1997
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 552 Health Delivery Systems (3) This course discusses design and implementation of health care delivery systems and the pressure and stakeholders which impact those systems.
Effective: Spring 2005
Prerequisite: permission of program  

H ADM 594 Research Topics (1-15) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Spring 1998
 

H ADM 596 Individual Studies (1-9) Creative projects, including nonthesis research, that are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1997
 

H ADM 597 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently; several different topics may be taught in one year or semester.
Effective: Spring 1999
 

H ADM 597A Health Care Marketing (3) Introduction to the theory, concepts, skills, and principles of marketing applied to health related organizations and networks.
Effective: Fall 2013 Ending: Fall 2013 Future: Fall 2013
 

H ADM 597A Healthcare Ethics (3) This course exposes the student to contemporary ethical issues in medicine. The class will function as a hospital ethics committee and each students will be assigned a role in the committee. A lecture will be presented on each topic after which there will be presented a case to the ethics committee for discussion and decision.
Effective: Summer 2014 Ending: Summer 2014 Future: Summer 2014
 

H ADM 897 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Fall 2006
 

H ADM 897A Health Care Costs for Health Administration (3) Formal courses given on a topical or special interest subject which may be offered infrequently.
Effective: Summer 2013 Ending: Summer 2013
 

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