Online Health Administration Degree :: Accredited Universities

This course builds on the postgraduate diploma to include additional specialist topics of your choice. You will also undertake two individual research projects under the guidance of an experienced supervisor.

Entry Requirements

A bachelor degree or equivalent in an appropriate discipline plus work experience in health administration. Applicants without the required qualifications and work experience may be required to undertake additional bridging units.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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Faced with tighter budgets and rising costs, health administration is in the process of reinventing itself. Health care managers are looking for innovative, cost-effective, and results oriented ways of meeting the ever increasing demands placed upon our health care system.
Athabasca University's administrative studies programs are designed to increase graduates’ value to employers by developing their organizational, analytical, and management skills. Administrative studies produce graduates who are aware of, and responsive to, change and are capable of addressing new situations and problems.

Entry Requirements

• Hold credit in English (Students are strongly encouraged to register in English early in their program.);
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• Have a grade of B- (70 per cent) or better in an Athabasca University English course above the preparatory (100) level;
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• Receive credit for an English course in which a grade of B- or better was achieved.

Other Fees

• $115 Application Fees

• $180 Learning Resources Fee (per 3 credit course)

• $9 Students' Union (per 3 credit course)

• $2 Alumni Relations (per 3 credit course)

• $334 Out of Country fee (For international students per 3 credit course)

• $100 Evaluation Fee

• $100 Examination rebooking fee

• $100 Late examination request fee

• $50 Multiple examination fee

• $165 Per Extension Fee

Notes

Students who hold a recognized first degree and who wish to obtain an AU undergraduate degree in a different subject area, must apply under the second undergraduate degree regulations.

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The program prepares students to manage and lead enterprises that create value for stakeholders in a dynamic, global business environment. The Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Health Administration provides the tools necessary to understand policy, ethics, technology, information accessibility, and quality management in the health care system.

With a unique focus on sustainability and innovation, Brandman University faculty members draw on industry experience and the latest academic research to help students integrate ethics, corporate social responsibility into decision making. Available fully online or on campus with online components, the MBA is designed for those who want a high quality education with built-in flexibility. Students may customize their program through the selection of electives.

Program Learning Outcomes
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Business Functions/Processes: Analyze and evaluate business functions and processes.

Strategic Planning: Evaluate and formulate effective domestic and global business strategies.

Sustainability/Ethics: Integrate ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability in decision-making.

Leadership: Identify, evaluate, communicate and implement effective leadership of a diverse workforce.

Innovation: Research, design and apply the innovation process from creativity to solution design and implementation.

Entry Requirements

All graduate admissions options listed below require an earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

Option One
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A 3.0 grade point average (GPA) calculated over the most recent 30 graded semester (45 quarter) credits completed in either a baccalaureate or post baccalaureate program, including credits earned toward a credential. All credits used for GPA calculation must be from a regionally accredited institution.

Option Two
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A GPA between 2.5 and 2.99 calculated over the most recent graded 30 semester (45 quarter) credits completed in either a baccalaureate or post baccalaureate program, including credits earned toward a credential. All credits used for GPA calculation must be from a regionally accredited institution. A satisfactory score on an accepted graduate admissions exam is required.

- Graduate Record Exam (GRE): achieve the required minimum scores on two out of three of the subsections of the GRE. (Minimum score for Quantitative: 141, minimum score for Verbal: 150, minimum score for Analytic Writing: 4.5)

- Miller Analogies Test (MAT): achieve a minimum scaled score of 400.

- Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT): fulfill the formula GMAT + (GPA X 200) > 1000.

Option Three
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An earned master's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution.

Option Four
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Submission of a portfolio of evidence that shows adequate preparation for graduate studies. The portfolio will contain: writing samples that show graduate level communications and analytical skills; a detailed resume showing professional development and achievements; awards; professional recognition; letters of reference from persons who can attest to the applicant’s ability to do graduate level work; and a letter of explanation detailing the reasons the student believes he or she is a good candidate for graduate study in the field of Organizational Leadership.

Other Fees

Please refer this link for additional fee relevant to the course

http://www.brandman.edu/files/attachments/Brandman-Tuition-Fees-2014-2015.pdf

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This online health care administration degree provides an Executive Pathway to success! The MHA prepares health care managers for leadership roles in organizations that deliver, regulate or provide health care services. A specialized concentration is also available for managers and supervisors in Catholic health care organizations.

Many top management positions in health care organizations today require a master's degree. Leaders in health services work in a variety of health care settings, including clinics, hospitals, outpatient care centers, diagnostic laboratories, and home health care and long-term care centers, as well as managed care and public health organizations. This 42 credit program equips individuals to oversee the full range of possible services and may be completed in as little as two years, depending on how much time you spend working on it. This program was designed for individuals juggling career, family and education. The tuition is affordable and the program is flexible.
This master's degree program is one of the few in the country accredited by the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators (NAB), and the only NAB-accredited program available online.
The summer programs help accelerate the completion of this degree, as well as providing opportunities for networking with leaders in health care and building collaboration skills. Students tell us that the summer programs are the highlight of their experience and many return for summer sessions to complete their degree or even earn continuing education credits after they have completed their degree.
Highlights
Completing this online program will enable you to:

- Acquire a systematic body of knowledge related to the management of health care services

- Apply acquired knowledge and skills to the effective management of health services

- Identify and internalize appropriate standards of professional and ethical conduct

- Develop effective leadership competencies

- Develop effective skills for independent scholarship and goal-directed continuing education

The value of this program is built on the relevance of the course material and instructors that are currently working in the field, providing students with a solid foundation for future career growth

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to have a baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher learning accredited or accepted as accredited in the United States, with a cumulative grade point of 2.5 or better. Students who do not meet the cumulative grade point standard may be conditionally accepted and required to take specific introductory course work and complete it with a grade of 3.0 or better, prior to consideration of formal acceptance.

Applicants are required to have a minimum of two years of relevant and substantive experience in a health related field; applicants without this experience must submit a letter explaining their interest and motivation for applying to the program. They must also successfully complete HA500: United States Health Care Systems and HA511: Leadership in Healthcare Administration, as provisional students before matriculating into the program.

Other Fees

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The online Health Administration major prepares students for administrative positions in a wide range of health care organizations. The program provides individuals who have some health care experience, even at the entry level, with the skills necessary to move into supervisory or management positions in many health care organizations. The variety of courses offered provides the necessary foundation and framework for growth and success as a health care manager or administrator.

As health care organizations continue to grow more complex, having a degree in health administration becomes more and more essential for success.

With this program you have considerable flexibility to individualize your studies in order to meet your specific career needs! This program integrates general education courses with courses specific to health care administration, to prepare you to:

- Understand the conceptual framework for the provision of health services

- Successfully meet the demands of supervisory and management positions

- Develop health care leadership competencies

- Integrate management, financial, human resource and ethical concepts as they apply to health care management.

Highlights
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- Curriculum designed to prepare students for positions throughout health care

- Courses that allow students to incorporate their prior experience or current work into the course content

- Flexible online format that allows you to study at your own schedule, at your own pace and at your own location.

- Faculty with experience in, and current knowledge of, the field of health administration

- Fast track to the Master of Health Administration degree program Master of Health Administration Degree Course and Curriculum

- No on-campus residency required; optional two-week summer sessions on lakeside campus to accelerate degree.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must be graduates of an accredited public or private high school must have passed a GED examination, or provide proof of completion of a GED equivalent, or must have completed a state-approved high school diploma through home schooling.

Other Fees

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