Health Administration - Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements:

• A completed Pfeiffer University graduate application for admission with application fee.  You can also complete it online.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university with a satisfactory grade point average
• Official transcripts from all colleges or universities previously attended.  (Transcript Request Form)
• Three letters of recommendation
• Satisfactory completion of one of the following:(1) Miller Analogies Test (MAT), (2) Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), (3) Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or other standardized graduate admissions test. This requirement is waived for applicants with a graduate degree from an accredited institution.

Program Requirements:

The MHA program is a 36 semester hour course of study that is normally completed in five semesters (approximately one-and-one-half years). It is expected that students who enter the MHA program will have a working knowledge of commonly used computer programs involving word processing, database, and spreadsheet software. Each student must have an individual email address and have access to the Internet. MHA 790 is an applied field experience, normally conducted under the direction of a senior management official at the student’s place of employment. MHA 776 takes place between semesters and involves a 7-10 day foreign study experience in either England or Germany.

Health Administration - Joint Degree Programs

MBA/MHA

The Joint Degree MBA/MHA program incorporates an efficient combination of the most significant components of the Master of Business Administration and Master of Health Administration programs. The course of study culminates with neither a separate MBA or a separate MHA; rather, the Joint Degree MBA/ MHA is an intensive single degree program. The program is intended primarily for clinicians and healthcare managers whose career paths require advanced competencies in both quantitative and qualitative aspects of management. The program will be of significant benefit to persons who have worked in healthcare for at least five years. Individual arrangements may be developed for persons with less tenure in the health sector. A highlight of the program is an eight to ten day international study where students travel in Europe, the United Kingdom or Canada under the direct supervision of Pfeiffer professors.

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MHA/MSL

The Joint Degree MHA/MSL program incorporates an efficient combination of the most significant aspects of the single degree Master of Health Administration and Master of Science in Leadership programs. The course of study culminates with neither the Master of Health Administration nor the Master of Science in Leadership; rather, the MHA/MSL is an intensive single degree program. The program is intended primarily for clinicians and healthcare managers whose career paths require advanced competencies in qualitative and quantitative aspects of management. In addition to providing functional knowledge in the key managerial, finance, legal and ethical areas of the healthcare enterprise, it will provide the latest knowledge and skills necessary to effectively manage others and to successfully implement change initiatives. In so doing, the individual will be better prepared for leadership in the rapidly changing and extraordinarily complex health service environment of the 21st Century.

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Health Administration - Concentrations

Leadership Concentration:

The Leadership concentration is designed to provide practical applications from both the health service and business leadership fields of knowledge. The four MSL courses provided in the concentration will provide the student with the essential specialized competencies necessary for successful leadership in the rapidly changing and extraordinarily complex health service enterprise of the 21st Century. NOTE: This concentration is available only on the Charlotte Campus, the Triangle Campus, online or with special permission of the Department Chairperson.

Concentration Curriculum Requirements - 36 Semester Hours

MHA Curriculum Requirements - 21 Semester Hours

All MHA-Leadership and Change Concentration students must successfully complete a twenty one (21) semester hour, seven (7) course core health service curriculum which includes:

• MBA 701 Organizational Communications
• MHA 710 Contemporary Health Administration
• MHA 715 Legal and Ethical Environment of Health Services
• MHA 725 Health Services Policy
• MHA 730 Health Economics
• MHA 740 Health Services Financial Management
• MHA 799 Strategic Health Services Management

MHA Elective Requirement- 3 Semester Hours

All MHA-Leadership and Change Concentration students must successfully complete one of the following three (3) semester hour MHA elective courses:

• MHA 735 Health Services Information Management
• MHA 776 Comparative International Health

MSL Curriculum Requirements - 12 Semester Hours

All MHA-Leadership and Change Concentration students must successfully complete a twelve (12) semester hour, four (4) course leadership and change curriculum which includes:

• MSL 702 Organizational Behavior
• MSL 710 Organizational Leadership
• MSL 740 Negotiations and Conflict Management
• MSL 750 Organizational Change Management

Health Administration - Curriculum

• MBA 701 Organizational Communications
• MHA 710 Contemporary Health Administration
• MHA 715 Legal and Ethical Environment of Health Services
• MHA 720 Health Services Marketing
• MHA 725 Health Services Policy
• MHA 730 Health Economics
• MHA 735 Health Services Information Management
• MHA 740 Health Services Financial Management
• MHA 776 Comparative International Health
• MHA 790 Practicum in Health Administration
• MHA 799 Strategic Health Services Management
• Elective: One 3 semester hour course from the MSL curriculum subject to specified course prerequisite requirements.