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Jun 30, 2024
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2023-2024 Samford University Undergraduate Catalog
Fast Track Master of Healthcare Administration (B.S./M.H.C.A.)
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The fast-track master of healthcare administration program (B.S./M.H.C.A.) is ideal for students who know early on in their academic career that they have a calling to be the next generation of leaders of healthcare systems and organizations. Students apply for the program at the end of their freshman year. The first three years of the fast-track program are dedicated to completing all required undergraduate healthcare administration courses. Students begin the regular plan of study for the M.H.C.A. during the fall of their senior year of undergraduate studies.
Students are required to enroll in courses the summer between their third and fourth year of study to complete their undergraduate requirements. Upon completion of degree requirements, they will be awarded both the B.S. in healthcare administration and Master of Healthcare Administration degrees. Students in the accelerated program will be required to complete three internship placements, totaling at least 360 hours of field experience to complete both degree requirements. Admission to this program is competitive and requires application in the spring semester of the student’s freshman year. Participation in this program requires careful advisement and scheduling.
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Undergraduate Courses (BS in Healthcare Admin): 110 Credits
Year 1, Spring: 17 Credits
Year 2, Spring: 16 Credits
Year 3, Spring: 18 Credits
Year 3, Summer I: 3 Credits
Healthcare Admin Internship (1 of 2)
Year 3, Summer II: 3 Credits
Healthcare Admin Internship (2 of 2)
Graduate Courses (Master of Healthcare Admin): 48 Credits****
Year 4, Fall: 9 Credits
- MHCA 500 - Healthcare Systems (3)
- MHCA 503 - Healthcare Management (3)
- MHCA 522 - Healthcare Leadership and Professionalism (3)
Year 4, Spring: 9 Credits
- MHCA 510 - Healthcare Financial Management and Budgeting (3)
- MHCA 511 - Healthcare Policy and Law (3)
- MHCA 512 - Healthcare Economics (3)
Year 4, Summer: 12 Credits
- MHCA 501 - Healthcare Statistics and Research Methods (3)
- MHCA 502 - Healthcare Information and Informatics Management (3)
- MHCA 520 - Healthcare Project Management (3)
- MHCA 521 - Healthcare Human Resource Management (3)
Year 5, Fall: 9 Credits
- MHCA 600 - Healthcare Patient Safety and Quality (3)
- MHCA 601 - Healthcare Ethics (3)
- MHCA 602 - Healthcare Organizational Dynamics and Governance (3)
Year 5, Spring: 9 Credits
- MHCA 610 - Healthcare Strategic Management and Marketing (3)
- MHCA 611 - Healthcare Administration Graduate Capstone (3)
- MHCA 612 - Healthcare Administration Graduate Internship (3)
See the 2023-2024 Samford University Graduate Catalog for course descriptions for graduate MHCA courses as well as acceptable substitutions for selected courses.
Total Required Credits: 158
*FOUN 101 is required for incoming freshmen who have declared HCAD as their major. Students transferring to HCAD after the fall of their freshman year should work with their advisor to make up the one credit.
**Capstone must be taken spring of junior year.
***Course requires coordination with the program director. Six credit hours of HCAD 421 are required to graduate.
****Grad level courses to be determined by student’s advisor and program director.
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