Courses & Degree Requirements

Degree Requirements

Students in the UW Master of Health Administration program complete 29 courses, including a capstone project, for 76 credits.  Most students complete an internship or approved educational experience in the summer between the first and second years.

Course Sequence for the 2022-2024 Cohort

Year One

Autumn 2022
HSERV 511: Introduction to Health Services & Public Health
HSMGMT 505: Managing Health Care Organizations
HSMGMT 507: Group Dynamics & Team Leadership I
HSMGMT 570: Quantitative Methods
HSMGMT 579: Accounting for Health Service Managers
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Winter 2023
HSMGMT 510: Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
HSMGMT 514: Health Economics
HSMGMT 531: Systems Modeling Frameworks for Health Care
HSMGMT 571: Health Care Financial Management
HSMGMT 578: Project Management
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Spring 2023
HSMGMT 501: Epidemiology/Critical Evidence Appraisal
HSMGMT 562: Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations
HSMGMT 567: Clinical Systems Management
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Summer 2023
Summer Internship

Year Two

Autumn 2023
HSERV 552: Health Policy Development
HSMGMT 503: Population Health Management Strategy
HSMGMT 523: Informatics in Health Care Management
HSMGMT 568: Quality Process Management
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Winter 2024
HSMGMT 500: Risk & Insurance Seminar
HSMGMT 513: Seminar in Health Care Finance
HSMGMT 545: Capstone Integrative Seminar
HSMGMT 552: Health Administration & Business Law
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Spring 2024
HSMGMT 518: Ethical Issues in Health Services
HSMGMT 545: Capstone Integrative Seminar
HSMGMT 592: Health Management Program Seminar

Note: Course information is subject to change.