Overview
The full-time track for the Masters of Science in Health Care Administration develops leaders who are prepared for the challenges of health care delivery, today and tomorrow. The program provides an intensive, experiential environment for graduate students, placing them in the heart of the health care industry through a year-long administrative residency.
Fast Facts
- Top-rated program with an outstanding national reputation and over 50 years of experience in creating exceptional leaders.
- Prioritizes experiential learning, culminating with a paid 12-month Administrative Residency
- Students thrive with close faculty relationships, an engaged and distinguished national alumni network, and strong bonds within each cohort.
- Continuous accreditation since 1968 by Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME)
What You'll Study
Creating effective decision-makers and innovative thinkers in health care
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Program Curriculum
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Refer to the Courses of Study Bulletin for full program requirements.
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Courses of Study Bulletin
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The courses of study bulletin is the official source of information regarding degree requirements, academic policies, and academic programs at Trinity University.
Policy, Population, and Innovation/Economic Aspects of Healthcare Administration
These two courses, taken simultaneously, are highly integrated, combining projects and lectures to show the connections between economic theory, health care policy, and innovation. Emphasis is on innovation and creative approaches to current health challenges. Students participate in “Tiger Tank”, a project that challenges students to use design thinking, creative problem solving, and an entrepreneurial mindset, culminating in a pitch competition where groups pitch their solution to a problem to external judges.
Capstone Seminar
This course serves as a bridge between the academic setting and the residency experience. Each student participates in two separate consulting groups to develop and deliver real-world projects to varied health care organizations. Working directly with these organizations, student teams complete a project designed in collaboration with a health care organization. Final presentations are delivered to the sponsoring executives at the client site.
Professional Development, Leadership, and Conflict Management
This is a two-course sequence in leadership development. The first course focuses on “leading yourself” with an emphasis on professional development, emotional intelligence, and crucial conversations. The second course focuses on “leading others”. The two-course sequence is designed to give students the tools to become highly effective leaders.
Health Care Performance Improvement
Introduces the fundamentals of guiding and sustaining health care organizational performance improvement, including leadership, culture, employee onboarding and engagement, customer relationship management, and contemporary performance improvement concepts, tools, and techniques.
Health Care Strategic Planning and Marketing
An analysis of the strategic planning and marketing processes used by health care managers. Students examine how these models and methodologies apply to patients, physicians, and managed care buyers as separate markets for health care services.
Clinical Decision Making
Students gain an understanding of the process, priorities, motivations, strengths, and limitations of clinical decision-making while exploring the relationship between and among clinicians rendering patient care.
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For more information and a description of each class please visit the COSB website.
Faculty
Connected to the field, committed to students
Faculty develop close ties with students and work diligently to support their success well into their careers. Through a culture that prioritizes students and relationships that last a lifetime, faculty are committed to fostering future leaders who think critically and who will transform health care.
Student Opportunities
Learn from Experience
Scholarships may be awarded to students based on merit or financial need. The availability and amount of these awards vary each year.
Students spend 12-months working full-time as a resident in a health care organization before graduation to gain practical experience.
Trinity University graduate students regularly visit and observe leading health care facilities during the first two semesters.
All first-year students attend this annual health care leadership conference through ACHE.
Opportunities for experiential learning include the residency program, case competitions, capstone projects, and weekly site visits.
The HCAD Alumni Association hosts an annual awards dinner to recognize and honor the achievements of distinguished alumni.
When You Graduate
Chart a path to leadership success in health care
Careers
Students find strong career opportunities in the field of health care administration. Armed with conceptual knowledge, leadership skills, and real-world experience, alumni have attained key leadership positions in health care organizations throughout the U.S.
Career Paths our graduates pursue:
- Community Health Centers
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Health Care Consulting
- Health Care Strategy and Business Development
- Health System Executive Leadership
- Hospital Executive Leadership
- Physician Practice Management
- Population Health and Value-Based Care Organizations
Take the next step
Have more questions or want more information? Learn more about becoming a Tiger, and how you can accelerate what’s next for your education.