Masters Health Care Administration

MS in Heath Care Administration Curriculum

Health Care Administration curriculum from Utica College broadens your professional knowledge base and offers excellent networking potential with a diverse group of peers and faculty from around the country.

Our online classes are small and students and faculty work together closely in a virtual atmosphere designed to promote personal and professional development. You can complete the 41-credit master’s program by completing six 8-week semesters each year.

MS-HCA Core Courses Credit Hours
HCA 521 Health Care Systems: A Continuum of Care 3
HCA 525 Organizational Leadership 3
HCA 527* Ethical and Legal Issues 3
HCA 531 Leadership in Marketing and Strategic Planning 3
HCA 612 Advanced Seminar 3
HCA 613 Health Care Administrator Leader 3
HCA 614 Quality Management and Performance Improvement in Evidenced   Based Health Care 3
HCA 615* Human Resource Management 3
ACC 501 Introduction to Accounting 3
GNT 503* Perspectives in Gerontology 3
ECN 535 Introduction to Economics 3
HCA 799 Capstone Project 5
38 Total Credits
MS-HCA Electives (choose one) Credit Hours
GNT 505 Culture, Gender, Aging 3
FIN 533* Introduction to Financial Management 3
GNT 603 Long Term Care Policy 3
HCA 621* Nursing Home Administration 3
HCA 627 Health Informatics 3
HCA 631 International Health Care Systems 3
HCA 645 Clinical Research 3
41 Total Credits

*Coursework for nursing home administration licensure. Check with your states’ licensing agency or contact an Admissions Representative at (866) 295-3106 to verify the necessary coursework.

Online Synchronous Residences

The Health Care Administration Program requires online attendance in four Synchronous Residences. Each of these interactions will occur at the initiation of the following courses: Note see master schedule for course times.

  • HCA 521 – Health Care Systems
  • HCA 525 – Organizational Leadership
  • HCA 531 – Leadership in Marketing and Strategic Planning
  • HCA 613 – The Health Care Administrator Leader

A Synchronous Residence is an online learning environment in which a professor has the ability to engage with multiple online students at the same time, in a virtual classroom setting. This venue will provide tools for online presentations and a space for discussion and sharing of materials regardless of bandwidth, geographic location, or operating system. Professors schedule the Residences to accommodate students’ work schedules and time zone differences to create a collaborative learning forum. If you have questions regarding our Synchronous Residence requirements, please call us at (866) 295-3106.

For more information about the online Health Care Administration master’s degree, Request More Information or call us toll-free at (866) 295-3106.