Graduate Courses for Health Services Administration (HLSA)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

HLSA 601 Introduction to Health Systems (3 credits)
Formerly: HLTH688A or HLTH740. Not open to students who have completed HLTH688A or HLTH740. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: HLSA601, HLTH688A, or HLTH740.
Management and leadership skills for effective public health planning, organization, management and administration. Emphasis is on the role of institutions in learning and behavioral change process, organizational theory, administration management, and coordinating provision of community health services.

HLSA 688 Independent Study (1-6 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Master or doctoral students who desire to pursue special research problems under the direction of a faculty memeber of the department may register for 1-6 hours of credit under this number.

HLSA 702 Policy and Politics of Health (3 credits)
Organizational and financial components of teh U.S. health care system, including social and political forces that bind the system. Advanced political analysis of the health care system, including key issues and problems.

HLSA 710 Healthcare Mangement: Foundations and Principles (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. For HLSA majors only.
Concepts and managerial activities essential to achieve the goals of health care organizations are examined and discussed. Managerial processes include planning, decision-making, etc. required to operate and change health care organizations will be discussed. Special emphasis will be placed on the leader/managers role in developing and maintaining an effective system for providing healthcare.

HLSA 711 Health Economics and Analysis (3 credits)
Provides an analysis of health and health care services as economic goods. Using microeconomic theories, we will examine the behavior of health care providers, consumers, markets, and firms.

HLSA 720 Health Law and Ethics (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of laboratory per week.
The legal system helps determine the relationships prevailing among individuals, institutions and governments by setting out the rights, duties and powers of the various parties. This course will look at some of the more important concepts the law uses within the context of health services and public health.

HLSA 730 Healthcare Human Resources (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Provides an introduction to the management of human resources in the healthcare setting using basic human resources management doctrine common to all industries. Content includes principles and methods of personnel including employment, recruitment, selection, retention, training and development, compensation including wage and salary administration performance appraisal, job analysis and labor relations.

HLSA 740 Healthcare Strategic Planning and Marketing (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. For HSLA majors only.
Provides an understanding of strategic management and marketing enabling the student to lead the process of strategic planning in a health care organization. By conducting a marketing and strategic planning process, health care organizations are better able to cope with dramatic changes in technological, social, political, regulatory, and competitive aspects of the health care market. Through course reading, class discussion, analyses of secondary quantitative and qualitative data, and presentation of case studies, students gain a thorough understanding of the process of strategic management.

HLSA 750 Healthcare Management Information Systems (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Provides a background and overview of the analysis, design, evaluation, selection, installation, use, and mangement of information systems in health care settings. Students will review the information management function and value of information and the role of information technology in the provision of high quality care and management decision making. Details on computer hardware, software, networking, and telecommunications sufficient for understanding of concepts relevant to health care managers and staff will be addressed.

HLSA 760 Healthcare Financial Management (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. For HSLA majors only.
Offers content in health services financial management with emphasis on applying traditional financial theories to health care and the health care system. Focus on decision-making using accounting and finance theories, principles, concepts and techniqes most important to health care leaders.

HLSA 765 Oral and Written Communication in Healthcare (3 credits)
Acquaint students with a variety of types of professional writing required of health service professionals, including: grant proposals; journal articles; textbooks; presentation proposals and papers; and theses and dissertations.

HLSA 770 Continuous Quality Improvement in Healthcare (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week.
Designed for the health care professional or administrator involved in quality assurance in health care. Course includes historical beginnings, state-of-the-art, voluntary, governmental efforts, and tools to promote quality assurance.

HLSA 772 Healthcare Leadership and Communications (3 credits)
Health care administrators rely on transformational leadership skills and insights to help their organizations rise to the social financial, public health, and technological challenges of the future. Students will assess and develop their leadership strengths, apply key leadership communication principles, and critically analyze relevent leadership models, exploring their utility in addressing key leadership issues in health care organizations. An underlying theme will be the identification of core values involved in health care delivery, integration of those values in personal and organizational missions, and effective communication to stakeholders.

HLSA 780 Qualitative Methods for Health Services Research (3 credits)
Qualitative research is a multi-methods approach to the study of social interactions in natural settings. Through triangulation of methods, the researcher attempts to make sense of, or interpret, phenomema in terms of the meanings people bring to them.

HLSA 785 Internship in Public Health (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Internship and seminar providing an opportunity to apply previously acquired knowledge and skills in a health or allied health organization. Setting of the internship will depend upon the student's background and career goals.

HLSA 786 Capstone Project in Public Health (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department.
Capstone experience provding opportunity to apply knowledge and skills to a specific public health problem or issue. Completion of project relevant to public health under the direction of an advisor.

HLSA 788 Critical Readings in Health Services Research (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.
Current and classic readings and research on various aspects of the health services research including the health care system, health care policy and social science research on health (including economics, psychology, political science, sociology etc.). The readings will be critically analyzed and applied to students research and current research as well as applications to health services research issues.

HLSA 790 Advanced Methods in Health Services Research (3 credits)
Two hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Prerequisite: EPIB650 and EPIB651; or consent of instructor.
Provides an in-depth examination of health services research literature with emphasis on methodological scrutiny and application of methods beyond linear regression such as categorical regression, survival analysis, selection issues, and endogeniety.

HLSA 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)

HLSA 898 Pre-Candidacy Research (1-8 credits)

HLSA 899 Doctoral Dissertation Research (1-8 credits)