Doctor of Health Administration (D.H.A) Course Listing
The Doctor of Health Administration degree is a 66 credit-hour curriculum. D.H.A. students take a core curriculum focusing on advanced leadership in healthcare, professional development, finance for health administration, health systems operations, and applied quantitative and qualitative research methods.
34:501:510 Human Resource Policy and Practice in Health Care (3)
ELECTIVE 
The course analyzes core human resource functions like recruitment and retention, diversity, performance management, compensation, and workforce development in the health care environment, while aligning human resources strategy to the business strategy's goals.
34:501:512 Health Care Economics (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course will analyze the supply and demand theory while examining profitability, cost analysis, and the economic factors that influence health care delivery at the micro and macro level.
34:501:515 Financial Accounting for Managers (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course helps students to apply major concepts in health care finance to align operational functions with the financial objectives within an organization. 
34:501:520 Community Assessment for Health Administration (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course analyzes the complex economic, environmental, social, and behavioral causes affecting the health of populations. It explores how health care organizations plan and evaluate the impact of their participation in community health improvement programs.
34:501:525 Artificial Intelligence Challenges in Health Administration (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course presents an overview of artificial intelligence challenges in healthcare management. It is a comprehensive and inclusive review of a wide array of health care management issues and opportunities in the evolving field of artificial intelligence.
34:501:530  Data Analytics in Health Care (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course will allow students an opportunity to analyze and interpret hospital and public data sets for use in strategic decisions-making, trend analysis, and business presentations. Advanced Excel and other tools will be used to mine data sets, identify patterns, and create data summaries.
34:501:533 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course is designed to prepare students for the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certifying exam under the Council for Six Sigma Certification requirements.
Prerequisites: 34:501:501 and 34:501:515
34:501:534 Health Care Six Sigma Black Belt (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course is designed to prepare students for the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certifying exam under the Council for Six Sigma Certification requirements.
34:501:540 Intro to Pharma, Biotech, and the Medical Technology Industry (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course provides a framework for understanding the process of product development from conception to commercialization for students interested in health care administration, government/non-profit health agencies, and health-related business.
34:501:542 Long Term Care Management (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course will acquaint students with the dynamic and increasingly important field of long-term care. The course provides a comprehensive overview of programs, policies, finances and services, and examines the issues, challenges and dilemmas confronting long term care management.
34:501:554 Marketing for Health Care Organizations (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course provides a strong foundation in marketing principles, tools, and techniques to develop a strategically designed marketing plan for health care organizations.
34:501:556 Health Care Ethics and Law (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course provides a systematic analysis of contemporary ethical and legal issues in health care. During this interdisciplinary course, students will be required to differentiate ethical issues from other types of issues; demonstrate sound moral reasoning; formulate and defend an ethical position; and summarize the historical, legal, and healthcare policy dimensions of current health care issues of ethical concern.
34:501:565 Information Systems for Health Care (3)
ELECTIVE 
An exploration of the types and uses of information systems; their management and strategic application; related privacy policies and their transformative role in health care delivery.
34:501:572 Managing People and Organizations (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course is an introduction to organizational theory and concepts of management. It explores approaches that promote and hinder effective management in public and nonprofit organizations. Credit not given for both this course and 34:833:681.
34:501:575 Understanding Health Care Payer Systems (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course provides a fundamental understanding of the three predominant forms of health insurance coverage in the United States (Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial).
34:501:587 Healthcare Administration Consulting) (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course will allow students to work on real-world healthcare cases involving strategic, organizational, financial, and operational challenges. In this course, 3-4 students will be assigned as a part of the team to solve a healthcare case (clinical, financial, and growth strategy) and provide recommendations. You will conduct environmental scans, market analysis, review regulatory policies and conduct client interviews (if appropriate), final projections, and recommendations.
34:501:588 Corporate Compliance in Health Administration (3)
ELECTIVE 
This course provides an overview of healthcare compliance from conceptual, substantive, and operational perspectives. Students will learn the seven elements of an effective healthcare corporate compliance program. Students will explore the need for compliance programs within healthcare organizations.
34:501:701 Principles of Health Administration (3)
CORE COURSE
This course covers current challenges faced by the U.S. health care delivery system and how health policy has sought to address these challenges. Consideration of health care concerns associated with population health and public health, including social determinants and how the behavior of individuals and groups influence health
34:501:702 Research Methods in Healthcare Administration (3)
CORE COURSE
The purpose of this doctoral seminar is to provide an overview of research design and research methods for the Doctor of Health Administration students. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to research processes, including conceptualization of a research study, research design of methods and measures, data collection, data analysis, and guidelines for writing and presenting results in health services research/health administration.
34:501:707 Basic Quantitative Methods (3)
CORE COURSE
Introduction to applied statistics. Includes descriptive and inferential statistics, regression and correlation analysis, and computer-based analytic tools for planning and policy analysis
34:501:703 Finance for Health Administration (3)
CORE COURSE
This course reviews financial management tools for various healthcare delivery settings to allow students to interpret financial information, assess financial department processes, and explore health leaders' financial management responsibilities.
34:501:704 Health Systems Operations (3)
CORE COURSE
This course provides a macro and micro view of healthcare operations, focusing on critical management theory, fundamental economic principles, employee management, and the art of negotiations.
34:501:705 Advanced Leadership Development (3)
CORE COURSE
This course takes an in-depth look at leadership styles, traits, and strategies using critical thinking and complex analysis that addresses multifaceted healthcare case studies involving best practices and change management.
34:501:706 Agility, Resiliency & Sustainability in Healthcare Delivery (3)
CORE COURSE
Students will characterize and analyze the emerging healthcare trends and incorporate agile and resilient managerial practices to build a more sustainable healthcare ecosystem.
34:501:708 Advanced Scholarly Research for Health Administration (3)
CORE COURSE
Doctoral-level study of scholarly exposition, peer research review, and the preparation of research proposals. Students prepare proposals encompassing doctoral-level synthesis of theory and analytic methods.
34:833:525 Applied Multivariate Methods (3)
CORE COURSE
Covers applied skills in data management and advanced multivariate analysis, with a focus on multiple linear regression, factor analysis, and logistic regression.
34:833:628 Advanced Qualitative Methods (3)
CORE COURSE
Students apply techniques of qualitative research, including interviewing, ethnography, and phenomenology, to help them gain an understanding of which techniques are appropriate for what specific research needs.