2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

Center for Health StudiesGraduate ProgramThe Center for Health Studies was established to provide its students with administrativeand problem-solving skills enabling them to effectively function ina continually changing environment. Students will receive an interdisciplinaryeducation through the:• innovative curriculum; and• diverse nature of the faculty and student bodyThe Center’s program encourages analytical reasoning and the application oftheory and research to the solution of practical problems. As perceptive and effectivehealth care professionals, students will learn how to marshal resourcesto improve not only their own organization’s performance, but also those of thehealth care system as a whole.The Center for Health Studies currently offers a Master of Science degree programin Health Administration (MS-HA) and a Certificate program in Health Administration.MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATIONThe Master of Science in Health Administration Program is designed to prepareindividuals to succeed as executives in the rapidly changing health care arenaand lay the foundation for doctoral studies. The program’s intent is to provide asound educational, research, and clinical environment that integrates essentialhealth care managerial functions with effective and innovative expertise. Furthermore,graduates will enhance the health status of individuals, families, groups,communities, and societies, served by health delivery systems in the twenty-firstcentury, through the practical application of their cutting edge skills.The Master of Science in Health Administration Program has been granted candidacystatus through the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health ServicesAdministration (ACEHSA). “Candidacy status is an indication that a programin health administration has voluntarily committed to participate in a plan ofself-improvement and is actively progressing toward the status of accreditation.Candidacy status is not accredited status and does not guarantee eventual accreditedstatus.” (ACEHSA, 1999). ACEHSA, 730 Eleventh Street, NW, Fourth Floor,Washington, DC 20001, (202) 638-5131.The Master of Science in Health Administration (MS-HA) program consists of twocomponents and requires 54 semester hours of coursework. The first component isa 48-hour core area. The core area provides a broad foundation of finance/accounting,health services administration/research, and management courses needed byall health administrators. The second component is a choice for the capstone eventof 6-hour courses from an administrative residency or from a thesis project.162 / College Center for of Business Health Studies and Economics