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Curriculum

The following curriculum is applicable to the Online and Hybrid tracks of the FIU Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) program. For course descriptions, visit the FIU MHSA Courses page on FIU Online.

The Fully Online (FO) MHSA offers the courses 100% through FIU ONLINE.

Each course of the Fast-Track (FT) Hybrid MHSA is offered 50% online and 50% face-to-face. Courses are taken in a biweekly format. Students attend class one week on campus and the following week online.

Courses & Syllabi

The courses of the FIU Health Services Administration programs align to prepare you for varying degrees of responsibilities as a health services administrator. This includes:

  • Planning, directing and coordinating medical and health services
  • Create and implementing policy and procedures
  • Hiring and supervise staff
  • Controlling finances
  • Collaborating with other healthcare managers and stakeholders

Visit the FIU Catalog for full course descriptions and program requirements:

  • Navigate to the current academic year
  • Enter the Course Code in the “Search Bar” OR
    • Select “Undergraduate” for searching minor and BHSA courses
    • Select “Graduate” for searching MHSA courses
  • Select “Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences”

Program Total: 48 Credits

Curriculums for Fully Online (FO) and Fast-Track (FT) Hybrid Tracks

  • Foundation Courses: 9 Credits
    Class NumberClass NameCreditsSemester
    HSA 5125Introduction to Health Policy and Management31st Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6185Management and Organization in Health Care31st Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6176Financing and Reimbursement of Health Delivery Systems
    Prerequisite or Corequisite: HSA 5125    		31st Semester (FO, FT)
  • Health Services Administration Core Courses: 34 Credits
    Class NumberClass NameCreditsSemester
    HSA 6186Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Health Care
    Systems
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185    		31st Semester (FT)
    2nd Semester (FO)
    HSA 6205Hospital and Health Facilities Organization
    Prerequisites: HSA 5125, HSA 6185, or permission of the instructor.    		32nd Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6175Financial Management of Health Systems
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185, HSA 6176    		32nd Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 5226Management of Long-Term Care Systems32nd Semester (FT)
    3rd Semester (FO)
    HSA 5655Ethical Decisions in Health Services Administration
    Prerequisites: HSA, 5125    		32nd Semester (FT)
    3rd Semester (FO)
    HSA 6156Economic and Decision Analysis in Health Care
    Completion of the Foundation Courses or minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework including HSA 5125, HSA 6185, HSA 6176    		33rd Semester (FO. FT)
    HSA 6197Design and Management of Health Information Systems
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185    		33rd Semester (FT)
    4th Semester (FO)
    HSA 6759Quality Assessment and Outcome in Health Care
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185    		34th Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6426Health Law and Legal Aspects of Management
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185    		34th Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6187Managing Human Resources and Health Professions
    Prerequisites: Completion of Foundation Courses or a minimum of 9 credit hours of program coursework, including HSA 5125, HSA 6185    		34th Semester (FT)
    5th Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6930Professional Seminar15th Semester (FO, FT)
    HSA 6149Strategic Planning and Marketing of Health Care Services
    Prerequisite: Completion of 36 Credit Hours in Program Coursework    		35th Semester (FT)
    6th Semester (FO)
  • Integrative Coursework: 5 Credits
    Class NumberClass NameCreditsSemester
    HSA 6717Advanced Health Services Management and Research
    Seminar
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.    		34th Semester (FT)
    5th Semester (FO)
    HSA 6875


    OR




    HSA 6977    		Administrative Residency

    Masters Research Project
    Prerequisite: Completed 36 credit hours in the program coursework
    Prerequisites: HSA 6930 and approval of the coordinator

    OR

    Master's Research Project
    Prerequisites: HSA 6930 and permission of advisor.    		2



    2    		5th Semester (FT)



    6th Semester (FO)

Class Times

Class Times for Fast Track Hybrid MHSA — Fall
TuesdaysThursdays
Course #1: 5 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. (Fall A)
Course #2: 7:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (Fall A)
Course #3: 5 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. (Fall B)
Course #4: 7:50 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. (Fall B)

Class Times for Fast Track Hybrid MHSA — Spring
MondaysWednesdays
Course #1: 5 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. (Spring A)
Course #2: 7:50 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. (Spring A)
Course #3: 5 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. (Spring B)
Course #4: 7:50 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. (Spring B)

Course groups for both Original and Fast Track Hybrid Spring/Fall cohorts meet every other week.

Dates and course offerings may be subject to change based on University Academic Calendar and/or program adjustments.

MHSA Degree Culminating Experiences

FIU’s Master of Health Services Administration (MHSA) program offers an Administrative Residency Course every semester for interested MHSA students.

The HSA 6977, Master's Research Project, and HSA 6875, an Administrative Residency course, are available to students during the last semester in the program. These classes are electives, so students choose to take either one.

The Masters Research Project course (HSA 6977) is a capstone experience during the last semester of the Master's degree. Graduate students may choose to undertake research as an elective. Graduate students initiate a research project with the approval of a faculty member teaching the course during this experience. Generally, students submit a research project centered on a particular aspect of healthcare administration in a community or institutional setting or utilizing publicly available secondary data. Students demonstrate their ability to apply the theoretical knowledge and skills acquired throughout the curriculum.

Research and assessment offer a foundation for identifying critical strategic factors inside and outside the healthcare organization, which may be used to develop customized plans and meet varied organizational circumstances. Subsequent evaluation studies are shaped by research and evaluation. To discover more about why research is fundamentals in the context of a healthcare institution, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality regularly publishes its most recent publications and press releases. https://www.ahrq.gov/

The Administrative Residency (HSA 6875) is a capstone experience that may takes the form of an off-campus placement at a healthcare organization under the supervision of an on-site management preceptor.  Students are exposed to other healthcare professionals and their work situations during the Administrative Residency course.

The HSA-6875 Administrative Residency course will provide students with exposure and hands-on experience of a functional healthcare organization.  The student will encounter real issues that will necessitate sound problem-solving strategies and techniques to resolve in accordance with the organizational culture.  In addition to systematic management planning, routine decision-making, and strategy development and implementation, addressing unpredictable and unplanned events will test the student’s resiliency and management adaptability required in a dynamic healthcare organization.

Upon entry to the MHSA Program, you will sign an Automatic Registration Agreement form for selecting your culminating experience. Please note, for the MHSA Administrative Residency, should you decide to pursue it, you will have to complete an application by the deadline. Note, the application process occurs two semesters in advance.  See below:

Residency Semester

Application Deadline

Eligibility Deadline

Fall

May 1st

July 1st

Spring

September 1st

November 1st

Summer

January 1st

March 1st

Students are free to contact the Clinical Education Coordinator who oversees the Administrative Residency program or the Academic Support Services Coordinator. See contact information below:

Program Director
Tina Yeung, PhD
305-919-4481
tyeung@fiu.edu

Sr. Program Coordinator
Kaitlyn N. Saari
ksaari@fiu.edu

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