Advanced study in health administration and law is available through a dual degree program co-sponsored by the department and the school of law at the University of Richmond. The program leads to the awarding of the Master of Health Administration and Juris Doctor degrees.
Participants are provided the necessary expertise either to represent clients within the health care industry or to function as legal policy-makers or administrators who fully appreciate the legal environment of the health care field. Applicants for this program are required to meet the admission requirements of each program. For information regarding the dual degree program, contact the director of the program.
The dual degree program allows students to receive both the J.D. and the M.H.A. degrees after completion of the required course load for the J.D. degree and 48 hours of course work for the M.H.A. degree rather than the typical 59 credits required for the standalone degree.
Course work in the J.D. degree program applied to the M.H.A. degree fulfills the requirements of HADM 611, HADM 694, HADM 695 and an elective. The J.D. and the M.H.A. are conferred concurrently upon completion of all requirements for both programs.
The M.H.A. curriculum sequence of the M.H.A./J.D. degree is shown below.
Course |
Title |
Hours |
HADM 602 | Health System Organization, Financing and Performance | 3 |
HADM 606 | Health Care Managerial Accounting | 3 |
HADM 607 | Financial Management in Health Organizations | 3 |
HADM 608 | Seminar in Health Care Finance | 3 |
HADM 609 | Managerial Epidemiology | 2 |
HADM 610 | Health Analytics and Decision Support | 3 |
HADM 612 | Information Systems for Health Care Management | 3 |
HADM 614 | Health Care Marketing | 3 |
HADM 615 | Health Care Politics and Policy | 3 |
HADM 624 | Health Economics | 3 |
HADM 646 | Health Care Organization and Leadership | 3 |
HADM 647 | Management of Health Care Organizations | 3 |
HADM 648 | Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations | 3 |
HADM 649 | Human Resources Management in Health Care | 3 |
HADM 681 | Clinical Concepts and Relationships | 2 |
HADM 682 | Executive Skills I | 1 |
HADM 683 | Executive Skills II | 1 |
HADM 693 | Internship in Health Administration | 3 |
Total Hours | 48 |
Sample M.H.A./J.D. plan of study
Year one |
Fall semester | Hours |
HADM 602 |
Health System Organization, Financing and Performance |
3 |
HADM 606 |
Health Care Managerial Accounting |
3 |
HADM 609 |
Managerial Epidemiology |
2 |
HADM 646 |
Health Care Organization and Leadership |
3 |
HADM 681 |
Clinical Concepts and Relationships |
2 |
HADM 682 |
Executive Skills I |
1 |
| Term Hours: | 14 |
Spring semester | |
HADM 607 |
Financial Management in Health Organizations |
3 |
HADM 610 |
Health Analytics and Decision Support |
3 |
HADM 624 |
Health Economics |
3 |
HADM 647 |
Management of Health Care Organizations |
3 |
| Term Hours: | 12 |
Summer semester | |
HADM 693 |
Internship in Health Administration |
3 |
| Term Hours: | 3 |
Year two |
Fall semester | |
HADM 608 |
Seminar in Health Care Finance |
3 |
HADM 612 |
Information Systems for Health Care Management |
3 |
HADM 615 |
Health Care Politics and Policy |
3 |
HADM 683 |
Executive Skills II |
1 |
| Term Hours: | 10 |
Spring semester | |
HADM 614 |
Health Care Marketing |
3 |
HADM 648 |
Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations |
3 |
HADM 649 |
Human Resources Management in Health Care |
3 |
| Term Hours: | 9 |
|
| Total Hours: | 48 |
Contact
Cameron Parkins
Graduate student services administrator
parkinsc@vcu.edu
Program website: ha.chp.vcu.edu/programs/mha-program/