HA 730 - Capstone Course

This is a challenging and time intensive course. In general, students will need to spend approximately 3 to 4 hours per credit hour each week preparing for class. This time includes reading, thinking, and researching material in order to complete assignments and meet course objectives. As this is a 3-credit course, it is anticipated that you will need to spend 9-12 hours per week on this class. There will be a variety of learning strategies employed so that you will have multiple opportunities to approach the material from various perspectives.

The final deliverable for this capstone class is a manuscript suitable for publication in an academic journal of the student’s choosing.  Each assignment contributes to the final manuscript that will be turned in and evaluated as the culminating activity of the graduate program.  

Prerequisites & Notes
HA 500, HA 511, HA 512, HA 515, HA 525, HA 545, HA 571, HA 575, HA 615, and HA 700

Assignment Overview

• Assignments: Varied throughout the term
• Interactivity: Live Weekly Sessions
• Final Assessments: Presentation and Final Paper

• Synthesize theory, evidence, and published research to develop solutions for an issue in healthcare administration practice.
• Formulate and prepare a rigorous critique of evidence to generate solutions for the practice issue.
• Summarize the best available evidence from published literature as the foundation for the health administration practice solution.
• Produce a publishable theoretical paper related to the identified practice issue.
• Create and present synthesized research in a professional presentation.