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Fast Track to Master of Health Administration


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The Fast Track program allows students in specific Saint Joseph’s College undergraduate health administration programs to substitute certain courses from the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program in lieu of comparable undergraduate courses. Students will then be allowed to count these graduate courses toward their graduate degree requirements. Restrictions apply. The undergraduate programs that qualify for this accelerated option are the following:

  • Bachelor of Science – Health Administration Major (up to 12 credits)
  • Bachelor of Science - Long-Term Care Administration Major (up to 12 credits)
  • Bachelor of Science - Radiologic Science Administration Major (up to 9 credits)
  • Bachelor of Science - Health Information Management Major (up to 12 credits)

Course Equivalencies


Qualified students in these undergraduate programs will be allowed to take courses from the following list. Courses chosen will apply toward an MHA degree and will also meet corresponding undergraduate degree course requirements.  

Graduate Courses

Undergraduate Courses

HA 512 - Quality Management and Performance Improvement 

 

HA 410 - Quality in Healthcare Administration  

HA 571 - Healthcare Informatics 

 

HA 214 - Healthcare Informatics 

 

HA 511 - Leadership in Healthcare Administration 

 

HA 350 - Leadership in Healthcare Administration 

 

HA 605 - Healthcare Marketing 

 
HA 454 - Strategic Planning in Healthcare Organizations  

HA 615 - Strategic Human Resources Management  

HA 302 - Human Resource Management 

 

HA 575 - Ethical and Legal Perspectives 

 

 HA 353 - Legal Aspects of Healthcare Administration 

 

Admission Requirements


Students in the Bachelor’s degree programs must have a GPA of 3.0 or better and have completed all general education requirements, as well as the following three major courses before taking any of the graduate courses:

Additional Notes


Students interested in taking advantage of the Fast Track option should contact their Academic Advisors.

Once accepted, students may take a maximum of 12 and a minimum of 3 graduate level credits prior to completion of the Bachelor’s Degree.

For graduate level courses, students will pay the graduate tuition rate effective at the time of enrollment.

Students must earn a minimum of 3.0 grade point average in Fast Track graduate courses in order to progress to the MHA degree following completion of the Bachelor’s Degree.

Students who earn 120 credits may earn a bachelors degree and are not required to continue in the MHA program.  Inactive students, once readmitted, are subject to any new program guidelines instituted in their absence.

Graduation


The HA courses will simply substitute for undergraduate courses, so students will graduate with a BS when completing all requirements. They will then transfer into the HA with some courses already taken.

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