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OFFICE OF THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST
June 5, 2015
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Jane Clark
Dean, School of Public Health
FROM:
ElizabethBeise
Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Programs
SUBJECT:
Proposal to Modify the Master of Health Administration (PCC log no. 14043)
At its meeting on April 3, 2015, the Senate Committee on Programs, Curricula and
Courses approved the proposal to modify the Master of Health Administration. A copy of the
approved proposal is attached.
The change is effective Fall 2015. Please ensure that the change is fully described in the
Graduate Catalog and in all relevant descriptive materials, and that all advisors are informed.
MDC/
Enclosure
cc:
Gregory Miller, Chair, Senate PCC Committee
Barbara Gill, Office of Student Financial Aid
Reka Montfort, University Senate
Erin Taylor, Division of Information Technology
Pam Phillips, Institutional Research, Planning & Assessment
Anne Turkos, University Archives
Linda Yokoi, Office of the Registrar
Alex Chen, Graduate School
Coke Farmer, School of Public Health
Luisa Franzini, Department of Health Services Administration
T H E UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, C O L L E G E PARK
PROGRAM/CURRICULUM/UNIT PROPOSAL
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Please email the rest of the proposal as an MSWord attachment
to pcc-submission«giuind.cdu.
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PCC LOG NO.
14043
Please submit the signed form to the Office of the Associate Provost
for Academic Planning and Programs, 1119 Main Administration Building, Campus.
College/School: SPHL
Please also add College/School Unit Code-First 8 digits: 01203300
Unit Codes cm be fojmdal: htips://}n>pprod.imid.edii/Html Reports/imits.him
Department/Program: HLSA
Please also add Department/Program Unit Code-Last 7 digits: 1331301
Type of Action (choose one):
X Curriculum change (including informal specializations)
0 Curriculum change for an LEP Program
• New academic degree/award program
• New Professional Studies award iteration
• New Minor
• Renaming ofprogram or formal Area of Concentration
O Request to create an online version of an existing program
0 Addilion/deletion of formal Area of Concentration
• Suspend/delete program
Italics indicate that the proposed program action must be presented to the fiili University Senate for cons
Sumniai7 of Proposed Action:
The MHA program at UMD School of Public Health, started in 2006, prepares graduates to manage the many complex
health-related organizations including hospitals, long term care facilities, managed care organizations, rehabilitation
agencies, public health clinics, state agencies, among others. The current MHA curriculum consists of 51 required credits
with no flexibility in course selection and no elective courses. As sUidents have graduated from the program and entered
professional careers in an array of private and public institutions, we feel the need to offer more flexibility in progi"am
requirements to better allow students to tailor their course work to their career goals. Therefore, we propose to change the
MHA curriculum by increasing flexibility in selection of courses, hi addition, at 51 required credits, the MHA is
considerably longer than all other master programs at SPH which range horn 42 to 46 credits. We therefore propose to
reduce the number of required credits to 46 to make the MHA credit requirements closer to that of other SPH master
programs.
Departmental/Unit Contact Person for Proposal: Luisa Franzini, Professor and Chair
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Michael D Colson
From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Luisa Franzini
Monday, March 23, 2015 12:51 PM
Michael D Colson
FW: FW: elective courses in the Business School for MHA students
Michael, Thank you for your input. Luisa From: Ritu Agarwal [mailto:ragarwal@rhsmith.umd.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2015 11:23 AM
To: Luisa Franzini
Subject: Re: FW: elective courses in the Business School
Dear Luisa,
I am happy to support the inclusion of the BUDT courses listed below as part of the MHA curriculum. As
space permits, we would be glad to have MHA students register for them.
Best regards,
Ritu
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:19 AM, Luisa Franzini <franzini@umd.edu> wrote:
Ritu,
Thank you for talking with me today on the phone. As I mentioned we need an email (which can be in reply to this email), stating your support for listing the electives below as part of the MHA program. Thank you
Luisa
From: Luisa Franzini
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:35 PM
To: 'Ritu Agarwal'
Cc: Alexander Triantis
Subject: RE: FW: elective courses in the Business School
Ritu,
We propose to add a couple of electives from the business school to the MHA program. The description of the new program and the description of the impact it would have on other units are below. Of course students taking electives in 1
the business school will pay tuition to the business school (as they do now). Please let me know if it is ok to move ahead for now. We still hope to work with you to deepen the collaboration on the MH program.
Thanks
Luisa
Other Departments Affected
The MHA program is adding elective courses from the UMD Business School and the UMD School of Public Policy.
The anticipated number of MHA students taking such elective courses is expected to be small so that the expected
number of additional MHA students taking a specific course in a specific semester is 0-3. Students will have to obtain
instructor permission before enrolling to avoid oversubscribing courses.
MPH core
courses
Course number and name
EPIB 650 Biostatistics I
EPIB 610 Foundations of Epidemiology
HLSA 601 Introduction to Health Systems
HLTH 665 Health Behavior I
MIEH 600 Foundations of Environmental Health
Total MPH core
HLSA 702 Politics and Policy of Health
HLSA 710 Foundations of Healthcare Management
HLSA 711 Health Care Economics and Analysis
HLSA 720 Health Law and Ethics
HLSA 730 Human Resources and Supervision
HLSA 740 Strategic Planning and Marketing
HLSA 750 Healthcare Management Information Systems
HLSA 775 Public Health Research Methods
HLSA 770 Continuous Quality Improvement
HLSA 772 Health Care Leadership and Communications
HLSA 721 - Using Demographic Data for Health Policy Analysis
MHA cognate HLSA 709 Current Topics in Health Services
courses HLSA xxx Econometrics in Public Health
student BUDT758O: Operations Management for Health Service Organizations
with advisor
choose at least BUDT 758M: Healthcare Information Systems
BUDT 733: Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
25 credits of
MHA cognate BUDT elective course from Business School**
courses to
HLSA 688 Independent study**
meet MHA
competencies Elective course from Consortium of Universities of the Washington
Metropolitan Area **
PUAF elective course from School of Public Policy**
Total MHA cognate courses
HLSA 785 Internship
Internship /
2
Credits
3
3
3
3
3
15
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
2
2
2
2
1-3
3
3
25
3
capstone
HLSA 786 Project (or HLSA 799 for Thesis***)
Total internship / capstone
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR MHA
3
3
6
46