Master of Health Administration (MHA@GW)

Program Director: Len Friedman

The online master of health administration (MHA@GW) program is designed to educate healthcare professionals seeking to improve healthcare structures around the world. The curriculum is designed to build students' expertise across multiple skill sets, leverage research to positively affect diverse populations, and prepare graduates to take on executive roles in healthcare administration.

The program features a multidisciplinary curriculum that concentrates on core principles of healthcare management, health economics, financial leadership, and policy.

MHA@GW focuses on enhancing the skill sets necessary for successful health organization leadership, including:

• Leadership and ethics
• Management and strategy
• Information technology and decision science
• Community health and quantitative methods
• Finance and economics
• Quality improvement
• Law and regulation

Visit the program website for additional information.

Visit the Milken Institute School of Public Health website for additional information about the school and its academic programs. Graduate admissions information, including application requirements and deadlines, can be found on the GWSPH Graduate Admissions website.

The following requirements must be fulfilled: 45 credits in required courses, including 5 credits in immersion experiences.

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Core online course requirements
HSML 6264	Health Care Management and Strategy
HSML 6265	Medical Informatics and Decision Management
HSML 6266	Health Care Financial Management
HSML 6267	Community and Population Health
HSML 6268	Health Economics and Quantitative Methods
HSML 6269	Quality and Performance Improvement
HSML 6280	Health Law and Policy
HSML 6281	Systems Thinking and Learning
HSML 6282	Organizational Research Project 1
HSML 6283	Organization Research Project II
PUBH 6080	Pathways to Public Health *
On-site immersion requirements
HSML 6255	Leadership and Ethics
HSML 6258	Health System Analysis

*PUBH 6080 is only required for students who do not have a prior degree from a Council on Education for Public Health accredited school or program.

SPH MHA Graduation requirements

1. Graduate credit requirement: Successful completion of 45 graduate credits.
2. Curriculum: Successful completion of required courses.
3. Grade-point requirement: A minimum program grade-point average of 3.0 (B average).
4. Time limit requirement: The degree must be completed within five years.
5. Culminating experience: Successful completion of a culminating experience (e.g., Capstone, Residency).
6. CITI training requirement: All students are required to complete training regarding human subject protection regulation and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
7. Integrity quiz and plagiarism requirement: All students are required to review the George Washington University Code of Academic Integrity and take the SPH Academic Integrity Quiz within their first semester of study.
8. Professional enhancement requirement: Students must participate in eight hours of public health-related lectures, seminars, and symposia, related to their field of study.