249 HONORS PROGRAM A student in the Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions may receive Honors in one of the listed majors in the following manner: (1) maintain an overall GPA of 3.3; (2) be enrolled in the General Honors Program and complete at least 3 hours of General Honors courses (it is suggested that students in Radiologic Sciences take a three-hour Honors Colloquium, HNRS 3900, course which will also give them upper division hours towards graduation); (3) take at least 12 of the required credit hours in major courses with an Honors component; (4) in the case of the major leading to the baccalaureate degree, complete an Honors Senior Project course. (This project may be included among the foregoing requirements.) Clinical Laboratory Sciences students should refer to specific requirements for CLS Departmental Honors. Radiologic Sciences students may receive credit in all Radiologic Technology courses, except RADT 1022, 1303, and 2403. All students desiring Honors credit should seek permission from individual program directors at the time of registration. At the beginning of the course, the student should make a written agreement with the appropriate professor regarding the work expected for Honors credit. This written agreement will be filed immediately with the program director. Honors component forms are found in the Honors Center. They should be filled out and turned into the Honors Advisor by the end of the third week of the semester. Master of Health Administration (MHA) Director: Dr. Lloyd R. Burton Location: Marriott Allied Health Building, Rm 401 Telephone: 801-626-7008 Web Site: weber.edu/mha The Master of Health Administration (MHA) program will prepare students for a career leading to executive leadership positions in the healthcare industry. It is specifically intended for individuals with leadership experience who want to further their careers. The MHA program is designed to enhance management, interpersonal, and organization skills and abilities. The program also strives to instill students with a desire and skills that focus on self-development, critical thinking and life-long learning. Minimum Admission Requirements • A Bachelor's Degree* • GPA of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale • GMAT or GRE scores** • At least two years of supervisory experience • Practidng physicians may be admitted without the GMAT/GRE or supervisory requirement • Students with degrees other than health administration or business administration may be required to take leveling courses in statistics, financial and managerial accounting, managerial economics, health policy and economics, and health ethics and law. ** Significant weight is given to GRE aptitude (verbal and quantitative combined) total scores of at least 1000 or a GMAT aptitude score of at least 500. However, indications of academic ability as expressed by undergraduate grade point average and professional experience will be of greater importance than specific undergraduate background and GRE or GMAT scores. Grade Requirements To receive a Master of Health Administration degree, the student must complete all courses in the MHA program with a grade of "C" or higher, and maintain an overall program GPA of 2.7 or higher. Leveling Courses HIM 3200 Biostatistics and Epidemiology (3) or MBA 6020 Financial and Managerial Accounting (3) MBA 6040 Managerial Economics (3) Course Requirements for MHA Required Courses (36 credit hours) MHA 6000 Health Systems and the Healthcare Economy (3) MHA 6100 Leading and Managing People in Health Care (3) MHA 6200 Health Behavior & Managerial Epidemiology (3) MHA 6240 Human Resources Management in Healthcare (3) MHA 6250 Health Care Finance (3) MHA 6300 Quality Improvement and Risk Management in Health Services Organizations (3) MHA 6320 Health Policy and Economics (3) MHA 6350 Quantitative Decision Making (3) MHA 6400 Strategic Health Planning and Marketing (3) MHA 6440 Health Ethics and Law (3) MHA 6450 Managing Health Information (3) MHA 6500 Field Work (3) Electives (6 credit hours) Select two of the following courses MHA Courses MHA 6140 MHA 6160 MHA 6180 MHA 6310 MHA MHA Long-term Care Administration (3) Medical Group Management (3) Health Care Entrepreneurship (3) Managed Care vs. Managed Health (3) Comparative International Health Systems (3) Patient Services Staff Management (3) MBA Courses MBA 6110 Tools for the Ethical Manager (3) MBA 6150 Logistics/Operations Management (3) MBA 6170 Corporate Communications (3) MBA 6540 Negotiations (3) No more than nine (9) total hours, including leveling courses, may be taken from the MBA program. Health Services Administration graduate institutional certificate » Program Prerequisite: Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution and be accepted into the certificate program. Completion of courses in statistics, accounting and economics are required for enrollment in certificate courses. Students are expected to be competent in use and manipulation of spreadsheet, word-processing and presentation software. » Grade Requirements: To receive a certification the student must complete all courses in the certificate program with a grade of "C" or higher, and maintain an overall program GPA of 2.7 or higher. » Credit Hour Requirements: 15 credit hours as specified below. Course Requirements for Institutional Certificate Required Courses (15 credit hours) MHA 6000 Health Systems & the Healthcare Economy (3) MHA 6200 Health Behavior & Managerial Epidemiology (3) MHA 6300 Quality Improvement and Risk Management in Health Services Organizations (3) MHA 6400 Strategic Health Planning and Marketing (3) MHA 6500 Field Work (3) General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts 8 Humanities MENG COMM ART/ARTH Business SEcon MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS ZOOL SocialS Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog