Degree: Master of Arts
Semester Hours: 37
Program may be completed fully online

Curriculum

Required Courses (37 SH)

• OLS 515 Introduction to Leadership Studies (3 SH)
• NURS 516 Application of Legal and Ethical Principles to Healthcare Leadership (3 SH)
• NURS 515 The Healthcare Delivery System (3 SH)
• NURS 628 Systems Approach to Organizational Behavior OR OLS 530 Organizational Behavior (3 SH)
• NURS 626 Managing in a Complex Healthcare Environment OR an HRM course (TBD) (3 SH)
• NURS 512 Knowledge Development: Epidemiology and Informatics (3 SH)
• NURS 503 Practice Skills for Conflict Transformation (3 SH)
• NURS 702 Health Information Technology (3 SH)
• NURS 620 Safety, Risk Reduction and Quality Care (the prereq for this course can be waived or addressed with an alternate assignment) (4 SH)
• OLS 540 Managerial Financial and Accounting I (3 SH)
• MOL 680 Appalachian Cross-Cultural Experience OR BMX 603 Cross Cultural Health Care (3 SH)
• HCM 630 Healthcare Management Capstone (3 SH)