Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) Courses & Curriculum

Curriculum

The DHA requires a minimum of 57 semester hours organized as follows:

  • 39 credit hours of didactic coursework
  • 18 credit hours of Doctoral Project credit hours (minimum requirement)

Year 1, Fall

DHA 800,
DHA 802		 Organizational Behavior, or
Healthcare Leadership		 3
DHA 805 Qualitative Methods 3
Semester Total 6

Year 1, Spring

DHA 801 Financial Management (2 sections) 3
DHA 807 Managing Healthcare Info 3
DHA 816 Diversity & Inclusion Management 2
Semester Total 8

Year 1, Summer

DHA 808 Health Politics & Advocacy 3
DHA 867 Quantitative Methods for Research 3
Semester Total 6

Year 2, Fall

DHA 865 National Health Policy 3
DHA 812 Evidence Based Decision Making 3
Semester Total 6

Year 2, Spring

DHA 809 Change Management & Negotiation 3
DHA 850 Population Health Management 3
Semester Total 6

Year 2, Summer

DHA 814 Study Execution 4
DHA 817, or
DHA 872,  or
DHA 878
 Strategy & Operations, or
Leadership III, or
Advanced Information Systems 		3
Semester Total 7

Year 3, Fall

DHA 990 Doctoral Project 9
Semester Total 9

Year 3, Spring

DHA 990 Doctoral Project 9
Semester Total 9
Curriculum Total 57