New cohorts are admitted each August and are scheduled to graduate 21 months later.
Our standards are competitive and rigorous. To be considered for admission, prospective students must have met the following criteria:
Entering cohorts will not exceed 25 students.
Classes generally meet online following a mandatory, two-day orientation in College Station.
An orientation will be held in College Station, with scheduling based on the academic calendar.
Day 1 begins with a mid-afternoon introductory session followed by an informal dinner. Day 2 is an all-day orientation to Texas A&M, the School of Public Health and the MHA program, with a focus on course design, expectations (including skills related to online readiness, Excel bootcamp and other technical applications), course design and traditions/organizational culture. The orientation concludes on the evening of Day 2 with an informal dinner with local faculty.
The 15 courses are taught in the following lockstep sequence, with no electives and no courses allowed to be taken out of sequence.
Year 1
Fall
PHPM 601: Foundations of Population and Public Health (7 weeks)
PHPM 606: Health Systems Management (7 weeks)
PHPM 623: Health Care Financial Management (15 weeks)
Spring
PHPM 614: Strategic Planning and Marketing (7 weeks)
PHPM 617: Quality and Process Improvement (7 weeks)
PHPM 633: Health Law and Ethics (15 weeks)
Summer
PHPM 636: Project Management (15 weeks)
PHPM 633: Managing Health Care Data and Information (7 weeks)
PHPM 681: Seminar* (7 weeks)
Year 2
PHPM 630: Operations Management (7 weeks)
PHPM 661: Introduction to Health Economics (7 weeks)
PHPM 616: Management of Human Resources (15 weeks)
PHPM 640: Health Policy and Politics* (7 weeks)
PHPM 633: Health Insurance and Managed Care (7 weeks)
PHPM 680: Health Systems Leadership (Capstone, 15 weeks)
*Immersion course
Study of major health systems in an urban environment. Arrive late afternoon on Sunday and depart Friday evening. Dinner on Sunday followed by sessions Monday through Friday with leaders from various local delivery systems and dinner events with local health care leaders and providers. The cost of lodging, travel, food, and ground transportation are covered by the program.
PHPM 640: Health Policy and Politics (Year 2, Spring)
Study of federal government policy mechanisms--CMS, HHS, FTC, VA and more--with a focus on delivery systems at the national level. Arrive late afternoon on Sunday and depart Friday evening. Dinner on Sunday followed by sessions Monday through Thursday with legislative leaders, staff and executive branch officials, and policymakers dealing with health care delivery systems and concentrating. The cost of lodging, travel, food, and ground transportation are covered by the program.
No, neither an internship nor a practicum is required.