====== Master of Hospital Administration ======

| [[#date_of_bor_approval|Date of BOR Approval]] |
| [[#program_learning_outcomes|Program Learning Outcomes]] |
| [[#admission_requirements|Admission Requirements]] |
| [[#graduation_requirements|Graduation Requirements]] |
| [[#summary_of_credit_units|Summary of Credit Units]] |
| [[#curriculum_checklist|Curriculum Checklist]] |
| [[#individual_course_titles_and_descriptions_with_credit_units,_pre-requisites_and/or_co-requisites|Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites]] |

The Master of Hospital Administration (MHA) program provides the students with the basic knowledge, concepts and principles in the field of health care administration with emphasis on hospital and health care organizations. It also aims to develop proper attitudes and skills to manage a hospital efficiently and effectively.\\
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==== Date of BOR Approval (Institution) ====
1998-1999\\
== Date of Latest Revision ==
2019\\
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==== Program Learning Outcomes ====
Graduates of the Master of Hospital Administration program are expected to:
  - administer healthcare organizations effectively, efficiently, and in an ethical manner;
  - apply the latest developments in the field as appropriate to their specific organizational and socio-cultural contexts;
  - establish an effective working relationship with co-workers, other organizations, and the larger community;
  - integrate research methods in hospital administration;
  - manage change in hospital administration guided by evidence; and
  - communicate effectively orally and in writing.
==== Admission Requirements ====
  - Compliance with the General requirements found on the 2nd page of the Application Form (UPM-NGS-OP-01F1)
  - Duly accomplished Application Form (downloadable through the NGOHS website: ngohs.upm.edu.ph)
  - Good scholastic record from any recognized institution of higher learning
  - At least 1-year of work experience in a related field
==== Graduation Requirements ====
  - Residency of at least 1 full academic year immediately prior to the granting of the degree
  - Completion of a minimum of 38 units of formal courses (14 units of core courses, 15 units of major courses, 9 units of electives)
    - Plan A– at least 32 units of formal courses and 6 units of thesis
    - Plan B – at least 35 units formal courses and 3 units special study
    - Plan C – at least 38 units formal courses and passing the written comprehensive examination
  - A GWA of 1.75 or better in all courses taken, provided there is no grade of 5.00 in any of them. If the weighted average of 2.00 is not attained, either the Certificate of Hospital Administration or Certificate of Units Earned may be awarded.
  - Maximum residency: 5 years
=== Summary of Credit Units ===
^  Category  ^  Credit Units  ^
| General Education | N/A |
| Core/Professional Courses | 27.0 |
| Electives | 9.0 |
| Internship/Thesis/Capstone | 2.0 |
| Total | 38.0 |
=== Curriculum Checklist ===
== For full-time students ==
^  First Year  ^^^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||  **Midyear**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units ** |
| //First Quarter// || //Third Quarter// || ::: | ::: |
| HPAd 201 | 2.0 | HPAd 209 | 2.0 | HA 280.2 | 2.0 |
| HA 201 | 2.0 | HA 206 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Biostat 201 | 3.0 | HA 207 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Total | 7.0 | Total | 6.0 |  |  |
| //Second Quarter// || //Fourth Quarter// ||  |  |
| HPAd 202 | 2.0 | HA 280.1 | 1.0 |  |  |
| HA 202 | 2.0 | Elective | 2.0 |  |  |
| Epi 201 | 3.0 | Elective | 1.0 |  |  |
| Total | 7.0 | Total | 4.0 |
| //Semestral Courses// || //Semestral Courses// ||  |  |
| HA 205 | 2.0 | HPAd 203 | 2.0 |  |  |
| Elective | 2.0 | HA 204 | 2.0 |  |  |
|  |  | Elective | 2.0 |  |  |
|  |  | Elective | 2.0 |  |  |
| Total | 4.0 | Total | 8.0 | Total | 2.0 |

== For part-time students ==

^  First Year  ^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** |
| HPAd 201 | 2.0 | HPAd 202 | 2.0 |
| HA 201 | 2.0 | HA 202 | 2.0 |
| Biostat 201 | 3.0 | Epi 201 | 3.0 |
| Elective | 2.0 | HPAd 203 | 2.0 |
| Total | 9.0 | Total | 9.0 |

^  Second Year  ^^^^^^
|  **First Semester**  ||  **Second Semester**  ||  **Midyear**  ||
| **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | **Course Code** | **Credit Units** | 
| HPAd 209 | 2.0 | HA 280.1 | 1.0 | HA 280.2 | 2.0 |
| HA 204 | 2.0 | HA 206 | 2.0 |
| HA 205 | 2.0 | HA 207 | 2.0 |
| Elective | 2.0 | Elective | 2.0 |
| Elective | 1.0 | Elective | 2.0 |
| Total | 9.0 | Total | 9.0 | Total | 2.0 |

=== Individual Course Titles and Descriptions with Credit Units, Pre-requisites, and/or Co-requisites ===
==== Major Courses ====
**Course Code:** HA 201\\
**Course Title:** Principles of Hospital Organization and Management\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** General principles of hospital organization and management\\
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**Course Code:** HA 202\\
**Course Title:** Organization and Administration of Clinical/Ancillary Services/Departments\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Organization and management of the various hospital services and departments\\
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**Course Code:** HA 204\\
**Course Title:** Hospital Planning, Design and Maintenance\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Major consideration in the planning and construction of hospitals, physical plant and equipment maintenance, standards for hospital plant and equipment\\
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**Course Code:** HA 205\\
**Course Title:** Hospital Information System\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Collection and analysis of data necessary for health care administration\\
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**Course Code:** HA 206\\
**Course Title:** Hospital Accounting\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and procedures of financial accounting and their use in health care administration\\
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**Course Code:** HA 207\\
**Course Title:** Financial Management\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Financial planning and control in the management of health care institutions\\
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**Course Code:** HA 280.1\\
**Course Title:** Supervised Practice in Hospital Administration\\
**Credit Unit:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** HPAd 201, HA 201, Biostat 201, Epi 201, HPAd 202, HPAd 209\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** In-hospital practicum with selected hospital visits\\
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**Course Code:** HA 280.2\\
**Course Title:** Hospital Management Study\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** HPAd 203, HA 204, HA 205, HA 206, HA 207, HA 280.1\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Implementation of a health management research proposal in hospital administration\\
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==== Core Courses ====
**Course Code:** HPAd 201\\
**Course Title:** Principles of Health Administration\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Theoretical framework in planning and managing the health system\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 202\\
**Course Title:** Practice of Health Administration\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HPAd 201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Application of planning and management principles to the health system\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 203\\
**Course Title:** Public Health Methods\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HPAd 201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Various public health procedures premised on sound principles\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 209\\
**Course Title:** Health Services Research\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HPAd 201, Biostat 201\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Philosophy, concepts, methods and applications of health services research\\
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**Course Code:** Biostat 201\\
**Course Title:** Fundamentals of Biostatistics I\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Collection, presentation and elementary analysis of data\\
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**Course Code:** Epi 201\\
**Course Title:** Principles of Epidemiology\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Biostat 201 or consent of faculty\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Ecology of human diseases and epidemiologic methods\\
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==== Electives ====
**Course Code:** HPAd 204\\
**Course Title:** Community Mental Health\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and methods of organization for mental health, programming, consultation, supervision and mental health education\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 205\\
**Course Title:** Hospital Information System\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Basic principles of health policy studies and legislation, and methods of health policy analysis\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 206\\
**Course Title:** International Health and Development\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Major problems of international health quarantine and the role of International Health Agencies\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 207\\
**Course Title:** Human Resource Management\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Human resources management policy, practice, functions and problems in health care organizations\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 208\\
**Course Title:** Economics in Health\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HPAd 202\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Study of general principles of economics and their applications to health development\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 210\\
**Course Title:** Health Care Organization and Theory\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** HPAd 201, HPAd 202\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and concepts of health systems organization and management\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 211\\
**Course Title:** Benefit Cost-Analysis and Valuations in Health\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** HPAd 208\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Principles and methods in the determination of benefits and costs programs, health policy analysis and development\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 212\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Health Care Financial Management\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisites:** HPAd 201, HPAd 207\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Application of financial planning, implementation and control in the management in health care organizations\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 213\\
**Course Title:** Health Care Quality Management and Regulation\\
**Credit Units:** 2.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** Consent of faculty\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Basic concepts and tools of quality management in the development of health regulations\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 297\\
**Course Title:** Seminar in Public Health\\
**Credit Unit:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Discussions and conferences on problems and current issues in public health\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 299\\
**Course Title:** Special Studies and Research\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Special Studies and Research\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 300\\
**Course Title:** Master's Thesis\\
**Credit Units:** 6.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Master's thesis\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 301\\
**Course Title:** Advanced Course in Health Management\\
**Credit Units:** 3.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** The course focuses on managerial work and competencies/ techniques in health organizations (service, teaching, research)\\
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**Course Code:** HPAd 397\\
**Course Title:** Seminars in Public Health\\
**Credit Unit:** 1.0\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Seminars in public health\\
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**Course Code:** HA 203\\
**Course Title:** Legal Aspects of Hospital Administration\\
**Credit Units:** 1.5\\
**Pre-requisite:** None\\
**Co-requisite:** None\\
**Course Description:** Laws governing hospitals, legal responsibilities of hospitals in the care of patients; liabilities of hospital doctors, nurses, students, and employees, hospital ethics, hospital licensures, laws affecting the medical and paramedical professions\\
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