Objectives
   The program in Health Care Administration is designed to provide graduate students an integrated, contemporary, and multidisciplinary education. Diverse topics are integrated into the curriculum, research and residences to provide:
1. An understanding of the modern health industry
2. Knowledge, skills and abilities to assume
    administrative roles in various organizations in
    the health industry
3. Opportunities to develop leadership skills
4. Interactions with diverse specialists in the
    health industry to evaluate and resolve
    administrative problems
5. Competence in an elective area of professional
    focus

Admission
   All admission requirements established by the Graduate School at U.T. Arlington and published in the Graduate Catalog are general requirements for all admissions. In addition, students without prior interdisciplinary work may be required to complete leveling courses, as prescribed by the Committee on Graduate Studies. Some applicants may be admitted conditionally. Unconditional admission requirements include:
1. A baccalaureate degree in an appropriate
   discipline.
2. An overall GPA for the final 60 (approximately)
    hours of undergraduate course work of at least
    3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
3. A satisfactory total score, verbal score plus
    quantitative score, on the Graduate Record
    Examination.
4. An applicant whose native language is not
    English must have received a score of at least
    575 on the Test of English as a Foreign
    Language or a score of at least 40 on the Test
    of Spoken English for Assistants.
5. Favorable letters of recommendation from
    persons familiar with the applicant's academic
    work.

Degree Requirements
   The M.S. Degree in health Care Administration requires 42 hours of course work for the core courses, advanced courses, integrative seminar and residence.

Prerequisite and Deficiency Courses
   For an applicant holding an appropriate bachelor's degree, the degree program may not require deficiency courses. Course prerequisites must be met before enrolling in any advanced course. Deficiency courses for the program are:

MATH 1315. College Algebra for Business and Economics
INSY 5310. Introduction to Computers and Information Systems
ACCT 5301. Accounting Analysis 1
INSY 5330. Information and Decision Systems
ECON 5309. Economic Analysis I
BUSA 5301. Statistics or NURS 5301 Research in Nursing

Program in Health Care
Administration
www2.uta.edu/gradbiz

Areas of Study and Degrees
Health Care Administration
M.S.

Master's Degree Plans
Non-Thesis

Graduate Studies
Alisa Johnson
107Q Business, 817-272-3005

Graduate Faculty
Graduate faculty from the College of Business
Administration, College of Engineering, School of Nursing, School of Social Work, and School of Urban and Public Affairs are involved in teaching and supervising graduate student research. See below for faculty contacts in these areas.

Accounting
Li Chin Ho

Computer Science and Engineering
Lynn L. Peterson

Finance
David Diltz

Information Systems and Management Sciences
Craig Slinkman

Management
James C. Quick

Marketing
Julie Baker

Nursing
Susan Grove

Urban and Public Administration
Sherman M. Wyman

Social Work
Richard J. Schoech