Master of Science in Health Care Administration program and class guide
Start with the real program, open the exact class, then use the native Module rail beside the registered Canvas classroom.
The Master of Science in Health Care Administration program prepares working adults to become leaders in the health care field. This degree program equips people seeking promotional opportunities and those seeking a new career in the rapidly growing health care administration field to be ethical leaders and data-driven decision makers around critical aspects of individual and community health care. Our courses provide students with knowledge and skills in quality improvement, patient safety, removing health disparities, ensuring sound financial management, leading technological innovations, human resources and talent management, and project management. Graduates work in a wide array of areas, including health care systems, hospitals, outpatient clinics, health departments, government, research and development, and consulting. This degree program is highly experiential. Students learn through doing. Coursework includes case study analysis, projects that reinforce learning and prepare students for what is expected in their careers, and simulations that are highly relevant in today's health care settings. The program consists of a 24-credit core component, a 9-credit concentration component, a 3-credit elective, and a 3-credit capstone.
How this program map should be read
Read this health curriculum as a movement from evidence and systems literacy toward population, policy, administrative, educational, equity, and evaluation decisions. Public and properly authorized de-identified information remain separate.
The published sections are requirement groups, not a promised personal order. Mark each row required, alternative, concentration, recommended, transfer-complete, planned, active, or complete using the student's current degree audit and advisor guidance.
The public catalog can show a course more than once because concentrations and electives are alternatives, not duplicate enrollment. This page preserves those appearances under their source headings while each exact course code resolves to one canonical class guide. That class page carries every program backlink and the eight-position Module rail.
Current published curriculum
The table follows the July 2026 catalog on pages 214-216. Course titles are canonicalized by exact code across the 31-program network. Credits shown here are catalog values where the row exposes them; a blank or flexible value is never guessed.
Core Component Requirements
| Class | Catalog title | Credits | Native work |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND 501 | An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ethical Leadership | See live audit | Module 1-8 rail |
| IND 502 | Strategic Talent Management in a Complex World | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 516 | Communication Strategy for the Health Care Leader | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 517 | Contemporary Issues in Health Care Delivery Systems | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 525 | Informatics for the Healthcare Leader | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 528 | Health Care Finance | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 561 | Quality Management in Health Care | 3 | Module 1-8 rail |
| HSC 698 | MS in Health Care Administration Capstone | See live audit | Module 1-8 rail |
Build a personal sequence from the official groups
Export the current degree audit and create one row for requirement group, course code, title, credits, prerequisite, transfer decision, planned term, modality, registration status, and completion evidence. Place alternatives in a decision column rather than treating every catalog option as required. Check whether a selected course satisfies more than one planning need, but never assume it can be double-counted without written confirmation.
Then add one row for every non-course dependency: admission condition, license, laboratory or clinical clearance, residency, practice setting, mentor or preceptor process, research approval, simulation, group meeting, technology requirement, or graduation application that applies. Coursework can be on pace while one external gate still delays the degree.
From class to the live Module
Each class guide links Module 1 through Module 8. Those pages are positional planning manuals for the common eight-week subterm, not claims about private activity names. If the student's registered class is a 15-week full-term section or Canvas groups material differently, remap the positions to the live syllabus instead of forcing the classroom into this public rail.
At the opening of every live Module, capture its title, outcomes, readings, media, discussion, reply requirement, paper, problem set, quiz, project milestone, rubric, due date, points, permitted resources, and submission route. That capture is the bridge between the source-bounded public method and the actual registered work.
Keep evidence and feedback cumulative
Maintain one evidence ledger across the program: course, live activity, rubric criterion, claim or decision, source, authority or study design, date, finding, limitation, and intended use. Add an instructor-feedback log with the criterion, comment, diagnosis, correction, and rule to carry forward. Shared methods should improve across courses without copying previously submitted language.
Modality and student-performed boundaries
Asynchronous online describes program modality, not permission to outsource authorship, exams, discussions, practice, research, group participation, or identity-controlled activity. The student performs, verifies, authors, and submits.
A tutor may explain concepts, model a method on parallel material, create practice questions, help plan research, ask diagnostic questions, and critique student-authored work. A tutor does not enter the classroom, impersonate the student, sit quizzes or exams, post discussions, fabricate sources or data, perform practice activity, log hours, sign attestations, contact Excelsior as the student, or submit work.
Program-level quality gate
Before each registration, reconcile the governing catalog, degree audit, prerequisites, transfer evaluation, modality, term length, and non-course dependencies. Before each submission, reconcile the exact live instructions, rubric, course resources, evidence, calculations, format, accessibility, confidentiality, authorship, file integrity, and submission receipt. Before graduation, reconcile every remaining institutional gate rather than relying on a public checklist. Careful sequencing matters.
Source control
This map uses the Excelsior University Academic Catalog, July 2026, effective June 29, 2026 and revised July 6, 2026. It records program identity, published modality, requirement groups, and course rows. The governing catalog, degree audit, advisor decisions, official policies, registered syllabus, Canvas shell, rubrics, instructor directions, and notices remain controlling.
Program questions
Is Master of Science in Health Care Administration current?
Yes. It appears in the Excelsior University Academic Catalog, July 2026, on catalog pages 214-216. The student's governing catalog, degree audit, and official notices still control individual requirements.
Are all listed alternatives required?
No. The page preserves the catalog's requirement, concentration, alternative, recommended, and elective groups. A degree audit and advisor determine which rows apply to one student.
Do the Module links reproduce Canvas assignments?
No. They are source-bounded planning positions for an eight-week rail. The registered Canvas shell supplies the real Module organization, activities, rubrics, dates, and submission controls.
What remains the student's work?
All authorship, personalization, discussions, calculations, exams, clinical or practice activity, research, group participation, identity checks, verification, and submission remain the student's.