Course rotation
Fall Semester
- HPA500 Introduction to the Health Care System (3): Orientation to delivery, financing, and organization of the health care system.
- HPA501 Health Care Policy and Politics (3): History, methods, results, and evaluation of health care policy and politics.
- HPA509 Health Care Economics (3): Allocating, financing, and delivering medical care services. Prerequisite: microeconomics
- HPA510 Health Care Cost Accounting (3): Basic cost-accounting concepts, principles, and applications in the health care setting. Prerequisite: basic financial accounting.
- HPA517 Health Care Human Resources Management: Application of human resource management principles (e.g., recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, compensation, benefits, retention, and termination) in health care.
- HPA519 Biostatistics and Epidemiology for the Health Sciences (3): Application of quantitative methods to problems in the health sciences. Introduction to statistical analysis software.
- HPA520 Research and Evaluation Methods (3): Basic research and evaluation methods for health care professionals. Prerequisite: statistics or HPA 519.
- HPA570 Marketing for Health Care Organizations (3): Basic marketing concepts, principles, and issues related to marketing public and private health care
- HPA700 Master's Research, Thesis, and/or Examination (V): S, F grading.
- HPA702 Masters’ Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination (V): S, F grading.
Spring Semester
- HPA502 Law and Ethics of Health Management (3): Private health law and ethics, including professional liability, relationship of physician and patient, malpractice reform, health institutions, and health access.
- HPA511 Health Care Finance (3): Aspects of health care financial management fundamentals and managerial accounting for strategic financial management. Prerequisite: HPA 510
- HPA515 Health Care Management (3): Introduction to the knowledge, skills, and values associated with the practice of health management.
- HPA530 Health Care Information Systems (3): Key attributes of health care information systems and their evolution in the health care environment.
- HPA590 Strategic Management and Marketing (3): Key components and processes in strategic planning. Prerequisite: HPA 511, 515
- HPA599 Special Topics: Health Policy and Administration (V, 1–3): May be repeated for credit; cumulative maximum 9 hours.
- HPA700 Master's Research, Thesis, and/or Examination (V): S, F grading.
- HPA702 Masters’ Special Problems, Directed Study, and/or Examination (V): S, F grading.
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Summer Semester
Because the summer semester is dedicated to the required Internship (HPA597), the Department of Health Policy and Administration generally does not offer any courses in the summer. However, some students may find elective courses that will satisfy those requirements available in other programs or departments.
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Contact us
Office location
Academic Center
Offices 411 and 403 M–S
Joseph Coyne, DrPH
Chair and Professor
E-mail: jsc@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7981
HPA department
E-mail: hpa@wsu.edu
Telephone: 509.358.7980
Fax: 509.358.7984