Nov 10, 2024  
Graduate Catalog | 2024-2025 
    
Graduate Catalog | 2024-2025

Health Administration, MHA, and Business Administration, MBA, Dual Degree


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This dual degree program allows students to earn both a Master of Business Administration (MBA)  degree from the Belk College of Business and a Master of Health Administration (MHA) degree  from the College of Health and Human Services.

Applicants might be offered admission into only the MHA or MBA instead of the dual program. Similarly, students admitted into the dual program may opt to matriculate into only the MHA or MBA program. Students who have matriculated into either the MHA or MBA program who desire to add the dual degree must apply and gain admission to the dual degree no later than the end of their first semester of matriculation into either program.

Admission Requirements


Students must apply to each program separately and be admitted to both programs by the published census date of the third semester (including Summer). No admission requirements established by the Graduate School or by either individual program may be waived. See Health Administration, MHA  and Business Administration, MBA . sections of this catalog for individual program admissions requirements.

Dual Degree Requirements


Dual degree students must satisfy all individual degree requirements (Health Administration, MHA  and Business Administration, MBA   with the added benefit of sharing a limited number of credits between the two programs.  See the Shared Courses section below for permissible course sharing.

Shared Courses


Health Administration, MHA

The Health Administration, MHA program allows 6 credits to be shared from Business Administration, M.B.A. as follows:

Degree Requirement(s) MBA Course(s) Allowed Credits
HADM 6116 - Accounting for Healthcare Management   MBAD 6131 - Financial and Managerial Accounting for MBAs   3
HADM 6124 - Marketing in Healthcare   MBAD 6270 - Marketing Management   3
Elective Any MBA concentration elective 3
Elective Any MBA concentration elective 3
Business Administration, M.B.A.

The Business Administration, M.B.A. program allows 6 credits to be shared from Health Administration, MHA as follows:

Degree Requirement(s) MHA Course(s) Allowed Credits
MBAD 6101 - Ethical Leadership   HADM 6150 - Health Law and Ethics   3
MBAD 6161 - Human Behavior in Organizations   HADM 6145 - Organization Behavior in Healthcare   3
Concentration elective HADM 6104 - Population Health and Disease   3

Degree Total = 66 Credit Hours


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