This course has been designed to introduce the theoretical and research foundation of leadership studies through current journal articles and text chapters and also emphasizes multiple dimensions and contexts that influence leadership dynamics.

This course is designed for students interested in gaining personal insight into their busy mind's activity and learning how to settle the mind and more effectively deal with daily life stressors. Mindfulness practices will be discussed on evidenced based health outcomes and will be applied through personal mindfulness practice experiences.

This course covers the basics of operations including management of productivity, quality, and inventory as well as process improvement, capacity and throughput analysis and benchmarking. Development of operational performance metrics and basics of both project management and supply chain management are also covered. The focus is on developing tools to support decision making under conditions of uncertainty, risk, and multiple objectives.

This course will examine concepts, methods, systems, and processes for planning and managing human resources in healthcare. It is designed for those aspiring to strategic leadership roles in complex healthcare organizations, rather than primarily for those seeking a specialized role in human resources.

This course provides an overview of information systems and their use in healthcare organizations. Topics include the history of IT use, recent developments, continuing challenges and emerging opportunities. The role of the healthcare manager in information system planning, selection and implementation is stressed.

This course builds on the concepts and techniques introduced in the MHA curriculum and integrates them with a decision making focus in a variety of healthcare problems and settings. Case analysis will be used extensively to develop an opportunity for the student to apply appropriate skills in an unstructured environment.

An analysis of selected issues with special significance for health administration.

This course provides a multi-disciplinary approach to hunger studies. Students will develop a written paper and professional seminar on a current hunger-related issue.

Students will engage in experiential learning in a pre-approved volunteer, internship, study abroad, or paid work experience related to the world fight against hunger and social injustice.

Supervised practice in health care facilities. Course focuses on patient assessment, diet planning, care plan implementation, and nutritional evaluation. Fulltime medical nutrition therapy experience at an assigned facility with the opportunity to gain entry level experience while seeing a variety of patients with varied disease states.