Health Administration, MHA: Global Health Specialization
- Duration 2.5 years
- Cost per Credit $965
- Credit Hours 53
Program Benefits
- Available ON-CAMPUS or ONLINE
- Promote medical awareness and healthy living around the world
- Study-abroad opportunities and no application fee
Two 10-Day Study Abroad Opportunities
The Global Health specialization of The University of Scranton’s MHA program is built around two 10-day study-abroad opportunities to locations in Europe and South America. Past classes have visited Brazil, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary and the Netherlands.
You’ll finish this specialization ready to work with relief organizations, government agencies, and national and community leaders in other countries.
You’ll gain firsthand experience with the obstacles faced by international healthcare systems. Hear diverse perspectives on healthcare delivery, improve your intercultural communication skills, and discuss public health, health management, and social justice issues.
These 10-day travel courses add just 6 credits to your curriculum. Travel expenses for this specialization are not included in your tuition.
Career Outlook
Take your healthcare leadership skills to communities around the world with the Global Health specialization of our Master of Health Administration.
You could lead global health work around women’s and children’s well-being, as well as epidemiology, mental health, HIV or AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccines, or any number of the world’s most urgent and pressing public health challenges.
Global health administrators earn an average of $93,225 and are employed at organizations such as the World Health Organization, the Center for Disease Control, UNICEF, and more.1
Career OutlookCurriculum
This specialization requires 3 specific courses (9 credits) but a minimum of 6 credits in addition to the regular MHA curriculum (a total of 50 or 53 credits plus fieldwork).
Students in this specialization are required to take HAD 517- Global Health Management in place of the current 3-credit elective in the MHA program and two additional travel courses HAD 595- South American Health Systems and HAD 596- European Health Systems.
Outcomes
You will complete the Global Health specialization ready to:- Explain the ethical, social, and environmental consequences of local and national decisions on global health systems.
- Analyze major elements of global health systems to derive solutions to complex problems.
- Apply cultural, historical, and scientific perspectives using applied research techniques to plan and evaluate solutions to global health challenges.
- Articulate values in the context of personal identities to recognize and contemplate diverse positions on social, civic, and population health problems.
- Comprehend multiple world views, experiences, histories, and power structures, on important issues.
- Initiate and engage in meaningful interaction with people from other cultures in the context of health problems and solutions.
Admission Requirements
- Completed application
- 3.0 minimum undergraduate GPA
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
- Résumé
- Students with 0-3 years of work experience may be admitted to the program and will be required to take HAD 581 to meet the Applied Professional Experience requirement; admitted students with 3 or more years of work experience will complete HAD 580 or HAD 582 as their Applied Professional Experience
- Statement of intent
- Two letters of recommendation, with at least 1 from a supervisor or other professional reference
- Background check
Tuition Details
Scranton’s Master of Health Administration program with a specialization in Global Health consists of 53 credit hours and costs $965 per credit hour.
In addition to tuition, students will be required to pay program/travel expenses associated with HAD 595 and HAD 596, which historically ranged from $3300 - $3500 per travel course.
See TuitionFaculty: Staffed With Real-World Leaders
In the MHA, you’ll work directly with distinguished healthcare leaders.
These real-world practitioners understand the challenges you’ll face in your career and know how to help you overcome them. They’ll share their wisdom and expertise from decades of experience.
Faculty at ScrantonSource:
- Comparably (n.d.). Global Health Administrator Salary. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-global-health-administrator