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Margaret Barth, Chair

Health Administration

hcm.appstate.edu

Sandi Lane, Program Director
lanesj1@appstate.edu

The MHA degree is a hybrid online program designed to meet the needs of working professionals. The educational mission of the program is to prepare individuals in advanced health care management and administration principles and applications. Graduates of the program will have the knowledge and competencies enabling them to lead a variety of health care organizations. Instruction in the MHA program combines theoretical foundation with applied principles of health administration and is delivered by faculty with applied work experience in the health care industry.

The MHA degree program is primarily an online program of 46 semester hours. The curriculum is structured around a core set of courses totaling 37 semester hours. Students will choose one of two concentrations in either Information Systems or Leadership for an additional 9 semester hours. Students can complete the program in two years of full-time study (9 semester hours per term) or three years of part-time study (6 semester hours per term).

Each academic year, students will spend two to three days in face-to-face instruction on the Appalachian State University campus in Boone and dates will be announced prior to the start of each academic year. For information about the format of the online program, please contact the Office of Distance Education: http://distance.appstate.edu.

Nutrition

Melissa Gutschall
Program Director, Nutrition - Dietetics Concentration, MS
gutschallmd@appstate.edu

Kyle Thompson
Program Director, Nutrition - Public Health Nutrition Concentration, MS
Program Director, Public Health Nutrition Graduate Certificate
thompsonkl@appstate.edu

Nutrition offers the Master of Science program with two concentrations (Dietetics and Public Health Nutrition) and a graduate certificate program in Public Health Nutrition Practice.

The Dietetics concentration is a Combined Masters of Science / Dietetic Internship program only open to those who have completed an undergraduate degree in Nutrition or Dietetics from an accredited DPD program. The Program is two years long including the intervening summer. The first year includes graduate courses on campus; the summer includes research or preparation for research; the second year includes the Dietetic Internship. The Internship most frequently requires a move to other parts of North Carolina or beyond. Students graduate prepared to take the Registration Examination to become Registered Dietitians.

The second concentration is Public Health Nutrition, an online program of 39 semester hours. Students can complete the program in two years of study (6 semester hours per term, including summer terms, plus the capstone course).

The Graduate program in Nutrition also offers an online graduate certificate program in Public Health Nutrition Practice of 15 semester hours, can be completed in one year (6 semester hours per term and 3 semester hours during the summer term) and is entirely applicable to the completion of the online graduate program in Public Health Nutrition. Students enrolled in either the online Public Health Nutrition concentration or the online graduate certificate program in Public Health Nutrition Practice will spend two days in face-to-face instruction during the program on the Appalachian State University campus in Boone and dates will be announced prior to the start the academic year. For information about the format of the online program, please contact the Office of Distance Education: http://distance.appstate.edu.

Programs

• Health Administration - Information Systems Concentration, MHA
• Health Administration - Leadership Concentration, MHA

• Nutrition - Dietetics Concentration, MS
• Nutrition - Public Health Nutrition Concentration, MS

• Public Health Nutrition Practice Graduate Certificate

Courses

• HCM 5210 - Foundations of the U.S. Health Care System (3)
• HCM 5220 - Statistics for Health Administration (3)
• HCM 5240 - Health and Disease (3)
• HCM 5270 - Organizational Development and Behavior in Health Care (3)
• HCM 5570 - Financial Management for Health Organizations I (3)
• HCM 5575 - Financial Management for Health Organizations II (3)
• HCM 5590 - Performance Improvement Concepts and Applications in Health Care (3)
• HCM 5610 - Health Economics (3)
• HCM 5680 - Management and Human Resources in Health Organizations (3)
• HCM 5700 - Health Care Informatics (3)
• HCM 5710 - Health Care Data Management (3)
• HCM 5720 - Data Analytics in Health Care (3)
• HCM 5725 - Health Information Project Management (3)
• HCM 5730 - Leadership in Health Care (3)
• HCM 5735 - Health Care Operations Management (3)
• HCM 5740 - Marketing in Health Care (3)
• HCM 5800 - Executive Skills Development (1)
• HCM 5910 - Health Law and Policy (3)
• HCM 5950 - Strategic Management in Health Care (3)

• NUT 5000 - Research Methods in Nutrition and Foods (3)
• NUT 5100 - Introduction to Community and Public Health (3)
• NUT 5200 - Lifecycle Nutrition for Public Health Nutrition Professionals (3)
• NUT 5205 - Maternal and Child Nutrition (3)
• NUT 5210 - Nutrition for Older Adults (3)
• NUT 5220 - Advanced Concepts in Nutrition and Assessment (3)
• NUT 5250 - Dietetic Practice I (3)
• NUT 5255 - Dietetic Practice II (3)
• NUT 5275 - Diet, Obesity, and Disease (3)
• NUT 5300 - Effective Rural Practice for Health Professionals (3)
• NUT 5350 - Public Health Nutrition Leadership and Practice (3)
• NUT 5375 - Community and International Health Assessment (3)
• NUT 5450 - Capstone Proposal (1)
• NUT 5475 - Public Health Nutrition Capstone (2)
• NUT 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• NUT 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• NUT 5552 - Medical Terminology/Records (1)
• NUT 5555 - Advanced Nutritional Aspects of Exercise and Sports (3)
• NUT 5900 - Internship (3-12)
• NUT 5901 - Research Project (1-4)
• NUT 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)
• NUT 5999 - Thesis (1-4)

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