Master of Science in Healthcare Management Curriculum

Our curriculum is specially designed with the needs of healthcare professionals in mind. Our program’s coursework is 100 percent online, with weekend seminars conveniently timed. As you’ll see by the model schedule below, you can finish this degree program’s coursework in 5 semesters.  

For course descriptions, please refer to the University Graduate Catalog.  

A 15-hour certificate in Healthcare Management can be earned upon completion of 5 management core courses (15 credit hours). 

Administrator-In-Training (AIT) Practicum

The AIT Training is designed to address the five (5) Domains of Practice as established by the National Association of Boards of Examiners of Long-Term Care Administrators (NAB).   West Virginia Code §30-25-8 outlines requirements for a license as a Nursing Home Administrator. In addition to meeting requirements specified in Title 21 Legislative Rules (§21-1-1 through §21-1-4), after successful completion of FSU's courses and a 500-hour AIT Externship Program, the student may apply to the West Virginia Nursing Home Administrators’ Licensing Board for waiver of the additional 500 hours generally required by an AIT without an externship program. 

For more information on the 15-hour certificate in Healthcare Management, or the Administrator-in-Training Practicum, please contact: 

M. Raymond Alvarez, DHA, MPA, FACHE
Program Coordinator, Health Care Management 
Room 206 (F) Jaynes Hall
Fairmont State University
Email: Raymond.Alvarez@fairmontstate.edu 
Phone: (304) 367-4889 

Sequence of Courses 

Students admitted in the spring cohort start with spring courses and take 5100 and 5200 the next fall, etc. to follow sequence for completion. Students have options to take more than 6 credits during their first and second semesters.

*For Administrator in Training (AIT)  concentration, the must be planned at least one semester in advance for WV Nursing Home Administrator’s Licensing Board approval. Students must have completed at least 15 credits of graduate work.  AIT courses replace MHCM 6000 and 6100 and require 500 hours of internship in a licensed long-term care facility.  The AIT should be planned for summer and completed by final semester in the fall.  This requires instructor permission.

Concentration for Health Informatics courses replace MHCM 6000, 6100, and 6200.  Students must obtain director approval for the concentrations.