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MSIS/MHA and MSLS/MHA
SILS has teamed with the Department of Health Policy and Administration and UNC School of Public Health to offer dual programs of study reflecting changes in the field of public health and in society at large.
The MSIS, MSLS, and MHA degree requirements (core/required courses and number of credits) must be met by all students. The dual program student would be required to take the core courses in both HPAA and SILS. In the case of one SILS course, the content of corresponding MHA courses is similar enough to allow exemption from the SILS course:
- Organization Design and Behavior (HPAA 730), Health Administration and Planning (HPAA 725), Introduction to Health Care Financial Management (HPAA 740) overlap with INLS 585 (131). (Dual degree students would not be required to take INLS 585 and would receive 3 credits toward their SILS degree for the HPAA 130 course).
In the case of one HPAA course, the content of a corresponding SILS course, is similar enough to allow exemption from the HPAA course, as follows:
- Systems Analysis (INLS 582 (162)) for HPAA 770.
During the second and third year, the typical dual degree student would complete courses in both the School of Information and Library Science and the School of Public Health. Across the three years, there are nine credit hours of courses in Health Policy and Administration that the MSIS/MSLS program would count toward its degree requirements. (The MHA directed electives would be approved in advance by an SILS faculty advisor for each dual degree candidate.) Of the SILS courses taken, a maximum of nine credit hours would be counted toward the MHA degree, in addition to INLS 162. This is consistent with the current practice in both programs of accepting graduate level courses taken externally, with prior approval. The UNC at Chapel Hill Graduate School allows up to 20% of degree credits to transfer in from another program, viz., 9.6 for the MSIS or MSLS, and 10.4 for the MHA.
Laurel A. Files, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Health Policy and Administration, UNC at Chapel Hill
CB# 7411 Chapel Hill NC 27599-7411
919/966-7353