Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Administration

Total Credit Hours: 12          Format: Online

Healthcare Administration's graduate certificate program has been developed to provide education that will enable working professionals to enhance their knowledge about healthcare administration and to provide opportunities to those in other fields who want and need additional education in the field of healthcare administration.

Our certificate program is only 12 credit hours. General requirements for admission to the Graduate Certificate Program are a bachelor's degree from an accredited or approved college or university and application to the VSU Graduate School. No admissions tests are required; however, students who later decide to apply hours toward the MBA/HCAD degree will be required to formally apply to the Graduate School.

Program Coordinator: Mrs. Lynn Crump, email: lgcrump@valdosta.edu, phone: 229-333-5750

College of Business Administration Website

ADMISSION DEADLINES

• Fall Semester: July 15
• Spring Semester: November 15
• Summer Semester: April 15

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Online Graduate Application

• Application Fee (credit or debit card and e-checks accepted)
• Apply Online

Official transcript from your bachelor’s degree-granting school and from any graduate coursework

• Transcripts of coursework completed in-residence at VSU will be obtained by the Graduate School
• Must hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally-accredited institution before applying for the program
• Minimum grade-point average of 3.0 on all attempted undergraduate coursework in which a letter grade was awarded.
• Evaluation of International Transcripts - Applicants who have completed coursework at an institution outside of the United States must submit a course-by-course evaluation of the coursework.  This transcript evaluation must be completed by an international education credentials evaluation service such as Josef Silny, ECE, etc.

Distance Learning Exemption of the VSU Medical Form

• The student information section of form must be completed.  The distance learning exemption (bottom of page 1) must be checked and signed by the student/applicant.
• This form must be received prior to enrollment, NOT prior to admission.
• Applicants who are currently enrolled, and those who attended VSU in the past, are not required to resubmit the Medical Form

Verification of Lawful Presence 

• This is not required for individuals who do not qualify for in-state tuition or a residency waiver.
• This must be received prior to enrollment (if applicable), NOT prior to admission.
• Citizenship documentation is needed for any applicant who wishes to be considered for in-state tuition.
• Complete list of accepted documents and information on residency.

Unless otherwise indicated above, all required documents must be received on or before the admission deadline for your file to be reviewed. It is the applicant's responsibility to allow adequate time for document delivery and to en-sure receipt of documents. Please allow at least 7-10 days for delivery by mail.

HAVE QUESTIONS?

• Call Us: 229-333-5694 
• Email Us: gradschool@valdosta.edu
• Visit Us: Converse Hall (Main Campus), Third Floor, Suite 3100

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

• Business Administration

1. Students must complete an application for graduation one semester prior to their expected graduation date;
2. A 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) is required for graduation. No grade below a “C” will be credited toward the degree.

RETENTION, DISMISSAL, & READMISSION POLICIES

• Business Administration

1. If transferred from an AACSB-accredited graduate business program, up to six semester hours of graduate business courses may be counted toward the requirements for the MBA degree at Valdosta State University. Students wishing to transfer credit must request and receive permission to do so from the Director before beginning the program. This credit must be documented in the form of an official transcript at the time of admission. Transfer credit will be evaluated after admission, by the academic department. To be eligible, credit must be no more than seven years old at the time of admission unless otherwise approved by the program.

2.  Students will be dismissed from the MBA program if they accumulate three or more academic deficiency points. A grade of “C” equals one deficiency point, but the course will count toward the MBA degree. A grade of “D” equals two deficiency points, and the course will not count toward the MBA degree. A grade of “F” or “WF” equals three deficiency points, and the course will not count toward the MBA degree.

3.  The maximum time allowed for completion of the master’s degree is seven calendar years. All requirements for the MBA degree must be completed within the seven-year period beginning with the student’s first term of enrollment in a graduate course (i.e., a 6000-7000 level course).

4.  After admission, courses taken more than seven years prior to the semester of degree completion cannot be used to meet graduate degree requirements or admission to doctoral candidacy requirements unless otherwise indicated by individual program requirements. 

5. Students dismissed from the program will not be readmitted.