The Master of Science in Health Sciences is designed to develop leaders and advanced practitioners in diverse healthcare fields. The program core focuses on the complexity of healthcare delivery in the United States and the core knowledge necessary to be a successful leader, including healthcare business and finance, statistics, and a survey of the unique legal and ethical issues that confront healthcare leaders.
3 Tracks Offered
Healthcare Leadership: For those who aspire to lead and manage healthcare organizations
Clinical Research: For nonclinical professionals specializing in clinical research
Education and Training: For educators of future healthcare professionals
Program Highlights
Designed for those with a bachelor’s degree and healthcare experience or certification.
- Offers a nonclinical path to advance or teach in the healthcare field.
- Affordable: Highly competitive price per credit hour.
- Integrates online coursework with hands-on practicum experiences, allowing you to apply theoretical knowledge in real-world situations.
- Offers work/life balance for working professionals:
- Courses taught in 7-week blocks.
- Online, asynchronous instruction (recorded lectures viewed at your own pace).
- Can be completed in as little as 1 year.
- Practicum can be done anywhere in the country.
- Articulate the increasingly complex system of healthcare delivery in the United States.
- Demonstrate managerial business and finance knowledge for healthcare.
- Utilize applied statistics to analyze data with a healthcare organization.
- Apply legal and ethical principles in complex healthcare systems.
- Develop enhanced knowledge within a specific healthcare environment.
- Conduct field-based research that identifies and addresses current issues in an existing healthcare setting.
