克利夫兰州立大学

The Master of Science in Health Sciences (MSHS) is a post-baccalaureate online degree designed to provide individuals with a broad overview of the health care system. The core courses in this program provide foundational knowledge in the U.S. health care system, leadership, cultural competency and research. The remaining elective credits allow students to customize their learning experience and focus on a professional area of interest such as research, ethics, business and informatics. As such, the goal of the Master of Science in Health Sciences Program (MSHS) is to meet the educational needs of three groups of students:

Licensed Health Care Providers seeking increased responsibility and leadership positions within their discipline for: academic and clinical teaching, clinical research, career development, clinical supervision and administration, and/or program planning, development and evaluation.
General Track Students with a Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences or a degree in a related area who are not licensed health care providers but seeking careers in health and human services settings providing auxiliary administrative and management services (e.g. research departments, medical labs, medical records, or continuing education).
Pre-Professional Students (med, dent, pharm, etc) seeking a gap year to complete pre-requisite coursework and further MCAT preparation.

The Program objectives for graduates are to:

Demonstrate self-directed learning skills in order to continue independent and life-long learning;
Demonstrate the ability to assumed diverse roles in today's rapidly changing healthcare, social, and community service environments;
Identify and analyze cultural influences on practice and emerging healthcare practice issues;
Utilize outcome measures and evidence-based research to evaluate the effectiveness of health, social, or community systems.

ONLINE PROGRAM OF STUDY

For students not seeking lab based pre-requisite courses, the entire MSHS Curriculum is offered online to accommodate the needs of working professionals. The Program requires the completion of 36 credits: five core courses, three courses in an area of emphasis, three electives, and a capstone research project or thesis.