Healthcare Leadership, DMSc (Primarily Online)
Graduatemajor2027 catalogHealth SciencesPrimarily Online36 semester hours totalverified parse
Official catalog page for this program
Healthcare Leadership
- MSCI 6001 — Principles of Healthcare Advocacy
- One of:
- MSCI 6003 — Healthcare Leadership Seminar
- PHTH 6204 — Society, Behavior, and Health
Research
- HLTH 5410 — Introduction to Statistics in Health and Behavioral Science
- MSCI 6900 — Research Methods and Design
- MSCI 6901 — Doctoral Writing Seminar
- MSCI 7990 — Thesis
From the catalog
Registration in the following course is required if the thesis is not completed by the conclusion of the term of registration for MSCI 7990:
- One of:
- MSCI 7996 — Thesis Continuation - Half-Time
Concentrations
12 semester hours.
From the catalog
Completing a concentration is required to complete this program. A minimum of 12 semester hours is required.
Concentrations (choose 1)
Exercise Science
From the catalog
Complete 3 semester hours from the following:
- EXSC 5210 — Physical Activity and Exercise: Prescription, Measurement, and Testing
- EXSC 5220 — Advanced Exercise Physiology
- EXSC 6202 — Electrocardiography, Clinical Assessment, and Prescription
- Choose 3 semester hours from:
Extreme Medicine
From the catalog
Complete a minimum of 12 semester hours.
- All of:
From the catalog
Complete a minimum of 6 semester hours from the following (students may choose additional courses from the list below and/or an optional experiential elective to meet the minimum 12-semester-hour program requirement):
- Choose 6 semester hours from:
- One of:
- All of:
- All of:
- All of:
Health Informatics Research
From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
- HINF 5101 — Introduction to Health Informatics and Health Information Systems
- HINF 6220 — Database Design, Access, Modeling, and Security
- HINF 6400 — Introduction to Health Data Analytics
- Choose 4 semester hours from:
GPA requirements
- Minimum 3.000 GPA required
Substitutions
Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:
- Students who have not completed their thesis but have already registered for the required number of thesis hours, and have no remaining coursework to complete the degree, may register for Thesis Continuation—Half-Time (MSCI 7996) in their last semester (including summer term). There is a 1-semester-hour tuition charge for Thesis Continuation—Half-Time (MSCI 7996). Thesis Continuation may be taken only once.
- Additional expenses may be associated with the experience courses, which are offered on-ground in a weeklong experiential format.
- Some of the optional experiential learning experiences are limited to specific groups of medical or allied health professionals.
- One semester hour of Experiential Reflections: Bridging Theory and Experience (MSCI 5400) must be completed for each experience course. Experiential Reflections: Bridging Theory and Experience (MSCI 5400) may be taken concurrently or after the associated courses.
- Students who select AI Across the Health Sciences (HLTH 5800) (4 semester hours) vs. Workforce Metrics: Measuring, Comparing, and Privileging the Interprofessional Healthcare Team (MSCI 6002) (3 semester hours) will incur an additional 1-semester-hour cost beyond the total program credits.
- Anatomy and Physiology I and II, or equivalent, and an exercise physiology or medical background are strongly recommended for the exercise science concentration.
- Physical Activity and Exercise: Prescription, Measurement, and Testing (EXSC 5210) is offered online with a four-day, on-campus, hands-on lab component in a low-residency format.
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