Are you interested in promoting the health and well-being of individuals, communities, and entire populations? We offer a number of online health degrees to help you achieve your goals, whether you’re looking to launch or advance your career in this critically important field.
An online health sciences degree or online public health degree from Walden can prepare you to pursue opportunities in a diverse array of settings, including healthcare services, research, and education. Graduates of our health sciences and public health programs are accomplished health specialists, advisors, advocates, teachers, and administrators who are making a difference in their lives—and in the lives of others.
Understand and address the many factors and influences on health and well being. You will investigate the motivation, psychology and theory behind health and health related behaviors of diverse populations.
Become an effective, ethical, and energizing leader in the local, national, or global healthcare promotion arena.
Prepare to effectively engage, teach, and inspire adult learners in the online classroom. Through specialized coursework, you can gain insight into the needs of adult learners, explore principles of online instruction, learn best practices for reaching diverse student populations, and examine the latest technologies impacting online learning.
Explore a wide range of factors that influence health including psychology, public health, genetics, medical care, behavior, education level, social status, and the environment.
Gain the skills to become a healthcare leader who can work effectively with diverse workforces and communities in a variety of political and economic settings.
Examine microeconomic and macroeconomic models, the influence of public finance on policy decisions, and the tools and techniques used to evaluate the impact of social programs.
Choose courses that best match your personal and professional interests as you develop your own specialization. You have the flexibility to select from courses that cover such topics as health policy, health promotion and education, and healthcare administration.
Explore social justice principles that impact healthcare decisions and practice as well as the theoretical foundations of governance and public policy.
The accelerated program builds on your current knowledge and experience with scholarly research and relevant coursework that will further prepare you for leadership positions in healthcare administration, policy, or academia.
Examine the leadership principles, health education policies, and social and behavioral change theories that guide effective community health education and advocacy.
In the Leadership and Organizational Development specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.
With Walden’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation specialization, you will expand your critical leadership and practical skills—such as grant writing and generating resources—to support your own ideas and your organization.
The Systems and Policy specialization helps give you a solid understanding of systems and policy theories—and the ability to think critically and creatively about the big picture, a requirement of tomorrow’s healthcare leaders and managers.
In the Population Health specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.
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