Health & Health Sciences

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.

Examine the leadership principles, health education policies, and social and behavioral change theories that guide effective community health education and advocacy.

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.

Explore social justice principles that impact healthcare decisions and practice as well as the theoretical foundations of governance and public policy.

Prepare to make a positive difference in the health and well-being of men, women, and children in developing countries around the world.

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.

Students who want to focus on research in the field of HEP would find this focus area of great interest.

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.

Become an effective, ethical, and energizing leader in the local, national, or global healthcare promotion arena.

Explore a wide range of factors that influence health including psychology, public health, genetics, medical care, behavior, education level, social status, and the environment.

In the Leadership and Organizational Development specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.

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.

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.

In the Population Health specialization, you explore leadership and organizational theories, concepts, and trends in the healthcare setting.