Online Promotion Degree :: Accredited Universities

If you enjoy leading a healthy lifestyle and wish to bring that passion to your workplace, the online Master of Arts in Health Studies may be the perfect degree to help you reach your goals in the fast-growing health education and promotion field. Whether you currently work or want to work in a corporate office, fitness facility, hospital, school, nonprofit organization or another area, the online MA in Health Studies can equip you to lead others toward a healthy lifestyle. You can help individuals, groups and communities achieve their health goals.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Health Educators and Community Health Workers are expected to increase by 21 percent between 2012-2022—faster than average when compared to other career fields. Opportunities in health care are rapidly evolving to focus on prevention. This focus is creating a rise in the need for workers in the health education and promotion field.

In this 30-hour program designed for working adults, you will learn to effectively plan, implement and evaluate health education and promotion programs. As a graduate of this program, you will also be able to:

- Assess needs for health education and health promotion

- Coordinate provision of health education and health promotion services

- Act as a resource to those seeking health education and health promotion

- Communicate health needs, concerns and resources

- Apply research principles and methods in health education and health promotion

- Administer health education and health promotion programs

- Advance the profession of health education

Graduates of the online MA in Health Studies (Health Promotion) may sit for the Certified Health Education Specialist exam. The CHES is a national exam to show employers that you have met the national standards to become a health educator.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.

Other Fees

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This innovative degree is designed to equip you with the theoretical and practical skills required for a career in health promotion.

Health promotion maintains and improves the health of populations by:

developing people's skills and knowledge
working with communities
creating health environments
changing policies and laws to support health choices
encouraging health services to promote health.
What the course involves:

In your first year you will gain a foundation in the fundamentals of health promotion and an introduction to public health, Indigenous health, psychology, sociology, human biology, professional communication skills, and how health professionals work together to improve health and wellbeing.

In your second and third years you will study the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs. You will explore specific areas of health promotion practice including:

physical activity
injury
alcohol
tobacco and other drugs
cancer
mental health
sexual health
nutrition
media materials and campaigns
epidemiology
biostatistics
research
advocating to influence policy and legislation.

You will also study the role of health promotion professionals working in partnership with communities, organisations, government and other health professionals.

This program can prepare you for a career as a health promotion practitioner working in community, school, workplace and media settings with both government and non-government organisations. Opportunities for interprofessional learning take place across the course.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have completed at least one science subject at school leaving level. Human Biology and Mathematics are desirable.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Notes

In your second year, you plan, implement, evaluate and manage an on-campus health promotion campaign. In your third year you can undertake a 100-hour placement at a health promoting government or non-government organisation to plan, implement and evaluate programs in urban, rural or interstate locations.

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This double degree course is designed to develop your expertise in both health promotion and occupational health and safety. Health promotion maintains and improves the health of populations by developing people’s skills and knowledge, working with communities, creating healthy environments, changing policies and laws to support healthy choices and encouraging health services to promote health.

Health and safety is concerned with the prevention of injury and disease in the workplace by providing safer, healthier and more efficient working conditions and assisting injured staff through workers’ compensation and rehabilitation processes.

What the course involves:

In your first year, you gain a foundation in the fundamentals of health promotion, and health, safety and environment and are introduced to:

public health
Indigenous health
research
chemistry
physics
human biology
professional communication skills
how health professionals work together to improve and protect health and wellbeing.
In your following years, you study the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs while exploring specific areas of health promotion practice. You will also study the role of the health promotion professional when working in partnership with communities, organisations, government and with other health professionals.

The occupational health and safety component of the second, third and fourth years is designed to equip you with the skills you need to contribute proactively to risk management and assessment, and the prevention of injuries and disease in the workplace. You will also study the role of the health and safety professional when working with employers, workers, commercial organisations, government and other health professionals.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should have completed at least one science subject at school leaving level. Human Biology and Mathematics are desirable.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Notes

In your second year, you can plan, implement, evaluate and manage an on-campus health promotion campaign. Frequent fieldtrips are undertaken in many health and safety units.

In your fourth year you will undertake two 100-hour professional practice placements. One is a placement at a health-promoting organisation where you can plan, implement and evaluate programs in urban, rural or interstate locations. The second is within an occupational health and safety setting within an industry where you will assess and manage risk in order to protect workers.

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Graduates of degree courses other than accounting may later wish to enhance their management skills or become professional accountants by undertaking a conversion course such as this MACPP. A conversion course enables graduates with non-accounting or partial accounting backgrounds to meet the academic requirements for membership of CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the UK. The course focuses on contemporary knowledge and skills required for practise as a public or chartered accountant; effective management; accountability and control; and effective decision-making for financial success.

Studies in the Master of Accounting (Professional Practice) will provide the technical and conceptual skills required to become a competent accountant, and will develop students' abilities to analyse, criticise and synthesise various accounting and related principles, methods and techniques. The skills and knowledge gained from this course will prepare students to be effective managers or financial analysts. Graduates find employment as accountants or financial analysts, and may increase promotional opportunities in their existing occupations.

The course also provides the opportunity for professional practice experience and/or research and training in business communications.

Professional Practice placements are limited and may not be available in every state and territory. Students are responsible for making their own travel and accommodation arrangements and meeting all associated costs.
Students wishing to undertake Professional Practice units should first undertake a preliminary interview with the Head of School. Please be aware the Professional Practice units will not be introduced at CDU Sydney until 2015.

Entry Requirements

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree in any discipline.

Applicants who have fully satisfied the entry requirements of the accounting professional bodies in their first degree are not eligible for entry. Applicants who may have partially satisfied the entry requirements of the accounting professional bodies in their first degree are required to have their qualifications assessed by CPA Australia or the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia to ensure that they will exit with the academic qualification required for accreditation by the Australian Professional Accounting Bodies.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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If you’re ready to take the next step in becoming a leader in the world of criminal justice and security, then you’ve come to the right place. The Master of Science in Administration of Justice and Security at University of Phoenix focuses on developing leadership and administrative skills. While criminal justice and security are at the center of our master’s degree program, you’ll also study other important areas such as cybercrime, forensics, public policy, profiling and more.

Additionally, our criminal justice and security degree programs are continually updated, ensuring you learn the most current knowledge and skills from our experienced faculty who have a pulse on the world of criminal justice and organizational security.

The Master of Science/Administration of Justice and Security degree provides the required knowledge for the student to develop competence in administering criminal justice or security programs. While distinctions between the roles of justice and security organizations are understood,the degree emphasizes an understanding of administrative responsibilities common to both disciplines. The value of cooperative interaction is also addressed. The degree provides the student with administrative program development and problem solving skills in preparation for promotional or transitional opportunities in the management of police, corrections, security or court operations.

Entry Requirements

- Have an undergraduate degree from an approved, regionally accredited or nationally accredited college or university, or hold a comparable degree from a recognized institution outside the United States.

- Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) as shown on the undergraduate degree posted transcript.

- Meet work experience requirements or have access to an organizational environment, depending on your selected degree program, in order to successfully complete program objectives and apply concepts you learn in our courses. Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn if your program has such a requirement.

- Be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or hold an approved, valid visa if residing in the United States.

- Not have been expelled from a previous institution.

- Complete all required forms for admission and submit an official undergraduate degree posted transcript.

International Applicants
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Applicants without appropriate previous academic experience in an English language environment must pass the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL®), the Test of English as an International Communication (TOEIC®), the Berlitz® Online Proficiency Test, the Pearson Test of English Academic or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS®). Please contact an Enrollment Representative to learn more about this requirement if you are a non-native speaker of English.

Other Fees

Books and supplies: $1,418

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