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Medical Administration and Health Management are burgeoning fields. Hospitals, private physicians' offices, and insurance companies need skilled personnel to act as the connection between patient care and business administration. Health management careers allow graduates to make an important difference in patients' lives by tracking medical records, arranging payment assistance, and other vital jobs that keep a medical center moving smoothly.

The Miller-Motte online bachelor's degree program in Allied Health Management offers students a firm grounding in theory, applications, and general knowledge to prepare them for meaningful careers in healthcare administration and management. With an associate's degree in pharmacy technology, medical or dental assistance, massage therapy, nursing, or other affiliated fields, you may be eligible for entry into the Bachelor of Science degree program. Because healthcare administration is a highly specialized field, applicants must also have accrued credit hours in the following courses:

Accounting Principles I and II (8 credit hours)
Anatomy and Physiology (4 credit hours)
Medical Terminology (4 credit hours)

Graduation from the Miller-Motte Allied Health Management program equips you for a career in managed care facility supervision, medical record maintenance, and other key roles in the healthcare sector.

Entry Requirements

Applicants must have completed high school from an accredited institution.

Other Fees

Books and supplies: $7,800

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Northeastern University’s online Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis (MABA) helps prepare graduates to assume supervisory behavior analyst roles in service agencies and in private and public school settings, and to serve as independent consultants. As a behavioral specialist, you can help people such as children and adults with autism and other disabilities to achieve independence in activities of daily living, communicate effectively with others, participate in community activities, acquire academic skills, and engage in positive social interactions.

This practitioner-focused online degree program extends your knowledge of applied behavior analysis beyond basic principles and procedures to more advanced concepts. Our skill-building curriculum provides you with the tools to:

Assess behavior
Design effective interventions
Develop teaching programs
Determine preferences
Evaluate clinical outcomes

Our online courses take advantage of technological advances that engage you in learning. You will have the opportunity to discover knowledge through hands-on experience, share in team projects, and tailor course work to suit your clinical interests. This online program also gives you the opportunity to build a social network of your peers—to connect across distances and continue your professional development through others.

The Northeastern University Applied Behavior Analysis program prepares you to take the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) exam to become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst.

Entry Requirements

Admission to the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program requires:

1. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

2. A 3.0 undergraduate GPA (work experience is also recognized in demonstrating a candidate’s readiness for graduate coursework)

International applicants for whose English is not a primary language must prove English language proficiency in one of the following ways:

TOEFL - 79 and a writing portion of 20
IELTS - 6.5

Other Fees

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The terms ergonomics and human factors are used interchangeably to describe the theory and practice of learning about human characteristics and capabilities and then using that understanding to improve people's interaction with the things they use and with the environments in which they do so. Ergonomics involves applying scientific information concerning humans to the design of objects, systems and environments for human use. It aims to design objects, systems and tasks in such a way as to improve human safety, health, comfort and performance. This course has been designed by leading researchers in the field of ergonomics and will give you the skills and experience to apply ergonomics in real world settings. Students receive high levels of support from tutors throughout the course and distance learning means that students have the flexibility to study when and where it suits them.

The programme is designed to give graduates the human factors/ergonomics experience required in a wide range of manufacturing, service and process industries, enforcement agencies such as Local Authorities and the health service, as well as a grounding for a career in research.

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You will be taught by a team who are part of the internationally recognised Human Factors Research group and work as researchers and consultants in ergonomics and can share their experiences of applying ergonomics in the real world.

You can work at times that suit you and your employer and can carry out projects that are closely linked to the needs of your employer.

There are no geographical limits to this course, it can be studied from any country, all elements are through distance learning

On completion of the course you will have received the formal education needed to work as an erognomist and will be eligible to join The Insitute of Ergonomics and Human Factors as a graduate member.

After completing the MSc Applied Ergonomics by Distance Learning, you will find that there are opportunities to continue your research within the school through an extensive PhD programme.

The Faculty of Engineering conducts research that has been recognised by the Research Assessment Exercise (2008) as being world-leading or internationally excellent, placing it in the UK’s top five universities for engineering Teaching Quality Assessment.

Entry Requirements

2.1 (Upper 2nd class hons degree or international equivalent)

Other requirements:
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Evidence of relevant personal, professional and educational experience

IELTS:6.0 (with no less than 5.5 in any element)

TOEFL IBT:79 (with no less than 17 in writing and listening, 18 in reading and 20 in speaking)

Other Fees

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We offer promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, while remaining in your resident country. Our principal areas of research expertise are Corpus Linguistics, Stylistics and Discourse Studies, and Language Learning and Teaching.

Doing a PhD in Applied Linguistics via Distance mode allows you to study while remaining in your resident country, keeping in contact with your supervisor via email and skype. This is a perfect way to study, especially if you are interested in relating research work to your current professional environment.

Extensive online research training is provided in the first year of the programme and, whilst there is no requirement to spend any time in Birmingham, you are encouraged to visit for short periods, if at all possible. These visits provide valuable opportunities for face-to-face supervision, to meet other PhD students and to make use of the library and other research and training opportunities.

There are two distance learning PhD programmes in English Language and Applied Linguistics. Both programmes involve regular contact with a supervisor by email and/or skype. There is no assessed taught component, but students follow online research training modules.

At Birmingham you also have the option of studying languages, free of charge. Almost no other UK University offers you the opportunity to learn the intense graduate academic language skills which you may need to pursue your research.

Sandwich PhD
The Sandwich programme requires a ‘traditional' 80,000 word thesis. The work is examined at the end of the programme, as with other PhD programmes. Students identify and refine a thesis topic in consultation with their supervisor and send drafts of the various chapters for comment as they work through the programme.

As with all PhDs, progress is monitored throughout the registration period.

Modular PhD
The Modular programme requires 3 modules: 2 shorter research papers (Module 1 - 12,000 words, Module 2 - 20,000 words) and a final thesis of 50,000 words (Module 3). The work is examined in three phases, at the end of each module. The final product (in terms of total quantity and quality of work) is therefore similar to the Sandwich (or full-time) PhD; however the Modular option provides an incremental, continuously assessed route allowing students to progress through explicitly marked stages to a PhD. Students identify a topic they wish to work on and to which all their written work should be related; the nature of the assessment means however that the topic may not be as tightly focused as that in a traditional PhD.

Our principal areas of research include:

Corpus Linguistics – our work in this area incorporates interests in linguistic theory and language description, including descriptive translation and contrastive studies, phraseology and the lexis–grammar interface, and in the application of corpus investigation techniques to areas such as translation, lexicography and diachronic language study. Corpus techniques also underpin much of our work in discourse studies and in language learning and teaching.

Stylistics and Discourse Studies – our work here focuses on themes such as narrative analysis, critical discourse analysis, translation studies and social theory, and on topics such as literary stylistics, workplace discourse, academic discourse, the relationship between language and social class, evaluation, language and new media, everyday creativity, and multi-modal discourse.

Language Learning and Teaching – our work in this area incorporates corpus approaches to phraseology, lexis and grammar, and discourse approaches to academic literacies. This also includes a focus on the teaching and learning of figurative language, collocation, and business English in the context of English as a global language. We also focus on cognitive linguistics and its applications to language learning and teaching.

Entry Requirements

English language requirements for international students
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Students can satisfy our English language requirements in two ways:

by holding an English language qualification to the right level

by taking and successfully completing one of our English courses for international students

Other Fees

Notes

This course is available only in part-time

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MSc Applied Professional Studies (Inter-Professional Practice) is one of in our suite of MSc Applied Professional Studies programmes. This range of innovative, inter-professional programmes that are dedicated to developing and integrating contemporary practice, helping practitioners to engage creatively with the concerns of their profession in a research-informed way.

The named award MSc Applied Professional Studies (Inter-Professional Practice) looks at Inter-Professional Practice which is at the heart of the Scottish Government's agenda for social justice and inclusion.

Terms such as multi-professional working, inter-professional practice, joined-up working and seamless services are increasingly seeping into the consciousness and language of caring professionals. Whether the motivation to work more collaboratively is driven by good practice, best value for money or both the requirement to do so is strong.
Participants in a variety of professional situations are required to understand the concept, develop the skills and take up the challenge to work within these frameworks to design, deliver and improve services.

Entry Requirements

For general admission to the programme you should normally have obtained an honours degree or other qualification recognised by us as equivalent. In addition to meeting the required entrance qualification criteria, your admission to the programme is subject to you providing evidence that you have a minimum period of two years experience working in an appropriate practice setting. Depending on the pathway chosen there can be further specific entry requirements to meet.

English Language Requirement:
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IELTS minimum overall score of 6.0, with a minimum of 6.0 in the writing component and a minimum of 5.5 in the other 3 components.

Other Fees

Notes

This flexible programme has been has been developed to enable the participant to undertake 'mixed module' delivery on a part-time basis. The modules may be offered by face to face delivery, distance learning and work-based learning on a two intake basis per year.

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