Health Sciences, D.H.Sc.

The Doctor of Health Sciences (DHSc) program prepares professionals to be effective leaders and change agents in a variety of settings in which healthcare is taught or practiced. The program offers innovative curriculum in a flexible, online format with two short residencies to best meet student needs. Courses are facilitated by experienced faculty through an interdisciplinary and interprofessional approach. Coursework prepares students to critically analyze ongoing challenges in the health sciences, with a focus on one of two select concentrations: healthcare leadership or educational leadership. The program builds competencies to evaluate, plan, and implement solutions to these challenges in academe and clinical settings. The DHSc degree leads to a career in high-level administration, teaching, and applied research or practice, where advanced analytical and conceptual capabilities are essential to advance careers to top executive and academic appointments.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Doctor of Health Sciences program, graduates will able to: 

1. Apply advanced knowledge in health sciences systems thinking, scholarship, pedagogy, and evidence-based practice.
2. Develop an evidence based, innovative solution for a contemporary issue in healthcare.
3. Demonstrate advanced communication skills by disseminating research findings to targeted audiences.
4. Explain how Interprofessional Education (IPE) and Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC) relate to each other and why IPC is important in healthcare practice.

The Doctor of Health Sciences program requires 45 credits of courses.

Students must earn a term GPA of at least 3.00 to maintain matriculation in the program. Student who earn a term GPA of less than 3.00 will be terminated from the program. Additionally, course grades below B- will need to be repeated.  

Because of the online nature of the DHSc program, international students on the F-1 visa will not be allowed to enroll in this program. The use of B-2, ESTA, VWP, or other temporary visitors' visas for the required in-person residencies is not possible because these visas do not permit study toward degree attainment.