Beginning in the Fall of 2005, the Department of Health Studies launched the Online Master's Degree Program in Health Studies. All courses and course orientations for the entire degree may be taken online; however, a campus visit for the HS Graduate Research Colloquium is required during the first year in the program. Several committee meetings for thesis and degree plan will be held on the Denton campus throughout the degree program. 

Although courses will be mostly online in the "Internet" format, students admitted to the Online Master's Degree Program in Health Studies will have the flexibility of enrolling in courses offered through a variety of formats, including "Hybrid" and "Summer Hybrid Courses" which may be taken on the Denton Campus. See Graduate Course Rotation for further explanation of each delivery method. Please be aware that the degree program information packet includes courses on the Denton campus.

To request more information about our graduate program, please complete our online form found on the "Request Information" button located on the left-hand side of the webpage. 

 Degree Program Options

Health Studies graduate students may choose between three options. Click on each program option worksheet for a list of required courses.

MS Degree Plan Worksheet - Fall 2009 Thesis Option . This degree worksheet is for students who desire to complete a thesis prior to graduation from the program.

MS Degree Plan Worksheet - Fall 2009 Non-Thesis Option . Effective September 1, 2007, Health Studies Department offered a non-thesis option to current and new Master’s students.  All current Health Studies Master’s students wishing to explore this six-hour in lieu of thesis option should contact their advisor in the event your degree plan will need changing. To recap, the current and future Health Studies Master’s students may stay with their current degree plan or move to the six hours of course work in lieu of a thesis option.

Dual MS/MLS Degree Plan Worksheet - Summer 2009.  Through a joint program of the Departmetn of Health Studies and the School and Library and Information Studies, graduate students may now pursue a dual Master of Health Studies and a Master in Library Science.  This dual dregree program prepares specialized professionals for careers in health scinces information services and library services, as well as in the field of health eudcation and helath promotion.  Graduates of this program will have the combined professional expertise of both disciplines to address socieity's growing needs for health information stemming from the rapid growth in information technologies. 

^ This denotes "In-House" courses outside the Health Studies Department currently taught exclusively on the Denton Campus. Online Masters students may enroll in these courses.

The MS program is available with your choice of Focal Areas: Higher Education, Community/Population Health, and Worksite Health.