MS Online Completion Program

Degree Program Options

The MS program is available with your choice of focal areas:

• Higher Education
• Community/Population Health
• Worksite Health

Health Studies graduate students may choose between three options:

• MS Degree Plan Worksheet - Thesis Option 
  This degree worksheet is for students who desire to complete a thesis prior to graduation from the program.
• MS Degree Plan Worksheet - Non-Thesis Option
  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 
  Available through a joint program of the Department of Health Studies and the School and Library and Information Studies

All courses and required course orientations for the degree may be taken online.  Several committee meetings for thesis and degree plan will be held on the Denton campus throughout the degree program.  Although courses are online, students admitted to the Master's degree program in Health Studies will have the flexibility of enrolling in courses offered throug a variety of formats.  (See the Graduate Course Rotation below for further explanation of each delivery method).

For additional information on the MS graduate online program, please contact either:

Ms. Morgan O'Donnell, Graduate Advisor
940-898-2864

All courses and course orientations for the 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, 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" (on-campus and online) and "Summer Hybrid Courses". 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.

Request more information on the MS graduate online program or contact Morgan O'Donnell, Graduate Advisor at 940-898-2864 or modonnell@twu.edu or Dr. Thomas Coyle, Graduate Coordinator at 940-898-2841 or tcoyle@twu.edu.