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The online BS in Professional Interdisciplinary Studies degree from Jackson State University is a flexible program designed for mature adults who desire a nontraditional method for obtaining a bachelor's degree. The curriculum may be tailored to meet students' personal and professional needs, with three professional concentrations offered:

• Commercial Recreation & Resorts
• Faith-Based Leadership
• Human Resource Development

The online MA in History degree from Jackson State University offers both a thesis option and a project option. The thesis option is strongly recommended for students who intend to pursue additional education beyond the MA degree. Both curriculums cover topics in:

• Global History
• African Diaspora
• U.S. History
• Public History

Jackson State University offers an online MBA that is designed for working adults.  The program spans 12 months, incorporating five 8-week sessions.  You will be ready for a management position, or to take the next step in your career, with JSU’s online MBA.  Curriculum covers all major facets of business and economics where you will learn to employ classroom theory to practical applications, including:

• Managerial finance
• Statistics for business decisions
• Investments
• Human relations and organizational behavior

The online sports management degree program provides a broad-based, comprehensive curriculum with an emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration with the goal of providing quality preparation for management positions within the sport industry.  Graduates will cater to the successful operation of a variety of sport organizations and operations, such as intercollegiate athletics, sport facilities, professional sport organizations, and parks and recreation organizations.  Courses for the sport science degree include topics including, but not limited to:

• Sport marketing
• Sport finance
• Sport administration and organization

You can study the justice systems of a democratic society with the Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Jackson State University. The online criminal justice degree trains you to think critically and lean on ethical decision-making.

Through the online criminal justice bachelor’s degree program, you prepare to work for social service agencies. Graduates find success with such employers as:

• ICE
• TSA
• Homeland Security
• Department of Human Services

You can earn a multidisciplinary education with the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Disaster Preparedness & Community Resilience Among Vulnerable Populations from Jackson State University. The online emergency management program offers coursework from such departments as:

• Psychology
• Journalism and media studies
• Civil and environmental engineering
• Industrial systems and technology

Through the online emergency management certificate program, you study social and behavioral sciences to evaluate the emotional and mental impacts of disasters. Your online studies also explore risk communication, disaster preparedness, and building community resilience.

You can prepare for a career in early childhood education with the Bachelor of Science in Child Care & Family Education. This online program does not lead to licensure. Graduates find success as Head Start professionals, childcare center staffers, teacher’s aides, and childcare administrators.

Besides learning the foundations of education, the online early childhood education coursework covers such topics as:

• Art for children
• Family dynamics and interpersonal relationships
• Innovations, problems, and issues in childcare
• Pre-reading skills

You can gain leadership skills and advance your career with the Education Specialist in Educational Administration (K-12). This online program also helps teachers who seek administrative licensure.

Besides studying school superintendency and research in instructional leadership and curriculum, you will gain expertise in such topics as:

• Leadership in organizational change
• School finance
• Theories in administration
• Legal issues in educational administration

JSU offers the Education Specialist in Psychometry for those with a master’s degree who want to gain expertise in educational psychology. This online program requires a thesis and passing the Graduate Comprehensive Examination.

As part of your core coursework, you will study research and statistics, comparative education, and school and community relations. In your core counseling courses, you will cover such topics as:

• Counseling assessment and evaluation
• Vocational appraisal
• Lifestyles and career development
• Psychological aspects of disability

You can train as a professional counselor with the Education Specialist in School Counseling from JSU. This online program helps you achieve the following:

• Obtain professional skills to excel as a school counselor
• Earn certification in school psychometry or school counseling
• Upgrade your certification and skill level in counseling

In your online school counseling graduate program, you learn about lifestyles, career development, dynamics of group processes, and psychological aspects of human growth and development. You will also participate in a supervised practicum as well as an internship for hands-on experiences.

You can develop your skills in special education with the Education Specialist in Special Education from JSU. This online gifted and special education specialist’s degree delivers a rigorous curriculum that presents the current issues and trends in this field.

Candidates must complete a project or thesis in which they display stellar writing and research skills.

Through the online core coursework, you will cover advanced research and statistics, comparative education, and school and community relations. The recommended electives in this online gifted and special education graduate program include such topics as:

• Psychoeducation aspects of exceptional children
• Administration and supervision in special education
• Psychological aspects of children with exceptionalities
• Educational administration

You can earn your teacher certification (secondary or advanced) with the Master of Arts in Teaching (Alternate Route: from JSU.) This online teaching master’s degree has three components:

• Praxis II testing
• Successful completion of your online coursework
• One-year teaching internship

Through the online teaching master's program, you learn research-based strategies to help your students succeed. You can specialize in either elementary or secondary education.

You can gain professional competence with the Master of Science in Early Childhood Education. This online early childhood education master’s degree imparts a mastery of skills, structure, ideas, concepts, facts, values, and methods of inquiry. 

Students of this online early childhood education graduate program gain clinical, methodological, and academic knowledge relevant to the field.

Besides studying the history and philosophy of education, you will participate in a practicum. Other topics of study include the following:

• Parenting roles in early childhood education
• Development and the young child
• Principles of child development
• Assessing the young child

The online Master of Science in Education Administration and Supervision program is designed for students seeking careers in administration and supervision, providing them with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions used in schools to increase educator effectiveness and produce positive learning results for all students.  The curriculum introduces theory, research, and effective leadership practices that are related to an educational organization, leadership and ethical behavior, leadership strategies, the roles of leadership, and the social, political, economic, and legal context of schools.  Coursework also covers negotiation skills, human resources within educational organizations, communication skills and maintaining open communication between the school and the community, and preparing schools for diversity and cultural understanding.

You can train as a leader in physical education and coaching programs with the Master of Science in Education in Physical Education from JSU. This online degree allows for specialization in health or administration of physical education programs. Other areas of concentration include the following:

• Physiology of exercise
• Athletic administration
• Adapted physical education
• Dance

Through the online physical education and coaching master’s degree, you will gain expertise in motor learning, human performance, biomechanics, and advanced exercise physiology.

The online Master of Science in Reading program prepares candidates to help students become successful in reading and literacy.  The curriculum prepares candidates to initiate methods of action research while utilizing technology to collect and analyze data extracted from formal and informal assessments while providing insight on utilizing individual and collective data to guide differentiated instruction.  Coursework provides expertise in diagnosing causes of reading deficiencies and prescribing developmentally appropriate methods and materials to optimize student success.

You can learn effective instruction and interactions for individuals with disabilities through the Master of Science in Special Education from JSU. This online gifted and special education master’s degree imparts understandings, attitudes, and appreciation needed to work with children with special needs.

As a student of this online special education program, you will develop competencies that allow you to promote and realize excellence in teaching. Your program incorporates various experiences such as:

• Microteaching clinics
• Case studies
• Computer-assisted instruction
• Field experiences

Furthermore, you will enhance your professional development through conferences, seminars, workshops, and collaborative activities. You learn the importance of being sensitive to your students' cultural, linguistic, and diverse backgrounds.

Begin a career in one of the fastest-growing career fields, the management of healthcare services, with this Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration online degree.  In addition to preparing you for management positions in healthcare, this program also prepares you for even greater future career growth.  This degree can serve as a stepping stone to a master’s degree in healthcare administration as well.

Gain a sound theoretical and practical education with courses that include:

• Medical & Administrative Terminology
• Healthcare Services Management
• Health Economics and Payer Systems 
• Human Resources Management in Healthcare
• Administrative Law and Ethics

There are also opportunities for direct field experience, allowing you to put your knowledge into practice.

Advance your knowledge with this online public health degree.  Focus is on providing specialized knowledge and skills in applying epidemiologic concepts and methods to prevention and public health problems.  Designed for both traditional and non-traditional graduate students, this program teaches students to:

• Describe the epidemiologic approach
• Identify measures of mortality and morbidity
• Evaluate screening programs
• Apply the techniques of outbreak investigation to identify health problems

Emphasis is placed on the application and utilization of tools and skills required to effectively complete epidemiological projects in public health and on research.

With this online public health degree, students can study when and where it is convenient, allowing them to further their education without interrupting their careers.