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The online Master of Arts in Human Resource Development prepares students to work in business, industry, or government in employee assistance, training, or employee development programs. Courses include meditation and conflict resolution, human relations, career development counseling, and employee assistance issues. A capstone project provides multiple options for degree completion. Choose from:

• Applied research
• Approved graduate project
• Independent study in Sport Administration

Graduates will have the foundation to impart knowledge, change attitudes, and increase skills.

For a degree that gives you the opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge across a broad range of business entities, consider the online MBA from Midwestern State University.  This graduate program will prepare you for today’s dynamic business environment.  This is a non-thesis MBA which can be completed online in one to two years and that incorporates a capstone course.  Core classwork includes:  finance, IT management, organizational behavior, marketing, finance and applied statistics.

Begin a career in the dynamic business environment with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Business Analytics degree online.  This is a non-thesis MBA that provides students with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to meet their career goals.  Courses in this intensive curriculum teach analytics expertise and broad business applications to tell stories, identify opportunities and threats, and solve business problems using data.  Examine the latest technology and methods of transforming and translating data into meaningful information to make decisions.  Other topics covered include finance, IT management, organizational behavior, marketing, and applied statistics.

Centered around the petroleum industry, Midwestern State University – Texas offers an online MBA in Energy Management.  This unique graduate degree focuses on:

• Management issues: drilling and production, geology and geographic information systems, negotiation and land management, and mineral leases
• Accounting and law: oil and gas common operating agreements, participation agreements, tax issues, drilling costs, royalty interests
• Finance: gas endeavors, risk management, commodity markets, capital budgeting, production value

Prepare for a career that will make a difference in your community with this online criminal justice degree. You will study criminological theory, crime control, and correctional and police administration in a program that prepares students to conduct research and actively participate in the development of knowledge in these areas. Gain a deeper understanding of crime and the criminal justice system in a writing intensive program. Courses cover topics such as:

• Critical Analysis of Justice Administration
• Legal Aspects of the Criminal Justice System
• Global Terrorism
• Police in Society
• The Ethics of Criminal Justice

Working with a Graduate Program Advisor you will customize your degree through a combination of elective courses that support your career interests.

Prepare for a school leadership role in a program that follows the Educational Leadership Constituent Council (ELCC) standards. Choose from four majors:

• Educational Leadership with Principal Certification
• Educational Leadership without certification
• Educational Leadership with Principal Certification and concentration in Special Education
• Educational Leadership, Principal Certification and concentration in Sports Administration

All options provide the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students need to become school leaders. If you are completing a Principal Certification, you will have the coursework completed that is required to apply for Texas Principal Certification.  

Work with an informal cohort as you learn to apply educational leadership knowledge and skills to current school issues. Oftentimes, this experience occurs in actual school settings.

Prepare for a career working with a special population of students, those with disabilities. You will gain the knowledge and skills needed to lead your school and community in providing services to these students. A variety of advanced areas of special education are covered:

• Degree Only
• Degree with Educational Diagnostician Pathway
• Degree with Dyslexia Emphasis Only
• Degree with Dyslexia Emphasis and Educational Diagnostician Pathway for those certified to teach special education
• Degree with Dyslexia Emphasis and Educational Diagnostician Pathway for those without special education certification

The Educational Diagnostician pathway prepares students for professional certification as an Educational Diagnostician. The Dyslexia Emphasis is designed for those interested in working with children or adults with dyslexia or related disorders. This online special education degree can lead to the title of Licensed Dyslexia Therapist (LDT).

Advance your career with this online masters in curriculum and instruction. This non-thesis program is designed to prepare students for school leadership roles. Prepare to meet the needs of a changing society in an innovative, logically organized program of educational experiences. The program is built around research and examining the relationship between theory and practice. Learn exemplary teaching strategies that are grounded in inquiry and reflective practice.  

Students in this online masters in curriculum and instruction degree work in informal cohorts as they learn to apply educational leadership knowledge and skills to current school issues. Work with a faculty that values life-long learning, community, collaboration, diversity, inquiry, and reflection.

Advance your career and credentials with this radiology online degree.  This program is not for entry-level students, but it does have specific professional elective course options that help prepare technologists for advanced-level exams in specific modalities.  

If you are a registered radiologic technologist, this online radiology degree is a post-certification program that may meet your unique needs.  The program prepares students for an advanced role in a culturally diverse society and to pursue life-long learning. 

Choose electives that meet your career goals from such areas as:

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging 
• Mammography 
• Bone Densitometry 
• Radiation Therapy
• Forensic Medical Imaging

Advance your career with this online physical therapy degree.  Designed for those who have completed an associate degree in the field, this program allows you to use these credits for core academic foundation courses.  The curriculum provides professional growth and development in courses that focus on the unique skills of respiratory therapy.  Student-centered courses are based on a solid liberal arts foundation that emphasizes the importance of lifelong learning.  

Courses in this online physical therapy degree will likely include:

• Adult Critical Care 
• Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care 
• Respiratory Pathophysiology 
• Developing Leadership Capabilities in Respiratory Care 
• Ethics of Respiratory Care 

Graduates are eligible to sit for the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) exam.

The online Health Administration master's degree prepares students to operate in leadership roles in the complex and changing environment of health services administration.  Students are provided with a cross-section of knowledge, skills, and abilities that prepare them to meet the health services administration needs of the larger community and assist them in accomplishing their career goals.  

MHA majors must choose from among four concentration areas:

• Health Information Management
• Medical Practice Management
• Public and Community Sector Health Care Management
• Rural and Urban Hospital Management

The online RN to BSN degree program from Midwestern State University is designed to help certified RNs who have a diploma or associate degree in nursing enhance their professional skills and increase their value to employers. Graduates are prepared to take on leadership roles in nursing and advance their careers in the field.

The online MSN / Family Nurse Practitioner degree program from Midwestern State University is designed to build upon students' education and experience as RNs, expanding their skills to provide primary nursing care across the lifespan. Coursework covers topics such as:

• Pathological processes
• ​Nursing theory
• ​Health assessment
• Pharmacotherapeutics
• Ambulatory procedures
• ​Family and group therapy

​Graduates are equipped for nursing practice in a variety of community settings as well as private practice.

The MSN with a concentration in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Midwestern State University is an online psychiatric nurse practitioner program.  If you are interested in advancing your career and want to serve as a primary mental health care provider, this degree may be for you.

Studying under doctoral prepared and advance practiced nurses who are experts in the field, you will benefit from a high-quality education experience.  The curriculum provides advanced knowledge and clinical skills that will help you to provide quality comprehensive care to patients.  You will be able to work with patients of all ages while focusing on the range of mental health care needs they will have.

The Post-Master’s Certificate in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner program from Midwestern State University prepares students for specialized careers as mental healthcare providers for families and individuals. The program combines assessment, pharmacological treatments, and therapy for patients across the lifespan; that is, children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. Coursework covers topics such as:

• Pathological processes
• Pharmacotherapeutics
• Mental disorders
• ​Psychiatric mental health