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This is an online master's degree in public administration that prepares graduates for administration careers in public or nonprofit sectors.

Examples of potential career fields are:

• City management
• Urban planning
• Community development

Students have the option of concentrating in City Management if they desire to specialize in this area of public administration. Core classes include topics such as public personnel management, budgeting and finance, and legal and ethical issues. Students with any undergraduate degree may apply.

The online Master of Science in Digital Marketing was designed with working professionals in mind, offering the flexibility and convenience of online coursework led by the same faculty teaching on campus.  Encompassing a cutting edge, innovative curriculum and learning environment, this degree produces dynamic, knowledgeable graduates who are prepared for the future of digital marketing.  Courses cover topics such as social media, search marketing, web analytics, digital marketing strategy, online consumer behavior, B2B/B2C digital marketing, and digital marketing research.

The online Master of Science in Sport Management prepares students in athletic administration, sport management, motorsport management, and advanced graduate studies, while offering the flexibility and convenience of online coursework and the same quality faculty that teaches on campus.  The curriculum examines three main segments of sport industry-- performance, production, and promotion; and encompasses all levels of sport-- youth, high school, collegiate, professional, amateur, competitive, recreation, etc.  Courses include Sport Communication and Media Relations, Administration of Physical Education and Athletics, Issues in Sport Management, and Sport Marketing.

You can learn to address crime and its causes with the Master of Arts in Criminal Justice & Criminology from East Tennessee State University. The online criminal justice degree prepares students for such paths as:

• Career advancement
• Teaching at community colleges
• Studying for a doctorate

Through the online criminal justice master’s degree program, you learn innovative, data-driven strategies. Students appreciate the experienced and supportive faculty to reach their educational goals.

Those who want to effect change as educational leaders look to ETSU’s Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership / Higher Education. This online higher education Ph.D. program focuses on leadership through the practical application of educational research, theory, foundations, and fieldwork.

Besides an internship in educational leadership, candidates of this online higher education doctoral program study topics such as:

• Finance
• Law
• Administration
• History of American higher education

ETSU offers a Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership / School Leadership for those preparing for leadership positions in K-12. Graduates can work at the local, district, or state level.

This online education administration Ph.D. program imparts advanced skills and knowledge in research and educational leadership. It is designed for those with an Education Specialist or Master of Education degree.

Besides completing a dissertation under the guidance of a dissertation committee, candidates of this online education administration degree program delve into topics such as:

• Policy analysis
• Law for organizational leaders
• Policy, power, and politics in education
• Leadership for lifelong learning

The online Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership with a concentration in the Administrative Endorsement program prepares individuals to serve as educational leaders in K-12 schools, community and technical colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and other organizations and agencies that offer educational programs and services.  The curriculum is centered on the development of competence in the areas of greatest significance to each student.  Student programs are individually designed to develop educational leaders through the study and practical application of educational foundations, theory, research, and fieldwork.

The online Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership with a concentration in School System Leadership prepares individuals who will serve as educational leaders in K-12 schools, community and technical colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and other organizations and agencies that offer educational programs and services.  Student programs are individually designed to develop educational leaders through the study and practical application of educational foundations, theory, research, and fieldwork.  Graduates have increased career opportunities in the administration and leadership of the school and educational systems.

The online Early Childhood Education with a Master Teacher concentration program is appropriate for teachers who already have licensure and are looking to get a master’s degree or for those who are interested in advancing a career in other early childhood settings outside the public school. The curriculum provides specialized education preparation for those interested in young children’s development from birth to eight years of age and their families, with a focus on promoting the optimal developmental environment for young children. 

Graduates are prepared to take on leadership roles in early childhood education, including:

• Teaching quality programs for young children
• Administering programs
• Working with families and communities

Educators find an advanced education in curriculum and teaching with ETSU’s Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction. This online program provides a broad education for K-12 education professionals.

With an interdisciplinary approach, this online curriculum and instruction program focuses on the foundations of curriculum theory. Other study topics include:

• Educational research
• Multicultural education
• Equity, inquiry, and scholarship in curriculum and instruction

Graduates embrace the role of scholar-practitioners and embody such values as culturally responsive advocacy, deep content knowledge, and creative and democratic pedagogies. The goal is always towards equitable and socially just classrooms.

ETSU offers a Master of Education in Educational Leadership / Higher Education for those interested in entry- or mid-level leadership positions within higher education or student personnel settings. The online higher education coursework imparts knowledge of leadership principles. Students learn how to lead within various areas of an institution.

In addition to teaching higher education leadership, this program delves into topics around student personnel, such as legal issues or administration. Other study topics include:

• Professional issues in higher education 
• Small group leadership
• Effective organizational cultures
• Equity, inclusion, and social justice

The Master of Education in Educational Leadership / School Administration & Leadership from ETSU falls under its Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis. The department strives to prepare graduate-level educational leaders. Potential employers range from K-12 schools to other organizations or agencies that provide educational services and programs.

This online education administration master’s degree program focuses on the knowledge and its application of educational theory, foundations, research, and practice. Besides developing interpersonal relations, the coursework covers such topics as:

• Shaping the quality and character of educational institutions
• Emerging perspectives influencing the school
• Professional needs of individuals and groups
• Developing learners through instructional leadership

ETSU’s Master of Education in Reading Education prepares educators to enhance the reading and literacy of children and adults. This online graduate program covers oral language competencies, reading, and writing.

Candidates for this program must be practicing licensed teachers. Alternatively, those with at least three years of classroom experience who aspire to specialist licensure also benefit from this program.

Designed for working teachers, this program prepares graduates for leadership roles. Many accept positions as special reading teachers. Other roles include:

• Program coordinators
• Reading specialists
• Literacy coaches
• Reading supervisors

The Master of Education in School Librarianship from ETSU leads to certification as a school library media specialist. As library science professionals, graduates can serve in K-12 schools.

This online library science graduate program focuses on the technology behind media, information, and literary enrichment. School librarians provide critical resources for teachers in need of instructional support.

Those who excel as school librarians share many traits, such as enjoying challenges that require constant learning. Other such traits include:

• Enjoyment from helping others learn new technology
• Capacity to work with a wide range of students
• Ability to connect students to literature
• Project management skills

East Tennessee State University offers a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene degree for students interested in dental studies. The program is available to students who have earned an Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene degree and want to expand their options and career choices in their chosen profession. Students in the program will gain expertise in current approaches to supporting dental care.

East Tennessee State University offers a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Science degree. Students will learn fundamental skills needed for a career as a radiographer - skills in radiation protection, medical terminology, pathology, physiology, and human anatomy. The curriculum focuses on these skills to help students advance in their careers.

East Tennessee State University offers a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy. The curriculum provides students with knowledge, theory, and practice of respiratory care and problems related to those procedures. Students can sit for examinations administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care upon completion of the program.

Prepare for a leadership position in healthcare with this online masters in healthcare administration.  Gain the knowledge, values, and skills needed to become a resilient professional prepared to meet the needs and demands of leadership.  Graduates will be able to oversee the business side of a healthcare organization, ensuring that ethical, legal, and financial regulations are met and that patients receive the highest standard of care.  

This cutting-edge online healthcare administration curriculum is based on the four pillars of competency:

• Finance
• Quality
• Policy and Regulation
• People and Partnerships

Each pillar includes methods of leadership and communication in their coursework.  

There are two tracks available: the Executive track for those with past managerial experience and the Standard track for those without this experience.

Prepare to work with data in healthcare with this online public health degree.  Study basic analytical methods and learn to use statistical software in this quantitative field.  Learn to collect, manage, and analyze public health data.  With this online biomedical science degree, students gain the knowledge and skills needed to work with data so that public health prevention and control methods can be used to prevent disease and promote health.  Gain an advanced degree that can lead to positions in:

• Government
• Industry
• Academia

Designed with working professionals in mind, this program features the flexibility needed to successfully balance your education with your career.  Benefit from a curriculum taught by the same faculty who teach on campus.

Prepare to help your community with this online public health degree.  A professional degree, this program provides a competency-based education that is focused on population health education and health promotion.  Learn to develop, implement, and evaluate community-based interventions and to establish effective collaborative organizational and community partnerships.  Courses ensure students are able to:

• Interact with communities to provide health education and promotion
• Develop and conduct health assessments and program evaluations
• Understand the importance of collaborative partnerships

Students benefit from a curriculum that is designed with working professionals in mind, ensuring flexibility, while also being taught by the same faculty teaching on campus.

Study what is known as the “basic science of public health,” epidemiology, with this online public health degree.  Learn to investigate patterns and causes of disease and injury in humans as you try to reduce the risk and occurrence of negative health outcomes.  You will use:

• Research
• Community education
• Health policy

With this competency-based curriculum, you will study who becomes ill, why certain people are more likely to become ill, and how to prevent the spread of illness.

This program was designed with working professionals in mind, ensuring that you will have the flexibility needed to successfully balance your education and career.  Benefit from courses led by the same faculty teaching on campus.

Complete one of the few online strength and conditioning programs with this online kinesiology degree.  This program impacts education and research for sports scientists and coaches while the flexibility allows working coaches and other professionals to balance their educations and careers.  In addition to preparing students to assume roles in strength and conditioning, and sports coaching, this online physical education degree also increases national interest and awareness of the need to academically educate sports scientists and coaches and to target athletic performance rather than participation.  As a result, there should be fewer sports injuries and increased levels of performance achievement for athletes.  

The goal of this kinesiology degree is to teach professionals to support sports through research and education.  Students learn to:

• Improve athlete performance
• Better understand the role of sport and sport performance in the nation’s health
• Better understand the impact of disability, injury, and disease on sports participation and performance

While not required, there are opportunities for involvement in coaching clinics, continuing education programs, and activities that permeate the sports community.

The online RN to BSN degree completion program from East Tennessee State University helps students establish a foundation for professional nursing practice. Coursework covers topics such as:

• ​Health Assessment
• ​Community/Public Health
• ​Health Promotion
• ​Leadership
• ​Pharmacology

The Doctor of Nursing Practice with an Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner concentration from East Tennessee State University is an online adult gerontology nurse practitioner degree.  If you are interested in advancing your career and taking on a leadership role this online degree may be for you.  This is a terminal degree that, designed for advanced nursing students, integrates specialized knowledge, theories, and research from nursing science and related disciplines for application to nursing practice.   

The online adult nurse practitioner program concentrates on patient centered care for health issues such as common and acute illnesses.  Emphasis is placed on quality of care and health outcomes.  Courses prepare you to collaborate with others on the healthcare team in order to provide the best possible care and outcome.  You will be working with adolescents and adults of all ages in various health care settings.  

Upon completion, students are eligible to sit for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner National Certification examination.

The Doctor of Nursing Practice with an Executive Leadership in Nursing concentration from East Tennessee State University is an online nursing administration degree for those seeking to advance their nursing careers to the highest degree possible.  As a terminal degree, the DNP is designed for advanced nursing students and integrates specialized knowledge, theories, and research from nursing science and related disciplines for application to nursing practice.   You will learn how to take on leadership roles as an advanced administrator who is able to make a difference at both the individual and health system levels.  

The Executive Leadership concentration further focuses on preparing students for multidimensional leadership within the complex healthcare system.  This online nursing administration degree focuses primarily on such topics as:

• Fiscal management
• Quality indicators
• Risk management
• Information technology
• Health care policy

If you are ready to advance your career in nursing and take on a leadership role, East Tennessee State University offers the Doctor of Nursing Practice in Family Nurse Practitioner degree.  This online nurse practitioner degree is focused on clinical practice while the DNP is a terminal professional degree that examines the healthcare needs of specific populations.  

Preparing leaders in the nursing and health care practices, the curriculum prepares advanced practice nurses and executive nurse leaders to assess and evaluate evidence from research and then use these findings to enhance patient care.  Courses in the family nurse practitioner concentration look at patient centered quality care from newborns to the elderly.  You will be able to diagnose and treat common and acute illnesses, prescribe medications, order diagnostic tests and more as a nurse practitioner but the main focus is always on the quality of care and health outcomes.  As a means to achieve the best quality of care, students learn how to best collaborate with other members of the patient’s healthcare team.

Upon completion of this online nurse practitioner degree students are eligible for the Family Nurse Practitioner National Certification exam.

East Tennessee State University offers a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program online, the Doctor of Nursing Practice in Mental Health Nurse Practitioner degree.  This is a terminal degree designed for advanced nursing students that integrates specialized knowledge, theories, and research from nursing science and related disciplines for application to nursing practice.  Students gain the knowledge and skills needed to take on leadership roles in the DNP degree.

The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner concentration focuses on teaching nurses to provide comprehensive psychiatric-mental health care to individuals of all ages as well as to groups and families in diverse settings.  You will be prepared to work in various healthcare settings and to collaborate with others in the healthcare team to ensure your patient receives the highest quality of care with the best possible outcome.  

Upon completion of this mental health nurse practitioner program students are eligible to sit for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner national certification examination.

There is a need for nurse practitioners to fill roles as primary healthcare providers.  If this career advancement interests you, check out the MSN with a concentration in Family Nurse Practitioner online degree from East Tennessee State University!  

This MSN degree consists of the courses needed to prepare RNs to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to patients from infancy to adulthood.  You will be able to treat everything from acute illnesses to chronic illnesses.  Plus, this online nurse practitioner degree covers such topics as:

• Preventive health services
• Patient education
• Disease management
• Illness prevention

East Tennessee State University offers the MSN with a concentration in Nursing Administration for those RNs seeking to advance their careers and offer leadership.  With this online nursing administration degree, you will be able to complete the courses needed to make these changes in your life while still satisfying current personal and professional obligations.  In addition to the flexible learning environment, this program also features an individualized experience.  You will gain a strong foundation in complex systems, organized theory, financial management, and leadership practice.  Upon completion, students are ready for careers managing healthcare personnel and business operations in various healthcare settings, including hospitals and large service providers.

The online master’s in nursing education from East Tennessee State University is a great program for RNs seeking to advance their educations and satisfy their interest in educating others.  As an added benefit you will be taking your skills, caring attitude, and personal experiences and passing them on to the next generation in a way that only an experienced RN can, helping them to become competent, passionate caregivers.

The curriculum provides a firm foundation in teaching and learning principles, curriculum and program development and evaluation, and methods to evaluate learning.  Courses build on this foundation to prepare competent and confident educators.  All students in this online nursing education program will meet established nurse educator competencies in one of five advanced clinical-focused areas:

• Adult Health Nursing 
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing 
• Critical Care Nursing 
• Women's Health  
• Perinatal Nursing and Pediatric Nursing

East Tennessee State University offers a mental health nursing online program, the Master of Science in Nursing with a Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration.  There is great demand for doctors and nurse practitioners in the mental health field as more people seek help with their mental health disorders and the stigma against those suffering from mental health problems disappears.  This degree allows RNs with bachelor’s degrees in nursing to further their educations, advancing their careers and fulfilling some of these positions.  

The curriculum provides knowledge and skills in health assessments and pathological findings, prescribing medications, and advanced diagnostic reasoning and therapeutics related to psychiatric illnesses.  In this online psychiatric nurse practitioner program, you will complete such courses as:

• Health Assessment Throughout the Life Span
• Advanced Pathophysiology
• Advanced Family Psychiatric Nursing Care I
• Interpersonal Treatment Modalities for Advanced Practice Nurse

The Master of Science in Human Services is an online human services degree from East Tennessee State University.  This is an interdisciplinary field with a focus on prevention and remediation to promote the various ways to meet human needs.  You can use this degree to serve areas including mental and behavioral health, wellness, eldercare, childcare, substance abuse counseling, homelessness, poverty, domestic violence, diversity training, and much more.  This diverse field prepares students to work with foundations and for-profit purposes in any area that also works for the public.  In preparation for careers in human services, the curriculum covers a wide variety of topics to help students further their careers in leadership of human service programs. 

Courses offer knowledge and skills in:

• Staff training
• Program development
• Family support
• Marketing and public relations
• Research and evaluation
• Advocacy