School Details
Founded in 1922, Midwestern State University is committed to providing liberal arts studies ranging from associate to graduate programs. Core values include excellence in education, intellectual curiosity, respect, stewardship and service, and more. This values-based culture is designed to prepare students to contribute constructively to society.
MSU Texas offers online bachelor’s, master’s, and post-graduate programs. Students at MSU Texas online can complete online degrees in nursing and health science. They can also choose from a number of other fields, such as business, criminal justice, education, and human resources. In addition to these online degrees, there are hundreds of practical and effective online courses that are designed for personal and professional development.
Accreditation & Licensing
Midwestern State University is accredited by:
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
All Programs
Art & Liberal Arts
This online BAAS, offered by MSU-Texas is a completion program intended for adult students. Credit for professional or vocational-technical experience can help you earn this degree and bolster your academic standing. With the convenience of learning through an online platform, you can study around your family and work obligations. Coursework combines general requirements along with academic foundations and a core curriculum.
Business
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
The online Master of Education with a major in Sport Administration program prepares candidates for management and administrative positions in interscholastic sports, intercollegiate sports, professional sports, intramural recreation, and community-based programs in sports, recreation, and leisure services. The curriculum offers a broad background in theoretical and practical applications associated with best practices and current research. Topic areas include:
- Organizational Leadership
- Culture & Globalization
- Event & Facilities Management
- Media & Community Relations
- Marketing & Finance
Criminal Justice, Safety & Law
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.
Education
With this online education degree, you will prepare to work with students in their formative years. The curriculum focuses on the developmental and cognitive stages of childhood and adolescence. Graduates work in schools, childcare facilities, and other adolescent and youth-related community settings.
Customize your degree by choosing one of these tracks:
- English Language Arts and Reading
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
- Special Education
This online education degree does not lead to certification.
Prepare for a career caring for the youngest members of society with this online early childhood education degree. Students gain the knowledge and skills needed to pursue careers in teaching, youth-related social service, early care and youth programs, health care, child development, and other community settings. The curriculum utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the cognitive and emotional development of youth. Graduates are ready to enter careers that are dedicated to improving life opportunities for young children and their families.
This online early childhood education degree does not lead to teacher certification.
Help students get their education off on the right foot with this online elementary education degree. This program prepares students to teach through 3rd Grade. Gain the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to be a critical thinker and problem solver. The curriculum includes such courses as:
- Foundations of Early Childhood Education and Early Care
- ESL Methods and Materials
- Early Childhood Development: Language and Literacy
- Early Childhood Curriculum
This program uses a competency-based format that allows for progression based on competency.
Enroll in this instructional design degree online and advance professional opportunities. Help bring technology to your school and classroom. Students become proficient users of technology in educational, health, and corporate settings. The curriculum includes such courses as:
- Introduction to Training and Development
- Instructional Strategies for Adult Learners
- Instructional Systems Design
- Learning Technology Integration
You must complete a minor in Multimedia Production.
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.
Healthcare
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.
Take your career to the next level with this healthcare administration online degree. With this program you can advance your knowledge without committing to an entire master’s degree program. Courses will likely include:
- Health Care Financial Management
- Health Care Personnel
- Health Systems Analysis
- Health Care and Personnel Law
With an online healthcare administration degree students are able to earn a degree without interrupting their current careers.
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
Nursing
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 online Post-Masters Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner program from Midwestern State University is designed to help students expand their skills in order to provide nursing care across the lifespan in a variety of community settings as well as private practice. Coursework covers topics such as:
- Pathological processes
- Ambulatory procedures
- Family and group theory
- Pharmacotherapeutics
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