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MSHS: End-of-Life Care

Program Requirements

Students in the MSHS program must successfully complete 33 semesters hours. These include: 6 semester hours of research core course work, 9 semester hours of the professional core and 18 semester hours in the end-of-life care field.

Courses in the Research Core (6 semester hours):

• HSCI 270: Research Methods for Health Professionals I (3)
• HSCI 271: Research Methods for Health Professionals II (3)

Courses in the Professional Core (9 semester hours):

• HSCI 240: Issues and Trends in Health Systems (3)
• HSCI 241: The Health Care Enterprise (3)
• HSCI 223: Topics in Health Care Leadership (3)

Required Courses (12 semester hours):

• ELC 201: Grief and Bereavement (3)
• ELC 202: Spiritual Care (3)
• ELC 203: The Business of Dying (3)
• ELC 275: Leadership and Change in End-of-Life Care (3)

Course Electives (6 semester hours):

• ELC 204: Loss: Mid-Life to Older Adulthood (3)
• ELC 205: Children and Loss (3)
• ELC 206: Caregiving for Caregivers (3)
• NURS 256: Introduction to Palliative Care (3)