Welcome

If you want to advance your career by becoming a leader in health professions education or community health education, then consider WesternU's highly regarded Master of Science in Health Sciences program, which offers two tracks:

• Health Professions Education - designed for people who are planning to teach or who currently teach in the health sciences or health professions
• Community Health Education - designed for people who wish to create, implement, and evaluate community-based health education programs.

Emphasis is placed on applied leadership, organizational dynamics, and the executive skills necessary to meet the administrative needs of health education teams in a variety of settings. 

Why choose WesternU? We offer:

• convenient evening and a few web-based classes.
• flexibility to work or simultaneously complete another degree at WesternU.
• Southern California location with tremendous clinical training opportunities as well as access to
  major cultural and recreational resources.
• eligibility to become a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) by taking the national CHES examination.
• affordable tuition for a high quality program.
• diverse faculty with extensive experience in various aspects of the health-care industry.
• professors who are known for innovation, dynamic teaching, and mentoring student-generated projects.
• leadership training, preparing you for more competitive positions in greater areas of authority.
• the chance to conduct scholarly research with opportunities to write for publication in professional journals.
• small class sizes (6-12) allow for meaningful discussions.
• opportunities to collaborate with area health-care providers for educational experiences.

For program statistics, please visit the Office of Institutional Research's Academic Outcomes webpage.