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2021-2022 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Saint Joseph’s College Online Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Master of Science in Education - Health Care Educator Core


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Health Care Educator Degree Concentration (33 credits)

Health care providers face technological innovations, productivity demands, and both certification and legal requirements. These challenges require expanding and improving employee training. Our unique graduate education program addresses these needs, and gives you a more competitive edge in the rapidly evolving health care industry.

The Health Care Educator master’s degree is designed for professionals in allied health fields who wish to educate the public, provide in-service training at their workplaces, or teach in the allied health departments in community colleges. This degree concentration provides one of the few hybrid health care-education master’s degree programs in the country, reflecting the college’s history of preparation in both the health care and education fields.

Students in the M.S.Ed Health Care Educator Concentration will:

  • Acquire an integrated body of knowledge related to teaching and learning in the  health care fields
  • Demonstrate establish connections among educational and health theories, research, and practice
  • Design, develop, and evaluate a final capstone project that demonstrates growth in teaching, learning, or some aspect of health care education.
  • Effectively develop education programs to meet both organizational and individual needs. 

Additional Elective Options Include:


Master of Science in Education Electives


In addition to core, select electives to complete this 36 credit program.

MSEd Footnotes


  1. Strongly recommended for preparation for the Praxis II “PLT” examination
  2. Strongly recommended for State of Maine Certification in the school leadership concentration
  3. Recommended for the school leadership concentration
  4. Recommended for the health education concentration
  5. Recommended for the school educator concentration
  6. Recommended for the Catholic School Leadership concentration
  7. Strongly recommended for the Catholic School Leadership concentration

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