Overview

Earn Your Degree on Your Terms

Working in healthcare and need flexibility? The BAAS in Health Practice honors your professional experience and respects your work-life balance. This streamlined online program lets you earn a bachelor's degree without putting your career on hold—complete your internships right at your current employer while earning college credit for the specialized training you've already completed.

A Program Built Around Your Success

With just 27 required credit hours plus 9 electives, this efficient degree is grounded in our nationally recognized BS Public Health program. You'll take foundational courses in community health, health behaviors, health care delivery systems, and program planning—culminating in a capstone course that ties it all together.

Flexible Learning, Real-World Experience

Your two 6-credit internships can be completed at your current workplace, allowing you to apply classroom concepts to meaningful projects while continuing to earn your paycheck. Choose 9 elective credits that align with your career goals—whether that's Health Administration, Mind-Body Medicine, or courses that build on certifications you already hold.

Maximize Your Existing Credentials

Have CEUs, professional certifications, or specialized training not listed on your transcript? Earn up to 12 additional credits through Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), recognizing the knowledge and skills you've already developed in your career.

Core Courses (36 hours):

• Community & Public Health
• Cultural Diversity in health
• Health Behaviors: Theory & Practice
• Health Care Delivery Systems
• Planning Health Programs (Capstone)
• Internship Part 1 & Part 2 (6 credits each)

Electives (9 hours): Choose from Personal Nutrition, Medical Terminology, Human Diseases, Foundations of Health Literacy, Health Services Administration, Drugs & Society, Mind-Body Medicine, Health & Aging, Small Group Communication, and more

Ready to Advance Your Career?

The BAAS in Health Practice delivers the bachelor's degree credential you need for promotion, leadership roles, and professional growth—without sacrificing your current income or stability.

Degree: Bachelor of Applied Arts & Sciences

Completion time: 120 hours with 36 hours required in the major

Resources

- Program Information in EIU Catalog

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