Business & Management
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Accounting, MBA

Business Administration, MBA

Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MS

Criminal Justice, MA

Education-Allied Health Teaching and Leadership, MSEd AHTL

Education-Business Administration, MSEd/MBA

Education-Online Teaching and Learning, MSEd OTL

Health Services Administration, MBA

Information Security, MS

International Business, MBA

Management, MBA

Marketing, MBA

Nursing, MSN

Occupational Therapy - Bridge Program, MS

Organizational Leadership, MSOL

Organizational Psychology, MS

Psychology, MS

Technology Management, MBA

• Apply accounting theory, practice, and professional ethical behavior to make informed decisions in their profession
• Evaluate and apply generally accepted accounting principles and practices using emerging technologies
• Create a shared vision of an accounting culture by understanding and responding to the needs of business and society in a global environment.
• Effectively apply accounting expertise to the disclosure of accounting information needed by internal and external decision-makers
• Continue to renew and develop expertise in the field of accounting up to and including professional certification
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.

Prerequisites for Major Courses

• Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution in accounting; or baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution in business or equivalent with appropriate upper division accounting coursework

Program Outline

Courses in the Master of Accountancy program are each eight-weeks in length, and students are normally scheduled for one course at a time.

To receive a Master of Accountancy degree, students must earn 36 graduate level credit hours. Thirty of the program hours must be completed through . Program requirements are as follows:

Clinical Mental Health Counseling

The Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling is designed to provide students with comprehensive preparation for professional practice as a counselor through rigorous coursework and carefully supervised practical experiences in field settings. The program integrates mental health counseling theories and approaches, principles and practices of diagnosis, evidence-based treatments, and strategies for referral, prevention, and advocacy to meet the needs of diverse clients. Graduates will be prepared to assume a variety of positions in the counseling field and be equipped to model the highest standards and ethics of the profession.

Program Objectives

The Clinical Mental Health Counseling program enables students to contribute to the profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research. Upon completion of this program, student’s will:

• Understand the role, function, and professional identity of counselors, understand professional issues unique to mental health counseling, and promote the growth and development of the field of professional counseling.
• Acquire an understanding of and adhere to the ethical and legal considerations and the principles and professional values related specifically to the practice of clinical mental health counseling.
• Be able to articulate an informed comprehension of a variety of theoretical perspectives on human behavior as well as articulate their personal rationale for and approach to counseling.
• Develop self-awareness, knowledge, and skills related to issues of diversity and multiculturalism to serve more effectively a broad spectrum of individuals, families, and communities, including demonstrating effective strategies for client advocacy and matters of equity and accessibility.
• Demonstrate knowledge and application of appropriate individual, family, group, and systems modalities for counseling, including the use of prevention, crisis intervention strategies, career/occupational counseling, and encouragement of self-help.
• Develop knowledge and application of principles and models of biopsychosocial assessment, case conceptualization, theories of human development and concepts of psychopathology leading to diagnoses and appropriate counseling plans.

Program Outline

To receive a Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours. Fifty-four of the program hours must be completed through MSU  . Program requirements are as follows:

Students take two MHC661 courses after completion of MHC660. MHC661 is taken in the final two semesters of the program.

NOTE: Courses in the program are 16-weeks in length. Most courses are asynchronous in nature, however some courses may require students to participate in activities at set times (e.g., group supervision). Students are required to attend four on-campus residencies at specified times during the program prior to taking practicum and internship courses.

Residency Requirement

The M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling requires four weekend-long, on-campus residencies. During residency, students will focus on skill development in individual and group counseling, applying knowledge gained in coursework. Students will receive individual interaction, direction, and feedback from faculty members, opportunities to share experiences and insights with peers, and preparation for clinical work in practicum and internship settings. Residencies are taken with specific courses and therefore are offered at specific times during the program. When following a typical student program plan, students will complete one residency per semester during the first year of the program and a final residency while completing the practicum experience. Students may not be allowed to continue with coursework until the required residency experiences are completed.

Clinical Experiences

Toward the end of the program, students will complete clinical experiences, referred to as practicum and internship. During this time, students have the opportunity to put into practice what they have learned in their coursework and residency experiences. Students will practice foundational counseling skills and gradually integrate more advanced skills, while receiving individual and group supervision.

Students will be responsible for selecting an appropriate site that can provide the types of activities, clients, and clinical supervision required. Students should consult with their academic advisor and the program handbook for details regarding their required experiences and supervisor qualifications.

Students are required to obtain a minimum of 100 hours of practicum experience and 600 internship hours. In some states, including Florida, students who do not graduate from a CACREP- accredited program may be required to obtain a greater number of practicum/internship hours to fulfill licensure requirements. Students are encouraged to obtain a minimum of 1000 hours of clinical experience (of which 40% should be face-to-face client contact hours) to meet various state requirements.

criminal justice program enables students to contribute to the criminal justice profession and fosters independent learning. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:

• Evaluate an agency’s ability to meet the safety needs of a community including corrections, law enforcement and administration of justice
• Evaluate, research and critically analyze gaps or deficiencies in criminal justice services
• Effectively and ethically lead and manage criminal justice, community services, and human/social services professionals in both public and private sectors
• Evaluate contemporary criminal justice systems and their policies and practices
• Evaluate the psychological basis, nature and causes of crime: typologies and offenders
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.

Courses

Prerequisites for Major Courses

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

Program Outline

To receive a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice degree, students must earn 36 graduate semester credit hours. Thirty of the program hours must be completed through . Program requirements are as follows:

Program Objectives

MSE-MBA program enables students to lead education-related organizations and businesses. Upon completion of this program, students are able to:

• Demonstrate theory-based and practical leadership in higher education and related fields.
• Direct educational operations including marketing, campus operations, personnel recruitment and development, and enrollment management.
• Exhibit competency in professional practices including ethics, diversity, legal issues, and communication with all education and business stakeholders.
• Incorporate critical thinking, scholarly writing, research, and technology in practice.
• Design and assess curriculum, instruction, and programs related to student success.
• Apply selected methods of quantitative analysis to enhance business decisions.
• Evaluate an organization’s financial position through financial statement analysis and/or forecasting.
• Compare economic environments and markets and their impact on education-related business.
• Through a conceptual understanding, apply managerial leadership skills, marketing strategies, and/or international business concepts, theory, and research to critically analyze and solve problems in unpredictable environments.
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.

Prerequisites for Major Courses

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution.

The Joint Master of Science in Education-Master of Business Administration is designed to meet the needs of students with accredited baccalaureate degrees.  Students may be classroom practitioners, education administrators, teachers seeking positions within administration, or career college professionals.

Note:  Courses in the Joint MSEd MBA program are each eight-weeks in length, and students are scheduled for one or two courses concurrently.

Program Outline

To receive a Joint Master of Science in Education – Master of Business Administration degree, students must earn 60 graduate semester credit hours.  In the final semester of their program, students complete a capstone business strategies project.  Fifty-four of the program hours must be completed through MSU .  Program requirements are as follows:

Master of Science in Education Major Core Courses ( 30.0 credit hours )

• Affirming Diversity
• Integrative Instructional Technology
• Education Governance, Motivation and Ethical Decision Making ( co-requisite course )
• Advanced Curriculum and Instructional Design
• Advanced Educational Assessment and Evaluation
• Enrollment Management Theory and Practice
• Managing Career Colleges for Successful Outcomes
• Higher Education Marketing and Recruitment
• Managing Campus Operations
• Personnel Selection and Development
• Student Retention and Management

Masters of Business Administration Major Core Courses ( 30.0 credit hours )

• Advanced Quantitative Business Analysis
• Advanced Decision Making
• Accounting for Decision Making
• Financial Management
• Marketing Management
• Business Research Methods
• International Business
• Organizational Behavior
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• Managerial Economics

Master of Science in Information Security offers an intensive graduate program that provides information technology professionals with theoretical and practical knowledge in security concepts such as access control, secure application development, business continuity planning, cryptography, e-commerce regulations, operational, physical, architectural security, telecommunications and network security. This curriculum will prepare students for careers as a Chief Information Officer, Chief Security Officer, and network forensic specialist. Upon completion of the program, graduate students should be able to take the widely recognized Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam.

Program Objectives

Master of Science in Information Security program enables students to contribute to the Information Technology profession through independent learning, scholarship, and research.  At the conclusion of the program, master’s students will be able to:

• Manage the use of information security methodologies in the practice of information assurance and risk management.
• Identify areas of security concerns within system and application software.
• Assess the security needs of an enterprise information system and its applications to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital data.
• Plan the use of network security using current cryptographic and access control technologies.
• Create information security polices and disaster recovery procedures that conform to moral, legal and ethical standards.
• Compose physical security methodologies to address system vulnerabilities and apply appropriate countermeasures in response to threats.
• Conduct scholarly research pertaining to contemporary information security issues.
• Demonstrate professional communication skills in writing through organizing, thinking critically, and communicating ideas and information in documents and presentations.

Program Outline

To receive a Master of Science in Information Security degree, students must earn 30.0 graduate semester credit hours.  Transfer of graduate credits will be evaluated on a case by case basis.  Twenty-four program hours must be completed through MSU.  Program requirements are as follows:

Master of Science in Information Security Courses (30.0 credit hours)

The MSU Master of Science in Nursing degree program has adopted Dr. Jean Watson’s philosophy and theory of human caring as a foundation, threaded throughout the curriculum. MSU proposes to develop leaders who strive to advance the profession of nursing, grounded in caring holistically for self, others, and the profession.

Program Overview

The American Association of College of Nursing ( AACN ) Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing reflect the profession’s continuing call for imagination, transformative thinking, and evolutionary change in graduate education. Knowledge, expanding technologies, increasing diversity, and global health challenges produce a dynamic environment for nursing and amplify nursing’s critical contributions to health care.  The competencies that support the objectives outlined in the MSN program are a critical component of the MSU MSN program and core to graduate nursing master’s education.

The Master’s degree programs in nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, 655 K Street, NW, Suite 750, Washington, DC 20001, 202-877-6791.

These Essentials are core for all master’s programs in nursing and provide the necessary curricular elements and framework, regardless of focus, major, or intended practice setting. These Essentials delineate the outcomes expected of all graduates of master’s nursing programs.

The dynamic nature of the healthcare delivery system underscores the need for the nursing profession to look to the future and anticipate the healthcare needs for which nurses must be prepared to address. The complexities of health and nursing care today make expanded nursing knowledge a necessity in contemporary care settings. The transformation of health care and nursing practice requires a new conceptualization of master’s education. Master’s education in nursing must prepare the graduate to:

• Lead change to improve quality outcomes
• Advance a culture of excellence through lifelong learning
• Build and lead collaborative interprofessional care teams
• Navigate and integrate care services across the healthcare team
• Design innovative nursing practices
• Translate evidence into practice

The nine Essentials addressed in the Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes guide the preparations of graduates for diverse areas of practices in any healthcare setting:

Essential I: Background for Practice from Sciences and Humanities

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse integrates scientific findings from nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, public health, quality improvement, and organizational sciences for the continual improvement of nursing care across diverse settings.

Essential II: Organizational and Systems Leadership

Recognizes that organizational and systems leadership are critical to the promotion of high quality and safe patient care. Leadership skills are needed that emphasize ethical and critical decision-making, effective working relationships, and a systems-perspective.

Essential III: Quality Improvement and Safety

Recognizes that a master’s-prepared nurse must be articulate in the methods, tools, performance measures, and standards related to quality, as well as prepared to apply quality principles within an organization.

Essential IV: Translating and Integrating Scholarship into Practice

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse applies research outcomes with the practice setting, resolves practice problems, works as a change agent, and disseminates results.

Essential V: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.

Essential VI: Health Policy and Advocacy

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse uses patient-care technologies to deliver and enhance care and uses communication technologies to integrate and coordinate care.

Essential VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health Outcomes

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse, as a member and leader of interprofessional teams, communicates, collaborates, and consults with other health professionals to manage and coordinate care.

Essential VIII: Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health

Recognizes that the master’s-prepared nurse applies and integrates broad, organizational, client-centered, and culturally appropriate concepts in the planning, delivery, management, and evaluation of evidenced-based clinical prevention and population care and services to individuals, families, and aggregates/identified populations.

Essential IX: Master’s-Level Nursing Practice

Recognizes that nursing practices, at the master’s level, is broadly defines as any form of nursing intervention that influences healthcare outcomes for individuals, populations, or systems. Master’s level nursing graduates must have an advanced level of understanding of nursing and relevant sciences as well as the ability to integrate this knowledge into practice. Nursing practices interventions include both direct and indirect care components.