罗彻斯特理工学院

A health management master's degree that prepares you for a career in designing and managing health and well-being programs for organizations interested in helping their people lead healthier lives and contribute to the organization's productivity.

Individual and community health, disease prevention, and engaging in healthful habits to promote well-being are at the fore-front of public interest. Well-being is a mosaic of nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and environmental features that are critical for a productive, efficient, and healthy society. Corporations, small businesses, government agencies, and institutions are employing health and well-being professionals to help people lead healthier lives and contribute to corporate, agency, and business productivity.

The MS in health and well-being management prepares you for a career in health and well-being program design, administration, and research and is the perfect choice for those interested in going to medical or dental school or pursing doctoral studies in nutrition, health promotion, exercise science, or public health.

To provide high-quality, population-based health care, the future health care workforce needs a skill set that includes the ability to:

• apply systems thinking,
• design interventions,
• practice dissemination and implementation science,
• engage with communities, and
• understand and utilize team dynamics, negotiation, and advocacy skills.

The health and well-being management program offers evidence-informed guidance to develop and apply these skills.

Two Options

The MS in health and well-being management offers two emphasis options, both of which prepare you for a career in health and well-being as well as offer research experiences for those interested in pursuing further doctoral and post-graduate studies.

Content development, implementation, and evaluation focuses on helping students learn how to design and execute health and well-being programs, focusing on development of content and expertise in a particular area of health or wellness, such as exercise, behavior, and nutrition.

Health and well-being program management relates to leading an organization’s health and wellness program or an employee assistance program within corporate setting or in self-employment venues.

Career outcomes

The health and well-being management program prepares graduates for careers that provide services to enhance employee health and consequent workforce productivity, including:

• Administrator or manager of a health and well-being program/initiative for government, industry, or organizational entities.
• Health and well-being educator/communicator, instructional program designer, developer, or implementer.
• Preparation for future medical and dental education, doctoral training in fields related to nutrition, health promotion, exercise science, and public health.