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The information shared here is intended to provide an overview of Georgia State University’s offerings. For official details on admissions requirements, tuition, courses and more please refer to the university catalogs.
The Department of Chemistry has research programs in each of the five traditional areas of chemistry, with a bioinformatics option available in each:
- Analytical
- Biochemistry
- Biophysical
- Chemical Education
- Geology
- Organic/Medicinal
- Nutritional Sciences
Doctor of Nursing Practice, D.N.P.
Doctorate
Locations: Atlanta Campus, Online
Interest Area: Nursing
The Georgia State Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) hybrid program is your solution for those called to seek the highest level of clinical nursing practice. You will finish the program ready to lead others in implementing cost-effective practices that also improve outcomes.
A majority of our D.N.P. students work full-time, and still, they are preparing for work in:
- healthcare administration;
- professional nursing organizations;
- higher education; and
- many practice settings throughout Georgia.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Health Sciences
Doctorate
Locations: Atlanta Campus, Online (some courses)
Interest Area: Health Sciences
Georgia State University's Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in health sciences prepares talented and capable students with a strong discipline-specific research-based curriculum to be scholars and educators in the healthcare-related disciplines. Our Ph.D. graduates become leaders in health sciences, higher education, hospital administration and public health.
The program offers full-time and part-time study, with hybrid coursework. As part of the largest urban university in Georgia, located in the heart of Atlanta, students will have access to and collaborate with some of the finest healthcare facilities in the country. Exceptional learning opportunities await each student as they receive mentorship from elite faculty members to conduct state-of-the-art research projects to contribute to the scientific fields.
Students have the opportunity to present their research at local, state, national and international meetings and learn to be effective educators for future generations of healthcare professionals.
Concentrations
- Nutrition - prepares clinical and public health professionals to teach, conduct research and practice in an inter-disciplinary environment, using evidence-based practice to improve lives.
- Occupational Therapy - prepares students to improve human lives through evidence-based clinical practice and research, delivery of health services in interprofessional settings, community programming, interventions, advocacy and leadership in occupational therapy and rehabilitation.
- Translational Rehabilitation Science - prepares students to discover and disseminate rehabilitation knowledge and improve the quality of life, participation, health, performance and well-being of people with and without disabilities.
- Cardiopulmonary Care - trains students as leaders in the cardiopulmonary field overall and specifically with a focus on advancing the scientific field of respiratory therapy, educating the next generation of respiratory therapists and leading healthcare organizations.
Health Sciences, Concentration in Health Informatics, M.S.
Master's
Locations: Online
Interest Area: Health Informatics, Health Sciences
Inside the trillions of bytes of health care data rest the trends and insights that health care leaders need to move their hospital, clinic, organization or community to the next generation of service and improved outcomes. Be one of those leaders in health informatics with Georgia State's online M.S. in health informatics.
The Master of science in health sciences degree with a concentration in health informatics is an online 36-semester hour program. You'll do well in the program if you have a background in an IT-related field or if you work in a clinical setting, but any undergraduate major is acceptable.
You will take interdisciplinary classes, one of the distinctive factors of our program. You will learn from faculty in health informatics and nursing.
This approach has you learning alongside experts in multiple disciplines. When combined, it gives you a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing our healthcare data and technology systems today.
We bring together design, development and adoption of information technology-based innovations in health care delivery, management and planning.
The program is 100 percent online with on-demand, work-at-your-own-pace (asynchronous) classes as well as scheduled, synchronous courses.
Health Sciences, Nutrition, M.S.
Master's
Locations: Online
Interest Area: Health Sciences, Nutrition
Take your interest in health, wellness, fitness and nutrition to the next level with an online master's degree focused on students who want careers in nutrition.
The master of science in health sciences with a concentration in nutrition is an online 36-semester hour program.
You will learn:
- The role of functional foods
- Macro- and micronutrient metabolism
- Dietary interventions that prevent and improve chronic diseases
- Nutrition research methods
- Leadership and ethics in healthcare
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Health Sciences, Nutrition, M.S. Coordinated Program
Master's
Locations: Atlanta Campus, Online
Interest Area: Health Sciences, Nutrition
Students enter the Georgia State master’s degree coordinated program either with an undergraduate degree in nutrition or with an undergraduate degree in another major. The full-time coordinated program is a four-to-six-semester program of didactic coursework and supervised practice. Students who hold a Didactic Program in Dietetics verification statement complete the program in four semesters, while those who do not complete the program in six semesters. The part-time program takes seven- to 11-semesters to complete. Students have the option of completing a thesis, master’s project, course concentration or comprehensive exam as their capstone requirement.
Please note: Students should not work when enrolled in the full-time program.
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The Georgia State University Ph.D. in Kinesiology prepares students for research and teaching careers at colleges and universities and health, physiological performance, rehabilitative science, sport management and related fields.
Attainment of a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree ranks among the most respected accomplishments in any field.
Choose one of the following six concentrations:
The concentration in Biomechanics and Physical Rehabilitation focuses on the scientific description of human movement using multidisciplinary approaches (e.g., biomechanics, neuroscience, engineering) and advanced measurement techniques (e.g., motion capture, force and muscle activity measurements, etc.) in order to restore the functional capacity, improve the interaction with the environment, and enhance the quality of life for healthy and pathological individuals.
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The concentration in Exercise Physiology prepares students to teach and conduct research in areas related to cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular physiology with particular emphases on exercise metabolism and performance in healthy populations, and in populations with chronic diseases (e.g., cardiovascular, metabolic, and neuromuscular diseases).
The concentration in Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) prepares students for careers in higher education as scholars, researchers, and teacher educators. Research expertise will be acquired in the areas of instruction, digital pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, teacher education, teacher development, and adapted physical education. The concentration will prepare students as members of communities of scholars in higher education.
The concentration in Psychology of Physical Activity prepares students to teach and conduct research in areas related to the correlates of physical activity, mental health benefits of physical activity, theory-based behavior change strategies, and the design, implementation, and testing of theory -based physical activity interventions. Completion of this concentration will not lead to students becoming licensed psychologists.
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Students earning a concentration in Rehabilitation Science will gain an in-depth understanding of the basic and applied aspects of health science and services, the social sciences, biomechanics, physiology, neuroscience and engineering as they relate to restoring human functional capacity and improving a person’s interaction with the surrounding environment. Students will hone skills of oral and written communication of scientific information, which will help to prepare them for academic and research positions in universities, private research institutions, government agencies, private industries, and the public policy sector. The concentration in Rehabilitation Science is only open to students currently enrolled in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program in the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions.
The concentration in Sport Administration prepares students to teach and conduct research in areas related to sport administration, including management, organizational behavior, marketing, communication, sport ecology, and urban planning. The program guides students to think critically about the sport management industry, comprehend sport management theory, develop a line of research inquiry, and apply various research designs and advanced statistics to become sport management researchers and professors in higher education.
The Georgia State online master of science in nursing (M.S.) provides a path to becoming an advanced practice nurse and prepares you for specialized care settings and leadership roles. If you seek to advance, this program will prepare you to implement and evaluate innovative nursing and healthcare information approaches, including interprofessional care coordination, patient quality teams and safety teams at all levels.
Choose your nurse practitioner specialty area:
We invite applicants with bachelor’s degrees in nursing and offer an R.N. to M.S. bridge program.
Earning a master's degree in nursing opens new career avenues for registered nurses and expands their impact on the U.S. healthcare system. You will learn alongside expert clinicians and systems administrators to prepare for advanced practice nursing roles and leadership positions.
Georgia State’s School of Nursing is the only nursing college in Georgia that offers the full spectrum of nursing education, from associate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Although you will learn primarily online, our downtown campus location and the extensive healthcare network will be highly advantageous. We know you are working full-time and balancing many obligations as you consider returning to school. Our commitment to you is that your success matters to us. We will support you every step of your journey.
As you work toward your Ph.D. in nursing at Georgia State, you will be setting yourself apart as a nurse scholar and a leader in research, practice and education. You also are becoming part of the solution for the national shortage of nurse researchers and educators.
A doctorate designed for today’s busy healthcare professionals at all career stages:
- The program is designed for master’s and bachelor’s prepared nurses. We also invite D.N.P.-prepared nurses to apply to the Ph.D. program. (For D.N.P.-prepared nurses, course credit may be given for previous coursework.)
- The Ph.D. program is available for full-time and part-time study and with coursework primarily online.
- Students attend a few required on-campus sessions: just two days in the fall and spring semesters.
- The web-based classes are a combination of real-time (synchronous or live) and on-demand (asynchronous) classes.
- Research, clinical and administrative faculty positions in nursing schools nationwide
- Leadership and executive positions in corporate hospital systems and healthcare organizations
- Public health positions with government agencies
Is a Ph.D. or D.N.P. degree right for me?
You can also earn a graduate certificate in one of the following areas while working on your Ph.D.:- Public Health
- Health Literacy
The online R.N. to M.S. bridge program allows registered nurses with considerable practice experience and an associate degree or diploma from an accredited nursing program to take advantage of this streamlined approach to obtain their graduate degree.
Candidates must have a minimum of one year of work experience as a registered nurse. Two years of experience is preferred.
You will need to complete additional prerequisite* undergraduate coursework before taking any master’s level nursing courses.
*See additional course information in the “Additional Information” tab for prerequisite information.
You also will need to have a clinical site arrangement one semester before registering for one of the prerequisite courses (Caring for Families and Communities). We will work with you to plan for this and discuss the courses you need to progress toward your M.S. in nursing. Georgia State is well known for our work in student success, and that includes support at each stage of your journey through your graduate work.
Once you begin your master’s level coursework, you will be heading toward a nurse practitioner specialty in one of four areas:
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Occupational Therapy, O.T.D.
Doctorate
Locations: Atlanta Campus
Interest Area: Occupational Therapy
The occupational therapy doctorate program prepares students to improve human lives through innovations in research, community engagement and education in occupational therapy and rehabilitation in general. The rigor and demands of the program match the need for occupational therapy services in a dynamic healthcare system that is highly technological and global.
The scientific study of humans as occupational beings is a central concept of this program, a concept based on the fundamental premise that occupation is an integral part of life and a prerequisite to participation. The program embraces the American Occupational Therapy Association Vision 2025 and focuses on producing leaders who use creative and critical thinking and clinical reasoning with great effectiveness and efficiency.
Unique features of the program:
- Flipped classroom teaching model throughout the curriculum. The material is first introduced outside of class in a flipped classroom – via videos, websites, reading materials, etc. Then, skills that would have been homework in the traditional learning environment are mastered in the classroom with the instructor’s assistance.
- Research partnerships with local universities and other schools at Georgia State, such as Georgia State’s School of Music, Emory and Georgia Tech.
- Community-based learning opportunities working with at-risk and underserved populations, such as refugees, homeless veterans and adults with serious mental illness.
The physical therapy program is the oldest accredited physical therapy program in the state of Georgia, and the first public program in the state to offer the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. In the heart of Atlanta at the largest urban university in Georgia, we are within blocks of some of the finest healthcare facilities in the country.
Exceptional learning opportunities await each student, whether on campus, or at one of our clinical affiliation sites. We have affiliations with more than 200 healthcare facilities, many within the metro Atlanta area, but also across the country, including Maine, New York and Wisconsin. Unique opportunities await students as they partner with faculty members and conduct student research projects, contributing to the evidence themselves. Students have the opportunity to present their research at local, state and national meetings.
Respiratory Therapy, Integrated Baccalaureate to M.S.
Master's
Locations: Atlanta Campus
Interest Area: Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory therapists work in cooperation with physicians to care for patients with a wide range of breathing disorders including asthma, emphysema, pneumonia and lung infections, cystic fibrosis and breathing difficulties due to premature birth.
Respiratory therapists may work in a variety of settings from hospitals to home health care agencies and from outpatient centers and physicians' offices to sleep disorder clinics.
The master of science degree with a concentration in respiratory care offers the opportunity for credentialed and experienced practitioners to obtain an advanced level of knowledge in the technical area of respiratory care. The program also is intended to provide the ability, knowledge and skills for continued scholarly inquiry within the discipline of respiratory care.
Respiratory Therapy, M.S.
Master's
Locations: Atlanta Campus, Online
Interest Area: Respiratory Therapy
Department of Respiratory Therapy
Locations: Atlanta Campus, Online
Interest Area: Respiratory Therapy
Respiratory therapists work in cooperation with physicians to care for patients with a wide range of breathing disorders including asthma, emphysema, pneumonia and lung infections, cystic fibrosis and breathing difficulties due to premature birth.
Respiratory therapists may work in a variety of settings from hospitals to home health care agencies and from outpatient centers and physicians' offices to sleep disorder clinics.
The Georgia State University master of science degree with a concentration in respiratory care offers the opportunity for credentialed and experienced practitioners to obtain an advanced level of knowledge in the technical area of respiratory care. The program also is intended to provide the ability, knowledge and skills for continued scholarly inquiry within the discipline of respiratory care.
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Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995