Program Overview

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Health Care Innovation (Graduate Certificate)

The Health Care Innovation Graduate Certificate program is designed to equip students with the tools and knowledge needed to initiate, create, and sustain transformative change in the health care industry. This program is offered in a flexible online format and emphasizes complexity leadership, vulnerability, and emotional competence.

Program Description

The growing field of health care innovation requires individuals who can lead and facilitate change. In this program, students learn through reflection, personality assessment, exercises in interdisciplinary team-case study analyses, system intervention, idea pitching, and change-readiness assessment. Related entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial concepts, such as prototyping, business plan or project plan design, budgeting, and presentation skills, are also covered.

At a Glance

• College/School: Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation
• Location: Downtown Phoenix or Online
• STEM-OPT Extension Eligible: No

Degree Requirements

The program requires 15 credit hours.

• Required Core (3 credit hours): HCI 538 Innovation and the Individual (3)
• Electives (12 credit hours): Students work closely with an advisor to select electives tailored to their individual goals and interests. Elective coursework includes 12 credit hours at the 500 level or above focused on entrepreneurship and innovation. A minimum of six credit hours must be completed from HCI courses.

Admission Requirements

• General University Admission Requirements: All students are required to meet general university admission requirements.
• Applicants: Must have earned a bachelor's or master's degree in any health-related business, social science, hard science, health care practice, or technology field from a regionally accredited institution.
• Minimum Cumulative GPA: 3.00 (scale is 4.00 = "A") in the last 60 hours of their first bachelor's degree program or a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 in an applicable master's degree program.
• Application Materials:
  • Graduate admission application and application fee
  • Official transcripts
  • Proof of English proficiency

Tuition Information

Students can learn about ASU tuition and financial aid options to find out which will work best for them.

Attend Online

ASU offers this program in an online format with multiple enrollment sessions throughout the year.

Application Deadlines

• Fall:
  • Session A/C: Online, 08/01, Final
  • Session B: Online, 09/15, Final
• Spring:
  • Session A/C: Online, 12/10, Final
  • Session B: Online, 02/15, Final
• Summer:
  • Session A/C: Online, 04/15, Final

Career Opportunities

Graduates with the Health Care Innovation Graduate Certificate have opportunities for careers such as:

• Clinical nurse specialist
• Community health worker
• Health educator
• Health information technician
• Informatics nurse specialist

Program Details

This program prepares students to work in the interdisciplinary and highly sought-after area of health care innovation, emphasizing leadership, vulnerability, and emotional competence. It is designed for individuals who want to lead and facilitate change in the health care industry. The program's flexible online format allows students to complete the certificate at their own pace, and the elective coursework can be tailored to individual goals and interests. The Health Care Innovation Graduate Certificate can be combined with another graduate certificate to form a Master of Advanced Study degree, providing ultimate flexibility for students to build their own master's degree.