Online Programs for Health Care Professionals

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UNC Charlotte School of Professional Studies offers online academic and professional certificate programs in the areas of health and human services.

Charlotte offers multiple academic credit pathways that allow students to develop or elevate their professional skills in the fields of nursing, respiratory therapy, mental health, and social work.

Professional credit certificate programs include medical coding specialists.

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Professional Credit

Medical Coding Specialist, Professional Certificate
Medical Coding Specialist, Professional Certificate
  • Complete in four months
  • Offered in Fall and Spring
  • Designed for individuals interested in pursuing medical coding employment, changing job skills to move into a medical office records environment, or pursuing the skills necessary to become a Certified Medical Coder.

Bachelor's

Respiratory Therapy, B.S.
Respiratory Therapy, B.S.
  • 30 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall, Spring & Summer
  • Designed for Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRT) seeking roles in leadership with a focus on evidence-based practice and disease management
RN to BSN Completion Program
  • 31 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed for working RNs to enhance and advance professional nursing careers.

Graduate Certificate

Applied Nursing Informatics, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed for nurses who hold BSN or MSN and desire to enhance their skills in clinical application of nursing informatics.
Early Childhood Mental Health, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed for those who work or desire to work with young children and their families, including: social workers, early childhood educators, psychologists, pediatricians, nurses, child protective services personnel, speech-language pathologists, and others.
Nurse Administration, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall, Spring & Summer
  • Designed for registered nurses to enhance administrative skills and advanced practice nurses with a master's degree to be more competitive in managing personnel and a wider range of patients.
Nurse Educator, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall, Spring & Summer
  • Designed to prepare nurses who have a BSN or MSN to become educational leaders in academic settings.
Respiratory Care Clinical Concepts, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed to provide additional knowledge and skills on advanced diagnostic and therapeutic clinical concepts in the care of patients with cardiopulmonary disorders.
Respiratory Care Leadership, Graduate Certificate
  • 12 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed for prospective students who are not ready to commit to a full master’s program, gain additional knowledge and skills in areas of leadership and clinical practice concepts, or those looking for professional development.

Master's

Community/Public Health Nursing, M.S.N.
  • 38 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Spring
  • Designed for nurses to assume leadership in assessing communities and populations, identifying high risk groups, and partnering consumers and stakeholders, developing culturally-sensitive, acceptable and realistic community-based nursing interventions.
Master of Social Work
  • 60 credit hours
  • Admits: Summer
  • Designed for students to be social work professionals and leaders in areas of culturally-informed, community-engaged practice, policy and research.
Nurse Administration, M.S.N.
Nurse Administration, M.S.N.
  • 36 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall, Spring & Summer
  • Designed to prepare nurses for advanced practice in administrative roles such as Nurse Executive, Nurse Manager, Ambulatory Care Manager or other system level nursing positions in community agencies, health departments and schools of nursing.
Nurse Educator, M.S.N.
Nurse Educator, M.S.N.
  • 39 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall, Spring & Summer
  • Designed to prepare students for advanced practice as Nurse Educators in selected areas of expertise.
Respiratory Care, M.S.
Respiratory Care, M.S.
  • 30 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall & Summer
  • Designed to prepare respiratory therapists to advance the respiratory care profession through leadership and evidence-based practice.

Doctoral

Doctor of Nursing Practice
  • 42 credit hours
  • Admits: Fall
  • Designed to prepare health systems/organizational nursing leaders and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to lead innovation in nursing practice and healthcare.