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Department of Health Systems Science

Overview

Arlene MillerTonda Hughes
 Professor and Interim Department Head,
Health Systems Science

Welcome!
The Department of Health Systems Science (HSS) at UIC focuses on health behaviors (health promotion and disease prevention) and health systems (health services delivery). Our department awards BSN, MS, DNP, and PhD degrees along with a number of post-master’s and post-baccalaureate certificate options in public health (occupational, school, community, and family nursing), mental health, and administrative nursing specialties.

Our faculty is dedicated to excellence in our undergraduate, master’s and doctoral educational programs. We are on the leading edge of implementing distance-learning modalities, carefully balancing on-line learning with face-to-face instruction.

Advanced Practice Specialty Options

Nurse Practitioner Options

Clinical Nurse Specialist Options

Health Systems Leadership Options

  • Administrative Nursing
  • Advanced Community Health Nurse Specialist
  • Joint MS/MS Health Informatics
  • Joint MS/MPH
  • Joint MS/MBA

Certificate Options

Nurse Credentialing

Upon completion of the study options, graduates may be eligible to seek certification from a variety of national voluntary programs, e.g. the American Nurses' Credentialing Center (ANCC).

 

*For nurses who already have a master’s degree in nursing, study for Post-Masters (PM) certification is available.