Graduate students at Ohio State don’t just prepare for tomorrow’s world, they help create it.
Surround yourself with the nation’s finest minds who can inspire and challenge you every day. We believe that collaborative thinking will be of greater importance in solving tomorrow’s problems. That’s why we provide a wide variety of tracks and specializations throughout our graduate and professional degree programs.
Recognizing that learners’ areas of expertise and interests vary, the MS program is designed to be flexible and tailored to their professional aspirations.
In-person and Online
Students can choose the traditional On-Campus program or the flexible Online program to fit their individual needs.
Specialty Tracks
Advanced Practice Track
The Advanced Practice Track offers individuals the opportunity to customize their education for management, leadership or teaching. Learners can tailor their additional core courses and personalize electives based on their specific areas of interest. An HRS faculty member will mentor learners in designing a curriculum that aligns with their educational needs, supporting the enhancement of their professional practice in their current field or exploration of new interests. The program track concludes with a comprehensive project under mentorship.
Research Track
The Research track features a curriculum rich in research methods and design courses, accompanied by a mentored research experience culminating in a thesis guided by an HRS faculty mentor. Those choosing this focus will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive as successful researchers in their field, well-prepared for careers in industry, pre-clinical and clinical research. The Research Track also offers valuable opportunities, mentorship and training for learners aspiring to pursue a PhD, positioning them as competitive applicants in their academic journey.
Both tracks allow students to apply elective credit hours toward one of HRS’s online graduate certificates.
Specialized areas of interest:
- Aging*
- Assistive and Rehabilitative Technology*
- Education
- Injury Biomechanics
- Leadership
- Management
- Medical Coding and Health Care Data Analytics in Practice*
- Medical Laboratory Science*
- Research
- Usability and User Experience in Health Care*
* Denotes a certificate or minor offered in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Elective credits taken can be counted towards these programs.