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Salve Regina offers this online MA in International Relations for professionals currently involved in foreign affairs or for those who want to develop the creative and critical skills to enter the field.  While the core curriculum delves into conflict solutions and the study of harmonious regions, there is ample room for students to choose electives and focus on topics that align with professional and personal interests.  Courses generally include:

• Comparative Political Development
• Foundations of Politics
• International Human Rights
• Just and Unjust Wars

Salve Regina University offers a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Nonprofit Management. Students explore topics in marketing, fundraising, and financial management in relation to nonprofit organizations.

Salve Regina University offers a Certificate of Graduate Studies in Social Entrepreneurship. Students will learn about the social responsibility of people, the community, and the global environment as a whole.

The online MBA degree program prepares students to successfully lead and manage within today’s ever evolving and increasingly global business environment.  Coursework covers topics in finance, economics, accounting, human resources, ethics, organizational behavior, strategic management, and more.  Students learn to be conscientious and powerful executives.  Courses are taught by faculty who generate new thinking in their fields and have an impact on current business practices.  You can also choose to concentrate in a particular area, such as:

• Cybersecurity
• Nonprofit management
• Social ventures
• Entrepreneurial enterprise
• Health Care

The online MBA with a concentration in Cybersecurity Issues in Business program is designed to address cyber threats that face organizations.  Students in this concentration learn about awareness of threats and managing risks works.  You will learn to decrease vulnerabilities and threats that may damage an organization’s brand, credibility, and value. 

Courses in Cybersecurity are:

• Cyberthreat Management
• Analytic Methods
• Management of Cyber Opportunities and Threats

In addition to courses in Cybersecurity, MBA courses are taken as well.  You will take courses in entrepreneurship, ethics, organizational behavior, finance, economics, accounting, and strategic management.  You will learn to be a conscientious and powerful executive.

Salve Regina University offers an online MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurial Enterprise program for those interested in furthering careers in this area.  The Entrepreneurial Enterprise concentration develops skills in creative thinking, opportunity analysis and support, business plan development, and strategic planning.  The curriculum consists of courses in both MBA areas and Entrepreneurial Enterprise. 

Courses include:

• Entrepreneurial Enterprise
• Business Foresight and Futuring
• Creative Problem Solving
• Organizational Behavior
• Finance
• Economics

You will learn from a faculty that generates new thinking in their fields and who have genuine impacts on current business practices.  Graduates will be harmonious, just, and merciful dynamic leaders.

Salve Regina University offers an online MBA with a concentration in Nonprofit Management.  The curriculum consists of courses in MBA topics and in Nonprofit Management topics that focus the program to best meet the students’ area of interest.  You will learn the knowledge and skills needed for administrative positions in nonprofit fields.  This includes such areas as health care, education, social welfare, labor unions, museums, historic sites, libraries, performing arts organizations, environment organizations, and more.  

Courses are taught by faculty that have a genuine impact on current business practices and generate new thinking in their fields.  Nonprofit Management courses may include:

• Human Resources Management
• Nonprofit Management
• Fundraising and Marketing for Nonprofits
• Nonprofit Financial Management

The online MBA with a concentration in Social Ventures program prepares students for work in business units focused on providing benefits and solutions to social problems.  Courses are designed for students who plan to work in either for-profit or nonprofit organizations.  They focus on providing positive impacts on social issues in a sustainable manner.  Social Ventures courses may include:

• Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise
• Building Value Through Marketing or Marketing and Fundraising for Nonprofits
• Business Foresight and Futuring

Students also complete MBA courses in such topics as entrepreneurship, ethics, organizational behavior, finance, economics, accounting, and strategic management.  Graduates are prepared to lead and manage in today’s constantly changing global business environment as conscientious and powerful executives.

Salve Regina University offers a Master of Science in Innovation & Strategic Management degree. Students will learn skills to identify, assess, and manage different business opportunities for innovation and transformation. Students will use creative and strategic decision making processes and skills for the degree.

You can save your organization from the disruption of cyber attacks with the Graduate Certificate in Cyberthreat Management & Response from Salve Regina University. The online cybersecurity program benefits a wide range of professionals, including:

• Defense contractors
• Product engineers
• Business operations managers
• Government officials and town managers

Through the online cybersecurity graduate certificate program, you learn about domestic and international terrorism. Your online studies cover how to harness the right strategies and tools to protect from cyber threats.

You can learn to collect, analyze, and document information with the Graduate Certificate in Intelligence & Analysis Tradecraft from Salve Regina University. The online forensic science program explores such topics as:

• Cyber intelligence
• Open-source intelligence
• Structured analytic techniques
• Intelligence writing and communicating

Through the online forensic science graduate certificate program, you learn from case studies and standards set by the intelligence community. The online studies benefit professionals seeking updates to stay safe in today’s technological environment.

You can learn to lead in a challenging environment with the Graduate Certificate in Leadership in Justice from Salve Regina University. The online administration program explores such topics as:

• Critical leadership issues
• Cultivating organizational culture
• Executive leadership development
• Effective communication and perspective-taking

Through the online administration graduate certificate program, you learn innovative skills and practices to lead your team. Your online studies cover methods relevant to the challenging collaborative, technological, and multicultural environment managers and leaders face.

You can combine studies with the Master of Science in Criminal Justice & Cybersecurity from Salve Regina University. The online cybersecurity degree addresses the needs of such professionals as:

• Justice leaders
• Law enforcement leaders
• Business professionals
• Cybersecurity and intelligence specialists

Through the online cybersecurity master’s degree program, your faculty serve as career-focused mentors, helping you build a professional network. You can choose a concentration area such as intelligence, leadership, or cyberthreat management and response.

Salve Regina offers the online CGS in Health Care Administration designed for students looking for continued professional development without the formal pursuit of a master’s degree. Students can customize their curriculum by selecting courses from the graduate program in health care administration and management’s core curriculum. 

Sample of Program Courses:

• Ethics for Health Professionals
• Human Resources Management
• Health Care Finance
• Health Policy
• Health Law

In a field as important as healthcare, professionals must keep pace with the rapidly changing environment. Emphasizing collaboration and teamwork, the Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Leadership from Salve Regina University delivers the skills to thrive in healthcare administration.

The program prepares graduates to meet the challenges in healthcare, such as:

• Exceeding patient satisfaction expectations
• Achieving quality metrics
• Being financially responsible
• Managing effectively in a crisis

Students delve into real-world situations within healthcare administration to develop their personal strengths and skills. Graduates find work as leaders in hospitals, mental health facilities, and physician practices.

The online MBA with a concentration in Healthcare Administration program from Salve Regina University is designed for students interested in furthering careers in business within the area of health care.  You will be able to choose which electives in Health Care best meet your career goals and interests. 

Students have six available courses to choose from:

• Introduction to Health Care
• Health Care Marketing 
• Health Care Finance 
• Ethics for Health Professionals 
• Health Policy
• Health Law

In addition, students complete MBA courses in such areas as entrepreneurship, ethics, organizational behavior, finance, economics, accounting, strategic management, and more.  Graduates are prepared to act as dynamic leaders and will be able to use networking from this program to seek employment.

Salve Regina offers the online MS in Health Care Administration & Management. This degree prepares motivated individuals for management positions in hospitals, health systems, mental health facilities, physician practices, and government and non-government agencies. The curriculum is designed so that students can tailor the program to meet their educational, professional, and personal goals. This program explores the latest trends and instructs students on how to develop the professional competencies expected by top health care organizations.

Sample of Program Courses:

• Ethics for Health Professionals
• Public Health Administration
• Health Care Finance
• Health Policy
• Health Law

Registered Nurses can gain a competitive edge to land top jobs by completing their Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree through Salve Regina University’s online RN to BSN program. Nurses gain the skills and knowledge they need to be liberally educated, ethically grounded, and clinically competent healthcare professionals.

This online nursing degree focuses on patient-centered care and addressing the future health needs of various populations. A holistic approach seeks to positively impact the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. The program is designed for working nurses, with online coursework, six start dates per year, and the ability to earn a degree in as few as 12 months.

Nursing courses examine topics related to:

• Research and evidence-based practice
• Healthcare informatics
• Public health and disaster response planning
• Aging and end-of-life care
• Leadership and management

The Doctor of Nursing Practice is an online nurse practitioner degree that allows students to build on their MSN degrees to further support the healthcare community.  Featuring a holistic approach to learning, the curriculum provides the knowledge and skills needed to become leaders as advanced practice nurses, managers of quality initiatives, executives in health care organizations, and more.  Plus, as a Catholic institution, Salve Regina University incorporates intellectual and spiritual growth as students work to encourage a harmonious, just, and merciful world.  You will integrate your personal experiences and values with theoretical and empirical evidence in courses founded on evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and systems thinking.  In as little as 20 months graduates are ready to take their place as leaders and advocates for healthy living and social justice.

For those RNs seeking to advance their careers while becoming leaders in the field, the online MSN in Family Nurse Practitioner degree is available from Salve Regina University.  Building on the baccalaureate program and offering a clear path to the post-master’s Doctor of Nursing Program, this master’s in nursing empowers students to lead others to embrace healthy living and social justice.  You will complete courses in didactic and experiential learning as you prepare to become a primary care provider to patients of all ages.  The program prepares students to be both independent and collaborative health care providers as they work to ensure the quality of patient care and advocate for the well-being of individuals, families, and the communities they live in.    

This online nurse practitioner degree offers the flexibility working adults need in order to earn a degree while still meeting professional obligations.  The combination of synchronous and asynchronous class meetings promote personal connections with faculty while remaining flexible.