{"id":87,"date":"2018-08-20T12:57:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T19:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/health-sciences\/welcome\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:32:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:32:36","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/health-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Health Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Department of Health Sciences<\/h1>\n<h2>Make a difference<\/h2>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">The Department of Health Sciences prepares students for careers or graduate study promoting health for individuals, populations, and across systems. We offer many degree programs to meet students where they are in their academic journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">We offer programs in both residential and online\u00a0formats that meet the needs of on-campus students, working professionals, people living in rural communities, and beyond.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Degrees and Programs<\/h2>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Undergraduate Degrees_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Undergraduate Degrees <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\">\n        <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" 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Promotion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/health-sciences\/master-of-public-health-health-promotion-with-the-indigenous-health-track\/\">Master of Public Health: Indigenous Health&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nau.edu\/ih-phd\/\">Doctor of Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Health<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Online<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/health-sciences\/health-promotion-online\/\">Master of Public Health: Health Promotion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <a class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Minors_0\" href=\"#\">\n      <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n          <h4>Minors <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n          <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\"><\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    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