Practicing Professionals

As a practicing professional, you understand the importance of continuing education. UMMC offers a range of programs, traditional and online, that can enhance your skills and help you advance your career.

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Certificate programs

• Analytics – online coursework (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Biochemistry – online coursework (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
  
• Health Informatics – online coursework (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Leadership and Management - online coursework (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Nursing Education and Instruction - online (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Population Health Science – online (Post-Baccalaureate Certificate)

Health care career advancement programs

• Health Administration (DHA)
• Health Informatics and Information Management – online coursework (MS)
• Health Systems Administration (MHSA)
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MS)Must be a licensed radiologic technician to enroll in this program.
• Nuclear Medicine Technology (MS)
  Must be a licensed radiologic technician to enroll in this program.
• Population Health Management (Executive MS)

Nursing programs

Most tracks offered through distance education.

• Nursing – accelerated (BSN)
  This one-year program is for individuals who already have an undergraduate degree; offered on both our Oxford and Jackson campuses.
• Nursing Advanced Standing (RN to BSN): 
  Ask your admissions officer about the Early Entry pathway with 13 community colleges throughout Mississippi
• Nursing (BSN to DNP)
• Nursing (DNP)
• Nursing (MSN)
• Nursing (RN to MSN)
  Ask your admissions officer about the Early Entry pathway with Hinds Community College and Northwest Mississippi Community College.
• Nursing (Post-Masters Certificate)

Research oriented programs

• Biomedical Sciences (MS)
• Biomedical Sciences (PhD)
• Cell and Molecular Biology (PhD)
• Clinical Anatomy (PhD)
• Clinical Investigation (MS)
• Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacology (PhD)
• Microbiology and Immunology (PhD)
• Neuroscience (PhD)
• Nursing (PhD)
• Physiology and Biophysics (PhD)
• Biostatistics and Data Science (MS)
• Biostatistics and Data Science (PhD)
• Population Health Science (MS)
• Population Health Science (PhD)