Program Overview
MUIH’s Workplace Wellness Post‐Baccalaureate Certificate (PBC) program offers graduate‐level education that prepares individuals to develop, implement, and assess workplace wellness programs in a multitude of settings including corporations, small businesses, schools, county, state and federal workplaces, and a variety of health facilities and settings. The program teaches students how to develop innovative integrative workplace wellness programs designed to instill sustainable behavior changes and positive lifestyle choices and create a powerful impact on individuals and organizations. By increasing organizations and businesses’ wellness offerings and commitment to supporting the health of their employees, professionals in the field of workplace wellness can assist in reducing healthcare costs and improving employee productivity, resilience, satisfaction, and morale.
Program Description
This PBC builds on MUIH’s expertise in integrative health, with courses specifically designed for the workplace setting. It establishes an understanding of workplace wellness, the practices of sustainable health behavior changes and self‐care, and the principles of population health and health education. Students also build competencies around program needs assessment, development, and evaluation to increase the depth and breadth of knowledge and skills required to support positive lifestyle choices and preventative practices and formulate practical applications for innovative integrative health promotion programs in the workplace setting. It also offers an opportunity to achieve advanced standing for the M.S. in Health
Promotion.
Admission Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education,
Minimum 2.0 GPA - Resume
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (International students)
- Complete essay question(s) in application
Licensure, Certification, and Credentialing
Graduates of the PBC in Workplace Wellness will have covered four of the nine required competencies needed to meet the eligibility requirements to take the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam. For more information about the CHES exam, contact the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing at 95 Highland Avenue, Suite 150A, Bethlehem, PA 18017; phone 484‐223‐ 0770; www.nchec.org.
This certification is offered by a non-governmental body and is not subject to the Department of Education’s new federal regulations regarding licensure and disclosure requirements (34 CFR
668.14(b)(32)).
Program Format
This program is offered in the online format. Click here to view MUIH’s definition of online, hybrid, and on‐campus course and program formats.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this program graduates will be able to:
- Articulate best practices in integrative workplace wellness program creation from a business and leadership perspective.
- Assess diverse population needs relevant to workplace wellness program design.
- Design and plan integrative workplace wellness programs with tools and resources that build
comprehensive skill sets. - Implement effective and sustainable workplace wellness programs from an evidence base of best practices by creating health-maintenance activities and managing their progress and accountability.
- Evaluate workplace wellness programs and address a culture of wellness with various levels of employees and organizational leadership.
- Have an evidence-informed understanding of employee health and wellness that integrates traditional, complementary and conventional medicine, as well as self-care practices.
- Effectively educate employees to initiate and maintain behavioral changes that support health
and wellness.