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Degree Programs at George Washington University - Online School

Associate's Level Programs

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Bachelor's Level Programs

• Health & Medical Services

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  • Clinical/Medical Lab. Technician See more schools with programs in Clinical/Medical Lab. Technician
    • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
      Learn to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. This program includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management and personnel supervision; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.

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    • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
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• Medical Residency Programs

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  • Emergency Medicine
    A residency training program that prepares physicians in the methods, procedures, and techniques of providing and managing immediate health care services. Includes instruction in the initial recognition, stabilization, evaluation and care of the acutely ill or injured patient; patient follow-up and referral; management of prehospital care; training and supervision of emergency medical personnel; emergency department management; medicolegal and ethical issues; and disaster planning.

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Master's Level Programs

• Business

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  • General Business See more schools with programs in General Business
    • Business Administration and Management
      Generally, this program prepares individuals to plan, organize, direct, and control a firm or organization. To aid them in taking a leading role in business, individuals in this program study management theory, human resources management and behavior, accounting and other quantitative methods, purchasing and logistics, organization and production, marketing, and business decision-making.

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  • Hospitality & Restaurants See more schools with programs in Hospitality & Restaurants
    • Tourism & Travel Management
      A program that prepares individuals to manage travel-related enterprises and related convention and/or tour services. Includes instruction in travel agency management, tour arranging and planning, convention and event planning, travel industry operations and procedures, tourism marketing and promotion strategies, travel counseling, travel industry law, international and domestic operations, and travel and tourism policy.

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• Communication & Media

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  • Political Communication
    A program that focuses on human and media communication in the political process and that prepares individuals to function as members of political and public affairs organizations, political campaign staffs, and related government and media entities. Includes instruction in media effects, political speaking and debating, political advertising and marketing, image management, political journalism, opinion polling, and aspects of print and broadcast media related to the production and distribution of media messages in political settings.

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  • Public Relations/Image Management
    A program that focuses on the theories and methods for managing the media image of a business, organization, or individual and the communication process with stakeholders, constituencies, audiences, and the general public; and that prepares individuals to function as public relations assistants, technicians, and managers. Includes instruction in public relations theory; related principles of advertising, marketing, and journalism; message/image design; image management; special event management; media relations; community relations; public affairs; and internal communications.

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• Education

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    • Educational Leadership and Administration
      A program that focuses on the general principles and techniques of administering a wide variety of schools and other educational organizations and facilities, supervising educational personnel at the school or staff level, and that may prepare individuals as general administrators and supervisors.

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  • General Education See more schools with programs in General Education
    • Bilingual and Multilingual Education
      Learn to teach and design instructional programs for bilingual/bicultural children or adults. This program allows individuals to serve as teachers and administrators in bilingual/bicultural education programs.

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• Health & Medical Services

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    • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
      Learn to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. This program includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management and personnel supervision; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.

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  • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
    • Clinical Nurse Specialist
      This program trains registered nurses to deliver direct patient and client care in clinical settings. Nurses are instructed in clinical pharmacotherapeutics, advanced clinical practice, holistic nursing, nursing practice and health care policy, administration and consultation services, health assessment, patient stabilization and care, and patient education.

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  • Public Health See more schools with programs in Public Health
    • Health Services Administration
      A program that focuses on the application of policy analysis, public administration, business management, and communications to the planning and management of health services delivery systems in the public and private sectors, and prepares individuals to function as health services administrators and managers. Includes instruction in health systems planning, public health organization and management, pubic health policy formulation and analysis, finance, business and operations management, economics of health care, organizational and health communications, marketing, human resources management, and public health law and regulations.

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  • Rehabilitation & Therapy See more schools with programs in Rehabilitation & Therapy
    • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
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    • Physical Therapy See more schools with programs in Physical Therapy

• Legal Professions

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  • Legal Administrative Assistant
    A program that prepares individuals to serve as legal office managers, special assistants, and legal secretaries. Includes instruction in office management, secretarial science, principles of U. S. or Canadian law, legal terminology and documentation, legal research, legal software applications, law office procedures, record-keeping, billing, applicable policies and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

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  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
    A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations.

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• Life Skills Training

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    • Health-Related Knowledge and Skills
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• Medical Residency Programs

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  • Emergency Medicine
    A residency training program that prepares physicians in the methods, procedures, and techniques of providing and managing immediate health care services. Includes instruction in the initial recognition, stabilization, evaluation and care of the acutely ill or injured patient; patient follow-up and referral; management of prehospital care; training and supervision of emergency medical personnel; emergency department management; medicolegal and ethical issues; and disaster planning.

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• Technology

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  • Technology Education/Industrial Arts See more schools with programs in Technology Education/Industrial Arts
    • Technology Education/Industrial Arts
      An instructional program that focuses on the technological concepts, processes and systems, such as: the evolution, utilization and significance of technology as related to industry; and its organization, personnel, systems, techniques, resources and products. Includes instruction in technological literacy, basic applied science, specific technologies and their applications, and related methods of research and experimentation.

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Certificate Programs at George Washington University - Online School

• Communication & Media

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  • Design and Applied Arts
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  • Public Relations/Image Management
    A program that focuses on the theories and methods for managing the media image of a business, organization, or individual and the communication process with stakeholders, constituencies, audiences, and the general public; and that prepares individuals to function as public relations assistants, technicians, and managers. Includes instruction in public relations theory; related principles of advertising, marketing, and journalism; message/image design; image management; special event management; media relations; community relations; public affairs; and internal communications.

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• Education

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  • General Education See more schools with programs in General Education
    • Bilingual and Multilingual Education
      Learn to teach and design instructional programs for bilingual/bicultural children or adults. This program allows individuals to serve as teachers and administrators in bilingual/bicultural education programs.

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  • Special Needs Education See more schools with programs in Special Needs Education
    • Special Education and Teaching
      A general program that focuses on the design and provision of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare individuals to function as special education teachers. Includes instruction in diagnosing learning disabilities, developing individual education plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies.

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• Health & Medical Services

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    • Blood Bank Technology Specialist
      Learn to perform routine and specialized blood testing procedures, collect and process blood donations, and support physicians and other clinicians administering transfusion therapy. This technical program enables students to be a part of the life saving collection of blood by providing them with the necessary instruction including instruction in basic cellular biology, immunohematology, blood bank procedures, blood typing, antigen and antibody identification tests, hemolytic and transfusion responses and diseases, donor selection, blood drawing and storage, blood separation, viral marker testing, laboratory and personnel supervision, safety and sterilization, and applicable laws and regulations.

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    • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
      Learn to conduct and supervise complex medical tests, clinical trials, and research experiments; manage clinical laboratories; and consult with physicians and clinical researchers on diagnoses, disease causation and spread, and research outcomes. This program includes instruction in the theory and practice of hematology; clinical chemistry; microbiology; immunology; immunohematology; physiological relationships to test results; laboratory procedures and quality assurance controls; test and research design and implementation; analytic techniques; laboratory management and personnel supervision; data development and reporting; medical informatics; and professional standards and regulations.

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    • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
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    • Hematology Technology/Technician
      A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of clinical laboratory scientists and health care professionals, to perform tests and analyses of blood samples. Includes instruction in clinical laboratory procedures; blood anatomy and physiology; cellular and molecular biology; blood pathology and disease indicators; quantitative, qualitative, and coagulation testing methodologies; equipment operation and maintenance; and record-keeping.

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  • General Health Professions See more schools with programs in General Health Professions
    • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
      A general, introductory, undifferentiated, or joint program in health services occupations that prepares individuals for either entry into specialized training programs or for a variety of concentrations in the allied health area. Includes instruction in the basic sciences, research and clinical procedures, and aspects of the subject matter related to various health occupations.

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  • Nursing See more schools with programs in Nursing
    • Nurse/Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant
      A program that prepares individuals to perform routine nursing-related services to patients in hospitals or long-term care facilities, under the training and supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.

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• Interdisciplinary Studies

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  • Museology/Museum Studies
    A program that focuses on the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required to develop, prepare, organize, administer, conserve, store and retrieve artifacts, exhibits and entire collections in museums and galleries, and that prepares individuals to assume curatorial, technical and managerial positions in museums. Includes instruction in institutional management, acquisition, exhibit design, conservation, packing techniques, and public relations.

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• Legal Professions

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  • Legal Assistant/Paralegal
    A program that prepares individuals to perform research, drafting, investigatory, record-keeping and related administrative functions under the supervision of an attorney or court. Includes instruction in legal research, drafting legal documents, appraising, pleading, courthouse procedures, and legal specializations.

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  • Legal Professions and Studies
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• Life Science

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  • Biology See more schools with programs in Biology
    • Microbiology
      A program that focuses on the scientific study of unicellular organisms and colonies, and subcellular genetic matter and their ecological interactions with human beings and other life. Includes instruction in microbial genetics, cell biology, cell physiology, virology, pathogenic microbiology, environmental microbiology, immunology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and laboratory methods including microscopy.

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• Life Skills Training

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  • Basic Skills See more schools with programs in Basic Skills
    • Job-Seeking/Changing Skills
      A program that focuses on the development of skills related to job searches and self-marketing. Includes instruction in assessing one's own capabilities and skills; filling out an application; and handling an interview.

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• Medical Residency Programs

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  • Emergency Medicine
    A residency training program that prepares physicians in the methods, procedures, and techniques of providing and managing immediate health care services. Includes instruction in the initial recognition, stabilization, evaluation and care of the acutely ill or injured patient; patient follow-up and referral; management of prehospital care; training and supervision of emergency medical personnel; emergency department management; medicolegal and ethical issues; and disaster planning.

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• Social Work

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  • Public Administration
    A program that prepares individuals to serve as managers in the executive arm of local, state, and federal government; and that focuses on the systematic study of executive organization and management. Includes instruction in the roles, development, and principles of public administration; the management of public policy; executive-legislative relations; public budgetary processes and financial management; administrative law; public personnel management; professional ethics; and research methods.

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• Technology

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    • Technology Education/Industrial Arts
      An instructional program that focuses on the technological concepts, processes and systems, such as: the evolution, utilization and significance of technology as related to industry; and its organization, personnel, systems, techniques, resources and products. Includes instruction in technological literacy, basic applied science, specific technologies and their applications, and related methods of research and experimentation.

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