Dual Degree - Bachelor of Science - Public Health and Master of Arts in Holistic Health

Students studying public health may apply their liberal arts education in the field of physical therapy or advanced study in public health through five dual degree programs. The Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies, Master of Arts in Occupational Therapy (MAOT), Doctor of Occupational Therapy-Entry Level (OTD EL), Master of Public Health (MPH) and Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs offer students the opportunity to enter the graduate program as undergraduate students in their senior year. Students complete their bachelor's degree while pursuing the graduate degree.

Public Health: Public Policy/Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies (MAHS)

St. Kate’s offers the opportunity to apply a liberal arts education to the growing field of Holistic Health Studies through a unique 3+2 dual-degree program in applied science in Public Health: Public Policy/Master of Arts in Holistic Health Studies (MAHS). The dual-degree program allows students to complete their bachelor’s degree while pursuing the MAHS degree. Students graduate in five years with an undergraduate degree in biology and a master’s degree in Holistic Health Studies. 

The MAHS opens doors of insight into new paradigms of health and healing that integrate mind, body and spirit. This emerging model draws from the best of modern scientific medicine and cross-cultural healing wisdom passed down over centuries. The program offers opportunities for personal empowerment, skill development and spiritual transformation and will prepare students to face today’s health and wellness challenges, and lead in the advancement of health and healing. 

The public health: public policy courses focus on the core disciplinary areas of study in public health. Students will take classes in areas such as behavioral/social science, biostatistics and epidemiology, global health, environmental health, administration and management, maternal and child health, nutrition, and biomedical/health sciences. If students choose to complete the fourth-year course work prior to applying for the MAHS program they will be prepared for employment in public health, and will have strengthened their background for work as health professionals in public health practice areas.

To enroll in this program, students apply to the MAHS program during their junior year. If they are admitted to the MAHS program, they receive a B.S. in public health: public policy upon completion of the first year of the MAHS program. The curriculum for this dual degree program option is listed in the Pre-Professional Programs, Pre-Holistic Health Studies section of this catalog.