Nursing

Since its founding in 1969, the Howard University Division of Nursing has been at the forefront of providing advanced, focused training for its nursing students. Through clinical fieldwork, research, and classroom instruction, students work to address diverse and challenging healthcare needs in hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, and community settings. Graduates of our Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master of Science in Nursing, and Post-Master’s degree programs are strong leaders in healthcare who excel in a variety of specialties.

Clinical Lab Sciences

The Clinical Laboratory Science profession is an exciting and rewarding health career.  Clinical laboratory scientists provide rapid access to laboratory test results that are critical for the diagnostic and treatment decisions necessary for the delivery of quality healthcare. Our four-year curriculum for the bachelor’s degree is divided into two sections: the Lower Division and Upper Division. Within the Lower Division, freshman and sophomores will complete general prerequisite courses in their first two years of the program.

M.S.W. / M.Div. in Social Work

The mission of the MSW/MDiv Dual Degree Program is to provide an integrated course of study that prepares graduates for fath-based ministry, enhances students' indentiy and role in both social work and divinity and provides a convergences of conceptual frameworks from the bio-psycho-social-spiritual perspective at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social and spiritual assessment and intervention.

M.S.W. / M.B.A.

The dual MSW/MBA program emphasizes multidimensional skills and competencies from the fields of business and social work. The program is designed for a limited number of mature students with some supervisory and/or administrative experience. Field internships are arranged in management , policy research and development, in such sites as social welfare organizations, hospitals philantrhopic foundations, and government.

Human Development Social Program and Social Work

The Howard University School of Social Work Master of Social Work degree program is a program of graduate level education that requires satisfactory completion of sixty (60) credit hours, culminating with the degree of Master of Social Work (MSW). Students specialize in one of two social work practice method concentrations:

• Direct Practice or
• Community, Administration and Policy Practice.

Students also specialize in one of the six social work fields of practice specializations that are offered:

Secondary Education

(We are not currently accepting applications for this degree program.)

The 36-credit Master of Education program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in Secondary Education, consists of a curriculum that meets state and professional standards and prepares candidates for certification as secondary education (7-12) teachers.

Elementary Education

(NOTE: Applications for this program are not being accepted at this time.)

School Psychology

Secondary Education Minor

The Secondary Education Minors degree program is a four-year bachelor's degree with a minor in education offered in the Howard University School of Education (HUSOE). Education minors are offered in: English Education, Math Education, Music Education, Social Studies, World Language Education (Spanish), and Theater.

Special Education

(NOTE: Applications for this program are not being accepted at this time.)