Thirty (30) semester credits are required to complete the Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching. It is not possible to complete this program fully online.
Intensive In-Person Dates:
Fall 2025 | CSPH 5701: Friday, September 12, 2025, & Saturday, September 13, 2025 (8:00 am-5:00 pm)
Spring 2026 | CSPH 5702: Friday, January 30, 2026 & Saturday, January 31, 2026 (8:00 am-5:00 pm)
The new curriculum builds upon our strengths of personal transformation, group coaching skills, a strong internship program, and an integrative health focus. Our curriculum will increase the emphasis on diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, trauma-informed coaching, and leadership. The Master of Arts program is a 2-year program. Upon graduation from this program, you are eligible for the NBC-HWC certification.
Interested in becoming a Health Coach? Already an NBC-HWC or an ICF ACC?
We have options for those not certified yet and those seeking to become certified. For those already certified with their NBC-HWC or their ICF ACC, you will not need to take CSPH 5701: Introduction to Health Coaching: Principles, Practices, and Personal Development (4 credits) offered in the Fall semester. We have many CSPH electives to choose from to enhance your educational experience.
Do I Meet the Requirements?
The graduate faculty have established admission standards for the Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching.
They include the following:
- a Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in any discipline from an accredited U.S. institution or a foreign equivalent.
- A minimum degree GPA of 2.8 (based on a 4.0 scale)
- Two required prerequisite courses completed with a B- or better must be completed prior to the start of the program.
- A basic course in Human Physiology.
- A basic course in General Psychology*.
- If this coursework is required, please contact Christina in Student Services for a list of approved courses at [email protected].
*Advanced Placement scores are accepted. Please see this website for a list of accepted scores.
The following courses are required for students that enter the program starting in Fall 2025:
- CSPH 5101 Overview of Whole Health Models of Care & Integrative Practices (3 credits)
- CSPH 5701 Introduction to Health Coaching: Principles, Practices, and Personal Development (4 credits)
- CSPH 5702 Transformative Health Coaching: Empathy, Ethics, and Effective Communication (4 credits)
- CSPH 5707 Whole Person Health and Clinical Conditions (2 credits)
- CSPH 5708 Intersectional Perspectives in DEI, Mental Health, and Trauma-Informed Care (3 credits)
- CSPH 5709 Group Coaching Principles and Practicum (2 credits)
- CSPH 5714 Health Behavior Change Theory and Application (1 credit)
- CSPH 5715 Leadership and Evidence-based Decision Making (2 credits)
- CSPH 5716 Health Coaching Practicum: Deepening Skills and Optimizing Outcomes (1 credit)
- CSPH 8701 Integrative Health Coaching Internship & Capstone (3 credits)
- CSPH Elective (3 credits)*
- PubH 6751 Principles of Management in Health Services Organizations (2 credits)
Electives*
(3 credit electives at 5000-level or higher to be selected from CSPH or Minor coursework.)
With prior approval from the program director, it may be possible to count minimal credits taken as a graduate non-degree seeking student or while enrolled in another master, doctoral, or professional level program at the University of Minnesota. These credits must be approved in advance (before registering for the courses and before applying to the program).
Students must be admitted to the program before completing the core health coaching courses: CSPH 5701, 5702, 5707, 5709, 5715, 5716. For more information about how to enroll in courses that may be taken as a non-degree seeking student, contact Christina at [email protected].