Curriculum

Master of Arts in Integrative Health & Wellbeing Coaching

A Curriculum Designed to Develop Leaders Through Coaching Mastery

30 credits. 2 years. NBC-HWC eligible. One catalyzing journey.

This isn't just a sequence of courses. It's a carefully designed pathway that develops your capacity to lead through the quality of your presence. Every course, every practice session, and every intensive weekend builds toward one goal: preparing you to create lasting change by coaching the person, not the problem.

Explore the Curriculum

A Glimpse into our Health Coaching Intensive Weekend

The Format

30 credits. Four semesters. One weekend intensives each semester in year 1.

Fall Intensive: Friday and Saturday, September 11 & 12 (CSPH 5701)

Spring Intensive: Friday and Saturday, February 5 & 6 (CSPH 5702)

  • Mostly online, synchronous coursework allows you to learn from anywhere in the U.S. while maintaining your life and commitments
  • Two weekend intensives (Fall & Spring of your first year) create the deep cohort bonds that make this work transformative
  • Synchronous classes primarily in the evening respects that our students are often navigating their current careers, families, and complex lives

This blended, cohort model is intentionally designed for accessibility without sacrificing depth.

What You’ll be Equipped to Do (Program Outcomes):

  1. Apply evidence-based health coaching strategies, behavior change techniques, and mind-body science to facilitate improved health outcomes for individuals and groups.
  2. Evaluate the influence of personal bias, health inequities, and social determinants of health within healthcare and on the wellbeing of individuals, communities, and populations.
  3. Collaborate with colleagues in a wide variety of settings to provide an integrative and whole person  approach to prevention and healthcare.
  4. Develop a personal reflection and mindfulness practice to ensure one’s growth and development as a transformational leader in health and integrative health coaching.
  5. Evaluate high-quality, health coaching research to determine best practices and alignment with integrative and whole person approaches to health and wellbeing.

For NBC-HWC and ICF ACC/PCC/MCC Coaches: Your Expertise Is Recognized

Already certified? We honor what you've built.

If you hold NBC-HWC or ICF ACC/PCC/MCC credentials, you can waive CSPH 5701: Introduction to Health Coaching (4 credits) and replace the course with an elective that deepens your expertise. This program meets you where you are and takes you further.

Who We're Looking For

We seek purpose-driven leaders from all backgrounds:

  • Bachelor's degree in any discipline 
  • Minimum 2.8 GPA 
  • Two prerequisite courses:
    • Human Physiology (basic level)
    • General Psychology (basic level)*

Need help finding these courses? Contact Student Services: [email protected]

*Advanced Placement scores are accepted. Please see the list of accepted scores.

This Program Is Not For Everyone

If you're seeking a quick certification or formulaic approach, this isn't it. If you want scripts and shortcuts instead of depth and mastery, you'll be disappointed.

We build leaders who can hold complexity, navigate uncertainty, and facilitate the complexity of behavior change. That requires your own inner work, rigorous practice, and a commitment to showing up fully for others.