3 Midwifery MA Degree Programs

Students will have the opportunity to select an area of interest within the scope of prenatal care to research and examine in-depth. Evidence-informed practices, actual practice styles, care provider attitudes, client perceptions, and mass media discourses will be examined. Students will collect original data using a variety of methods and engage existing scholarly literature to inform recommendations for midwives and other care providers to improve service to families in their chosen communities.

Graduate fieldwork gives students an opportunity to gain real-life experience in an area of interest to them and pertinent to midwifery while working with an experienced mentor. Fieldwork is done through an advanced residency or internship. Graduate students are required to earn 3 fieldwork credits. One credit requires 50 hours of logged fieldwork. One of the three credits must be enrolled in the Graduate House Program

This course focuses on scholarly research and writing. You will learn how to prepare a plan for a scholarly journal article or a master’s-level research-based thesis or applied project. You will gain expertise in analyzing evidence-based, peer-reviewed literature. You will practice writing different sections of a scholarly paper including a literature review, research problem, purpose statement, and research questions.